Re: The Manager: is it really useful?

[fmlin@netcom.com (Frank M. Lin)]

>The Manager has been available for a number of months now. But I see no
>discussion of this software.

Hmm, there was a The Manager vs. Switch-It! discussion were they were first
introduced.

>I am considering the purchase of The Manager, mostly because it seems
>like a neat addition to my system. I certainly don't _need_ this
>application. I do think I will benefit from it, if it works when I want
>it to.  My most likely scenario for use will be that I am in an
>application like Your Money Matters or CoPilot and want to look up
>something in AWGS.  Or I am working in AWGS and want to play a round of
>Columns or Fortress, or read the latest from A2-On-Disk or Softdisk GS.

It certainly can help.  You'll save lot of time loading software here, and
lots of convinence to be able to move between several applications very
quickly/instantly.

>So, should I buy The Manager, or save my money for Spectrum or GNO or
>Hardpressed or ...?  Does The Manager really work for you?

I'd recommend HardPressed ( if you're tight on storage, or if you want to
check out a totally *neat/useful* utility ), and/or GNO ( if you ever
use the ORCA environment ) over The Manager on your purchasing priority.

TM is self is a great product, it will do the job fine for most people.  There
is a freeware called MultiGS available on cco.caltech.edu, which works
sorta like TM, and does actually work.  Much better than the three other
freeware, at the least.

You can also try out The Manager Demo, and the Switch-It! demo, both also
available from cco.caltech.edu.


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frank m. lin
fmlin@netcom.com