Now Up-to-Date Isn't Very Cross-Platform
Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:27:41 -0400
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From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
[mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Miles Abernathy
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 9:58 PM
To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
Subject: Now Up-to-Date Isn't Very Cross-Platform
Re: discussion of appointment software
I encountered many pitfalls transferring a Now Up-to-Date calendar from
Mac
to PC a couple of months ago. If you use NUTD on a Mac and intend to
migrate to Win95/98, forget those flashing menubar reminders, that
calendar
that shows the full workday while occupying only a small portion of your
screen, sounds to remind you of appointments, and seeing your banners in
the multi-day view. Don't assume that your repeating appointments will
repeat after you import them into your Win box. If you are accustomed to
keeping more than 5 or 6 lines of text with each appointment, you will
now
have to use the up and down arrows to read them because the Windows
version
doesn't even have a scroll bar in that box.</RANT>
If the Windows version of NUTD has any compensating features, I haven't
found them yet. If the Windows version can do things I have said it
can't, I hope someone will educate me.
For Mac users who are planning to migrate someday to Windows and who
currently have no appointment software, what would other readers suggest
that they buy?
Miles Abernathy, miles@mail.utexas.edu
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