[WriteLog] comparison with the competition. input requested

[Edward Gisske]

Wayne,
Why don't you download a copy of N1MM and use it in a contest? Then you can
figure out for yourself what you like and what you don't.
I use both N1MM and your program in contests. I have found both of them to
be very fine pieces of work and *huge* improvements over the DOS programs of
yesteryear. N1MM is very much a work-in-progress, but Tom has done a
fabulous job in addressing bugs in a timely fashion and getting it to the
point where it is stable enough for serious contesting.
Comments of the sort "I tried N1MM once and couldn't get it to work" are
probably not current enough to be useful as there are often several version
updates per week to resolve problems found in testing.
You have a fine program. Keep up the good work!
73,
Ted
K9IMM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Wright, W5XD" <w5xd@writelog.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 7:25 PM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] comparison with the competition. input requested


> Yes, but will the callsign be automatically wiped from the entry box if
> you  tune your radio off freq?  Elegant feature of Logger, eh?  With
> Writelog you  have to type 2 extra keystrokes: spacebar and then Alt-W -
> I think that's  enough extra to make a difference over a 48 hour
> contest, besides the  annoyance factor.
>

This is the kind of discussion I was probing for. Some of the reasons that
an individual prefers one program over another are stylistic preferences
that I can safely paraphrase as "my dog is better than your dog". Those
preferences are valid, but I might not be able, or not willing, to change
WL to suite.

However, the "auto-clear of a dupe when you tune away" is a feature WL
could probably have. Heaven knows how many features appeared first in WL
that have been copied elsewhere, so I won't apologize for copying this
one. (And to give credit where due: WL implements dozens if not hundreds
of features that first appeared in CT/NA/TR)

Wayne


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