Re: test

Allan Goodall wrote:

> I'm very happy with Thunderbird. Like Kevin, I used to use Pegasus. I 
> didn't have the crash issues, but I didn't like the fact that Pegasus
is 
> slow if there are a lot of messages in the inbox.

Thunderbird works fast, and with the size of some of the emails I get, 
that's a real bonus.

> I downloaded Opera, but I haven't done much with it. Opera displays
ads, 
> and since I have low bandwidth at home it's a non-starter for me. I'm 
> quite happy with Firefox. 

I downloaded Opera, but like you said, I think the viewing area does 
look really small, and I can't see spending money on it to get rid of 
the ad when Firefox works for me.

> Like Kevin (hey, Kevin, have you been following me around the Net?) I
am 
> using OpenOffice a lot these days. It can create native Word and Excel

> files. 

Maybe I have been following you :-) My last computer went belly up last 
weekend (the hard drive decided it couldn't go on any longer). I bought 
that machine from a flea market (First Saturday in Dallas if that means 
anything to anyone) and it had a ton of software on it, including 
Microsoft Office. I needed to be able to make Powerpoints for projects, 
but I couldn't afford to buy Office, so I did a search for a substitute 
and came up with OpenOffice. It's working great for me and my wife.

> I have noticed some quirks. I'm doing a conversion of HarnMaster 
> for Call of Cthulhu

That sounds very interesting.

> To drag this on topic, anyone creating Excel utilities for FT, etc. 
> should probably test them in OpenOffice, too, for cross system 
> functionality.
> 

So far all of the Excel files I had before (finances and an FMA tracker 
for a local campaign) have transferred in with no problems at all.

Kevin