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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:12:41 -0500
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On 11/18/2012 10:32 PM, John Doty wrote:
>> The internals of gschem haven't been completely rewritten in a long
>> time, if at all, yet from about 2004-2007 it morphed from a program
>> which I found very difficult to use to a program which I find very
>> EASY to use.
> 
> Interesting. I started using it in 2002, and haven't really seen any
> great improvement in usability.

  I started with it right around that time, perhaps late 2001.  I
noticed *tremendous* improvements in usability over those years.

> It was good then, and is good now.
> Mostly, I've been hurt by unanticipated consequences of
> "improvements". At least some of the worst ideas (e.g. magnetic net
> mode) can be turned off by the rc files.

  Well yeah, I turn off magnetic net mode too.  But seriously, you've
seen no usability improvements?

  I dunno about you, man...but when I dislike something this much, I
dump it.

               -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA