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From: langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Question for Diga! users
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Date: 24 Mar 88 02:27:43 GMT
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In various articles schwager@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu David_A_Parsons@cup.portal.com,
and some others write:
> [Diga! is the worst program I've ever used]

In defense of Diga!, I have to say it has served me well since I got it several
months ago.  Simple scripts have worked as advertised (though, as with any
programming language, it took me a few iterations to get my first script
exactly as I wanted it), and the Phone Book facility is excellent.  I find
Diga!'s user interface more supportive than vt100's, and certainly more
visually more appealing.

I don't use Diga! anymore, not because it is a poor piece of software, but
because I use applications which require a perfect vt100 emulation (I now use
Eric Haberfellner's HANDSHAKE).  And even the vt100 emulation in Diga! is
good enough for the needs of your average telecommunicator.  In fact, the only
things about Diga! I'd say I really don't like are its predisposition for fully
Hayes-compatible modems (my modem isn't), and the spurious exclamation point at
the end of its name.  Diga! is a decent product that works pretty much as
advertised, as far as I can tell.

BTW, I don't work for Aegis.  I'm just a customer.

Be seeing you...
--Lang Zerner      langz@athena.mit.edu    ihnp4!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!langz
"To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must first be stupid
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