dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (03/14/89)
My department head brought back a "What's in 0.9" document from NeXT. A lot
of it looks very good, but I was disturbed by the fact that they are dropping
Jot from the release. The gist of it was it had bugs, and they hadn't decided
whether they should fix it or trash it, so they just ommitted it from 0.9.
I for one like Jot. It is quite buggy, but I use it nonetheless; it's con-
venient. Does anybody else out there want to see Jot fixed, not dumped?
Steve
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IfUMust: (217) 244-1765jgreely@tyranosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) (03/14/89)
In article <545@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: > I was disturbed by the fact that they are dropping >Jot from the release. The gist of it was it had bugs, and they hadn't decided >whether they should fix it or trash it, so they just ommitted it from 0.9. In other words, it's not necessarily dropped for good, but since the current version is such a horror, they'd rather not support it until they get a chance to really work it over. I can understand their concerns, since there are so many things needing fixed in the major applications. I'd rather see them turn the Librarian into a workable system before rewriting the notepad. Not to mention WriteNow, Edit, Webster, etc. >Does anybody else out there want to see Jot fixed, not dumped? I want to see it fixed, but I'm glad they're concentrating on more important problems first. -=- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)
eht@cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) (03/16/89)
I like jot a lot ('cept for the bugs). I'd rather have a little buggy
one than none at all. After a while you get to know the bugs and how
to avoid them.