Mail Archives: geda-user/2012/11/16/16:01:44
On 11/16/2012 03:43 PM, John Doty wrote:
>>> Fast development pace indicates immaturity.
>>
>> It also indicates fast improvements. The object here was to
>> convince a guy who had tried gschem and PCB a few years ago, and
>> hated the user interface, to give it another try because it had
>> gone through significant improvements since then.
>
> What, exactly, did he hate?
The user interface.
> To me, gschem is a power tool with few problems, while pcb is
> unusable.
To me, they're both just fine. I use them nearly every day with great
success.
For the new user (NOT "new engineer"), however, the user interfaces of
both programs have a pretty steep learning curve, where other competing
packages do not. NOTE WELL that I am NOT comparing the relative "power"
(whatever that actually means) of the packages...I use gschem and PCB
for a reason...I'm talking about situations like this:
"I want to start a new design. I don't feel like bumbling along in
Windows, let's see what's out there for grownup platforms. Hmm, gschem.
EEEEW! It'll take me a month to figure out this user interface! I
have better things to do. Mmmmm, Eagle has a free version..."
Further...said with respect...I have to agree with DJ's pushback to
your earlier comments. They are not constructive. The developers who
work on gschem and PCB are highly competent; every bit as competent as
you and I. Please stop insulting them by vocally and publicly assuming
that anything they do will automatically become a train wreck. I, for
one, like their work. So must you, at least to some degree, or you
wouldn't be here.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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