Re: Word processors [was Re: Phonemes]

Lee Sau Dan wrote:
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> >>>>> "António" == António Marques <m.ap@xxxxxxx> writes:
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> António> When I think of all the different options for Desktop
> António> Publishing one had in the early-mid 90's, and the current
> António> panorama, I feel something is very, very wrong. Current
> António> software is usually dumbed-down, lacks features, makes it
> António> difficult to make things right and, what is worse, shows
> António> no signs at all of ever going to improve.
>
> Not so in the Free/OpenSource Software world. I always see free
> softwares improving and improving and improving. Linux kernel for
> instance. Mozilla Firefox is also quite impressive in terms of
> features and customizability and operability (e.g. are there
> convenient keyboard shortcuts to the most frequently used functions?),
> although nothing can really compare with GNU Emacs.

In the publishing world, as opposed to the Free Software world,
cross-user and cross-platform compatibility is paramount.

If tinkerer A passes on improvement X to user P, and tinkerer B passes
on improvement Y to user Q, the result is chaos.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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