Copyright ã1992 by Scott Hess.  All Rights Reserved.

What's The Point of Stuart?

One of the more popular questions asked about Stuart is `Why would anyone use Stuart rather than Terminal?'

This is a loaded question.  I could talk for days and weeks, and probably not convince you one way or the other why one would use Stuart.  I can refer you to the Features section, which covers a number of good reasons for using Stuart, but even those reasons are hard to quantify.

Fortunately, there is a very good solution available that should satisfy everybody.  After reading this, head off to the License section.  Read the license.  Then install Stuart and start evaluating it.  Be sure to glance through the Features section, though, because if you use Stuart as if it were Terminal, you probably won't see much improvement.

If you still cannot decide after a couple weeks or a month, stop using Stuart and go back to Terminal.  If you find yourself hitting Alternate-Arrow sequences, or you're dying because you can't see your current directory in the window titlebar, then I think the choice is obvious.

In any case, let me know how it goes!