[muglo] Re: Intaglio ?
- From: Ilbert Walker <ilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:56:14 -0500
Thanks for the swift (as always) feedback, Tee
By 'over load' I mean the Database and Spreadsheet - and possibly
Presentation aspects of which I have absolutely no need.
I want just a plain, simple 'bread and butter' drawing/painting
programme. Such as Mac Paint used to be - Ditto Mac Write.
Appleworks is like a lot of the other general, multi purpose software
which attempts to cover all bases (sometimes poorly) , instead of
doing one aspect very well.
Freehand, Illustrator , Canvas , OmniGrapfie, like MS Word, are so
feature over loaded with bells and whistles, that become oversized,
clunky and present a steep learning curve. I find Appleworks crashes
on me quite a bit - probably because I haven't mastered all the
idiosyncrasies?
I think it was Don Norman ex Apple Fellow interface design expert -
who said any software should only seek to do 'one thing' well. I
agree with him. As the Greeks - not the Geeks :) - used to
say ......The Perfectly Simple is Simply Perfect ! ? Except of
course , for that other block buster, bells and whistles disaster -
Word Perfect - which I used to tell my students should have been
named Word Imperfect !
One man's poisson etc etc ?
Ilbert
On 29 Mar 2006, at 10:17 AM, Tee Cashmore wrote:
>
> On 29-Mar-06, at 9:37 AM, Ilbert Walker wrote:
>
>
>> Anybody yet tried out Intaglio 2.7. from Purgatory Software (love
>> the name !)
>> It brings back all the simplicity of Mac Paint and Mac Draw - without
>> some of the over load of AppleWorks
>>
>> http://www.purgatorydesign.com/
>>
>> Intaglio is a traditional Macintosh drawing & illustration
>> application exclusively for Mac OS X. Patterned after the original
>> Macintosh drawing applications, Intaglio is intuitive to beginners
>> and familiar to traditional Macintosh users. Intaglio builds on the
>> 2D graphics, text, color, and scripting capabilities of Mac OS X to
>> provide unprecedented power and flexibility in an inexpensive drawing
>> program that is an ideal tool for beginners and experienced graphics
>> experts alike.
>>
>> For someone who doesn't want to get into all the bells and whistles
>> of advanced graphic programmes, it might be the answer?
>>
>> What do you use for simple graphic jobs ?
>>
>> Ilbert
>>
>
> After 23 years in the Apple world I still use Appleworks & don't find
> Any need for anything else. I use the Word Processing part mostly,
> Database next, Do my Garden layouts, model train layouts, & renovation
> layouts with draw (scale drawings are a breeze), and a little bit of
> spreadsheet use for mileage calcs when travel planning.
> Sure there are more sophisticated data bases & word processors out
> there, but I don't need them.
> BTW where is the "over load of Appleworks" ???
> TTFN,
> TeeC
>
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