[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Sharp Wizard to Mac Link

rpaul@dasys1.UUCP (Rod Paul) (12/06/89)

After waiting for I don't know how long, I finally received my Sharp Organizer
link for the Macintosh.

It's nice not to have to key in all that stuff by hand on the Wizard, but the
software interface really sucks. I assume it's written by an IBM type. Here's
some comments from the section on menus in the manual:

	Menus in Organizer link behave slightly	differently than traditional
	Macintosh menus. Each menu title is actutally a distinct button that
	you click and hold to display its menu items. In other words, the
	Organizer link menus are not in a typical menu bar, even though they
	may look so on a 9-inch Macintosh monitor. You cannot drag the mouse
	across the "menu bar" to view all menus....

Hmm, pretty nice of the author to follow Apple guidelines.

Anyway the whole package sits on top of Hypercard, alas with rather crude
graphics. I suspect the IBM package looks awfully like the Mac.

I can bemoan the thing to death, but I guess it's better than nothing.

I hope in the future some other company can write and release a better product.


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Rodian Paul
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