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Subject: Re: Review of Shredder for Linux

Author: Roy Brunjes

Date: 08:24:15 10/02/05

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On October 02, 2005 at 09:46:22, Martin Andersen2 wrote:

>On October 02, 2005 at 08:39:59, Kunnar Klauks wrote:
>
>>You dislike four different windows??
>
>I do. For chess I like Jin (Java !) or Blitzin interfaces. Jose (Java)
>is also quite nice though a bit buggy.
>Other programs in Linux that look good are Firefox, Opera where you can browse
>in tabs, K3b (CD burning tool), Adobe Reader 7.0 and openoffice.
>
>You mention Gimp as a program that uses multiple windows. As of Gimp 2.0
>the user interfaces has been improved and the number of windows has been
>reduced.
>
>>
>>Btw. i like the fact that interface is written in java too :) I have done some
>>of my own projects in java in linux with eclipse, and decided to avoid both gtk
>>and qt. Java is ok.
>>
>Yes Java is Ok as long as it's coded properly. The Jin interface is fast and
>responsive, Shredder for Linux GUI is not.
>
>Martin.


Martin,

I totally agree. Java programs can be written so they exhibit quite good
performance. I also agree that Shredder 9 for Linux disappoints in that area. It
caused me to not purchase Shredder 9 for Linux.

Roy



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