Re: Appleworks GS V2.0

[philip@labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)]

>When we took over AppleWorks and AppleWorks GS, we assumed that updating
>AppleWorks GS was going to be a fairly straightforward task. Unfortunately,
>we were wrong.  The source code for AWGS is 7 megabytes in size.  Those who
>have seen it have called it the most poorly organized and documented source
>code they've ever laid eyes on.  Claris was unable to provide us with any
>form of documentation for the source code, nor were they able to provide us
>with their official bug list.

  You know, this doesn't surprise me at all.  When I bought my Apple //GS
second hand I also got AWGS version 1.0 with it, but after trying out the
wordprocessor for a little while decided it was too slow and too buggy for
serious use, and went back to using the original (and very reliable)
Appleworks instead.  Just a few weeks ago my sister wanted to use my
Apple //GS to do an assignment that requires graphs and tables, so I
decided to give AWGS another go.  After spending many frustrating hours
trying to draw a single diagram and two charts, we finally got some
acceptable output, but it was the most painful experience I've ever had
the misfortune to go through!
  I don't know whether AWGS version 1.1 is substantially better than
version 1.0, and I haven't bothered to upgrade, but I'm certainly not
impressed by Claris' ability to create a quality product.  And based on
everything that has been said by Jerry about the state of the source code
and the non-existence of the documentation, I'm not surprised that Quality
Computers had to give up the project of developing AWGS version 2.0!
They've obviously done their best.

  Well, who needs a WYSIWYG wordprocessor anyhow when you've got the
original Appleworks :-)

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