Re: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 with GPS Locator vs. DeLorme Earthmate GPS Receiver with Street Atlas USA 2005

From: Jim Walker (walkerjd1_at_worldnet.att.net.net)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:13:23 GMT

Yours is a valid complaint, but it depends on the user. There is a learning
curve of a couple of weeks and after that the new interface is a plus. When
DeLorme retrenched in 2005 from their 2004 file system and simplified it
there was a big rebellion from a number of users on the DeLorme forum, so
DeLorme now offers a patch which reactivates the file system of 2004. I
don't know all of the alternatives that DeLorme had in choosing an
interface, but I am convinced that the present one offers more capability
and features. 

-- 
Jim Walker
Northern Virginia
"Skramblr" <skramblr@hotmail.comX> wrote in message
news:2AM3d.473114$%_6.325261@attbi_s01...
> I agree that is can be a useful tool and includes features not found in MS
> S&T. But ever since they went with the funky new interface, which is
> difficult to learn, I've given up using it. If they ever go back to a
> standard windows interface (like almost every other program in the
world!),
> then I'll probably start using it again. They must be a bunch of Mac or
Unix
> users over there to re-invent the user interface to get away from windows.
>
> -Skramblr
>
> "Jim Walker" <walkerjd1@worldnet.att.net.net> wrote in message
> news:aVK3d.614266$Gx4.45412@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > I don't agree at all that Street Atlas is a toy.  It is a complete
> > functioning GPS navigation program.  I have about six thousand miles of
> > successful navigation with it and I was really depending on it.  I have
> used
> > SA 7, 2003, and 2004.  DeLorme isn't perfect, but if there is a better
one
> > out there I haven't found it.
> >
>
>

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