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- Hi,
-
- I've just begun testing Executor 1.99c for NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware
- (NeXTstation Color, NS 3.2) and I immediately ran into problems that
- made me feel like sticking to 1.3. Color menu bars are cute, but :
-
- - Display performance is rather slow, and playing with the refresh
- preferences didn't seem to help much. 8 bits colors appears to be
- the only option here (1 or 4 in the shell command line cause a
- scrambled "Mac login" screen, then a crash).
- Should I install "recent Interceptor libraries" in order to make
- Executor's display more responsive ? (I never installed NeXTTime
- on this machine.)
-
- - This version breaks parts of the previously excellent Word and Excel
- support. Clicking in an Excel 4.0 cell didn't highlight it. Getting
- "About MS Word" info caused Word 5.0 to freeze. I didn't go further.
-
- On the other hand, apps that had always been reluctant to even launch
- under older Executors appear to be given a chance with brand new color
- support. Especially WriteNow 3.0. Although the mouse is disappearing in
- its window, it seems quite close to full compatibility. It would be
- great to be able to use that marvellous word processor under Executor,
- and I'd be willing to cooperate with ARDI by providing a more detailed
- report of my experience with it (if they're interested).
-
- I'd like to hear from other NEXTSTEPpers (NeXT or Intel-based). We may
- not be ARDI's main focus right now, but hey, this might change when
- more people realize we were right, right from the start.
-
- Cheers,
-
- Vincent
- vmin@urba.ulg.ac.be
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-