CompuServe Messages

John: Agreed. Programs for which file selection is only a gate, the starting point to the other 99% of what the program does, should not have 50% of their development time devoted to file selection. I do feel that it's as important to write the most logical and intuitive interface possible, right down to the FR, though, since a user's opinion of the product is ultimately shaped by what the program gives them as well as how simply it gives it to them. I/O is what matters. By your rationale, there should only be one word processor available; why re-define the "wheel" if there's already a program available that let's you type words into it and save them to disk? (Taking things to the extreme, as usual…:) As well, I really have no idea how much time is actually spent on these things. I took a month to develop mine and I like it and I use the same one in all my software. I think it would be crazy to spend anymore time than that. As for arguing about the "look" of it: who cares? As long as it does what you want… Gary – Mirror Image Prod. (416) 495-7469, via WHAP!