Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!mirror!rayssd!galaxia!amanpt1!mrr From: mrr@amanpt1.zone1.com (Mark Rinfret) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: S/W Installation methodology Summary: Get an update! Message-ID: <542@amanpt1.zone1.com> Date: 11 Jan 89 14:09:43 GMT References: <2071@van-bc.UUCP> <3231@sugar.uu.net> Organization: HyperView Systems Lines: 32 In article <3231@sugar.uu.net>, karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: > In article <10235@well.UUCP>, shf@well.UUCP (Stuart H. Ferguson) writes: > > There are some. PowerWindowsII is the only one I've tried. I don't use it > > for two reasons: 1) It's horribly under-documented. The "manual" is a > > tiny stapled together pamphlet like one you might get with your new toaster, > > and the program clearly has features that are not even mentioned. ... > > I have been using Power Windows II but it's a frustating go. It will guru > if there are too many files in the directory. Certain structures are > impossible to set up. The user interface is smelly, and as Stuart said, the > manual stinks. > I use PowerWindows 2.5b and have been, for the most part, quite satisfied with it. If you are using a purchased copy and have the original disk, just mail it to Inovatronics for a FREE update. I have gotten three such upgrades. Inovatronics also has a BBS which is fairly active and Martin Murray (PW author) routinely participates, having answered all of my questions and suggestions promptly and courteously. My chief complaint with PowerWindows is that it forces its own naming conventions on you. There are several lower-level structures, such as IntuiTexts, which I would like to name myself, rather than "discovering" what PW named them. I (and many others) have recommended a change in this area, but it won't be coming soon. If someone is looking for a product idea, this is a good place to jump in. Mark -- < Mark R. Rinfret, mrr@amanpt1.ZONE1.COM | ...rayssd!galaxia!amanpt1!mrr > < HyperView Systems Corp. Home: 401-846-7639 > < 28 Jacome Way Work: 401-849-9390 x301 > < Middletown, RI 02840 Hypermedia R Us! >