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- Item 2450919 13-Jan-91 21:57PST
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- From: ALGER Alger, Jeff,VCA
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- To: SCHMUCKER1 Schmucker, Kurt
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- cc: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: Re: Re: Re: Potential First…
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- Kurt,
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- I'll rush to Eric's defense on this one. It is true that MacApp allows you to
- do simple things in a couple of weeks, especially if you can just steal one of
- the sample apps. However, you can do similar things in a fraction of a day -
- not two weeks - using any of the Mac prototyping tools on the market.
- Furthermore, the environment is overwhelming to the novice. MacApp for
- beginners frequently reminds me of a passage in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
- Maintenance: you turn the wrench a little and snap, the bolt head shears off.
- Now you are in never-never land. No manual will help you, no tool in your
- toolbox is designed for such a contingency. Stuckness.
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- This is the problem beginners have with MacApp (and MPW, for that matter).
- Without an experienced hand around, it is easy to soak up days at a time on
- what turn out to be absurdly simple fixes. If you have a MacApp-literate
- person around, the learning curve is a small fraction of what it is on your
- own. Without an experienced hand, it takes a long time to become truly
- productive and, more important, consistently productive. In a conventional
- environment, productivity is lower, but progress tends to be more consistent
- for the novice, in my experience.
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- MacApp is still well worth the price of admission, but one shouldn't have any
- illusions about the cost.
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- Stirring the pot,
- Jeff Alger
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