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From: Richard_Allen_Bretschneider@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WingZ
Message-ID: <17810@cup.portal.com>
Date: 1 May 89 14:15:11 GMT
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Re: problems/complaints with wingz                                     

In article <598@eutrc3.UUCP> rcbamw@eutrc3.UUCP (m.waucomont) writes:

>When it was finally finished, I wanted to see the result on paper, so
>I chose 'page setup' to see what was inthere. [...]
>I chose 72dpi and clicked 'OK'.
>THE STUPID THING STARTED REDRAWING THE GRAPH!!!!
>(Would it be a stupid idea to BitCopy the area where the dialogue box
>will apear into an array, then display the dialogue box, remove it when
>done and BitCopy the array back to the window? Would have saved me
>another 2 minutes)

and then someone else wrote
                                                                            
> I wish people would stop developing programs on fast Mac II or similar    
> machines, and then making them available on old Mac's too. I think a program
> has to work nicely on a Mac Plus for instance before you start publishing 
> advertisements promising High Speed this and that.                          
> 
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>  I saw the WingZ demo at the Mac World Expo, and was really impressed. Only 
> when I came home and tried the Demo on my Mac Plus... This was a disaster!
> As a Mac Plus user I don't want to be obliged to buy a faster Mac...
>                                                                       

I agree, and that's why I use Full Impact.  The interface is more accessible/
powerful.  Works better on "low end" Machines (my home machine is a 4 Meg
Mac Plus, and I never dread the "why aren't I doing this at work" blues)
And redraws much faster than the W product.

Somebody else said that the longest he ever waited for Wingz to redraw the
screen was 20 seconds.  20 Seconds!  Sheesh!  Do you have a hobby you work
with while you work on your spreadsheets?

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Ric             "Yes, it is a self-
Bretschneider    serving world out there."
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