Qazz42 recently brought my attention to a review of Doors CS from someone who doesn't seem to know how to read readmes, and is unreasonably angry for some reason.
Bill Frost: http://www.ticalc.org/cgi-bin/acct-view.cgi?userid=79338
I sent him an email in response:
Bill Frost: http://www.ticalc.org/cgi-bin/acct-view.cgi?userid=79338
ticalc.org wrote:
This was the very first file I down loaded on Ticalc. My friends told me that if I wanted to play games on my calculator, I would need some sort of program manager. I immediately browsed this site for one. When I came across Doors, I was amazed by the great graphics shown in the screen shots and decided to download it. BIG MISTAKE...
While the graphics are great, the program is HORRIBLY ANNOYING. It takes FOREVER to get to the game you want thanks to the obnoxious mouse. The scroll bar is another problem. When you try to click it and scroll up it doesn't even work. The worst part of Doors is definitely the mouse editor... It flashes randomly and violently making it hard to look at. The cursor also randomly jumps too far making editing a long lasting task.
Graphics 3/10
That mouse editor was HORRIBLE!
User friendliness - 1/10
Slow mouse, annoying scroll bar, glitched program editor.....
Originality - 3/10
It has a mouse...
Over all - 7/30
I highly suggest that if you want a good program manager, download ANYTHING BUT THIS!
While the graphics are great, the program is HORRIBLY ANNOYING. It takes FOREVER to get to the game you want thanks to the obnoxious mouse. The scroll bar is another problem. When you try to click it and scroll up it doesn't even work. The worst part of Doors is definitely the mouse editor... It flashes randomly and violently making it hard to look at. The cursor also randomly jumps too far making editing a long lasting task.
Graphics 3/10
That mouse editor was HORRIBLE!
User friendliness - 1/10
Slow mouse, annoying scroll bar, glitched program editor.....
Originality - 3/10
It has a mouse...
Over all - 7/30
I highly suggest that if you want a good program manager, download ANYTHING BUT THIS!
I sent him an email in response:
KermMartian wrote:
Bill:
I understand that you were frustrated with your experiences with Doors CS, and I'm sorry that you had a negative experience. However, I feel that you may have not gotten a chance to fully appreciate the features and power of Doors CS. For example, did you know that you can use the [+] and [-] buttons to scroll up and down the desktop without having to click the scrollbar? With the newest beta of Doors CS (http://dcs.cemetech.net), namely Doors CS 6.7.6 beta, there are tons of other shortcuts as well, like [4][5][6] top run the programs on the top row of the desktop, and [1][2][3] to run the programs on the bottom row of the desktop. I would appreciate if you would stop by the forum on my website, Cemetech (http://www.cemetech.net/forum), and post a more detailed critique of your problems with Doors CS. I also recommend you try the latest beta, as I hope many of your issues have already been addressed. Thanks.
Cheers,
Christopher "Kerm Martian" Mitchell
I understand that you were frustrated with your experiences with Doors CS, and I'm sorry that you had a negative experience. However, I feel that you may have not gotten a chance to fully appreciate the features and power of Doors CS. For example, did you know that you can use the [+] and [-] buttons to scroll up and down the desktop without having to click the scrollbar? With the newest beta of Doors CS (http://dcs.cemetech.net), namely Doors CS 6.7.6 beta, there are tons of other shortcuts as well, like [4][5][6] top run the programs on the top row of the desktop, and [1][2][3] to run the programs on the bottom row of the desktop. I would appreciate if you would stop by the forum on my website, Cemetech (http://www.cemetech.net/forum), and post a more detailed critique of your problems with Doors CS. I also recommend you try the latest beta, as I hope many of your issues have already been addressed. Thanks.
Cheers,
Christopher "Kerm Martian" Mitchell