Peter's Blog 6.1.2004

Zapped TextPlus.

Zapped TextPlus. It was too fiddly:

• lists would appear where I was writing and the wrong word would be selected by mistake

• while writing I had to keep an eye on the list to see if the word I was writing had appeared

• I don't think it improved my writing speed

• It kept popping up a nag screen, probably after accidental double tap. This lead to two annoying options

  1. Add half-written word I was writing to database

  2. Delete word.

• It kept butting in when I used apps that were not approppiate. The application list in TextPlus did not work immediately

• don't want to pay for it. DateBk5 and Isilo are on my shopping list (when the trials run out)

I did investigate mobireader but:

I did investigate mobireader but:

• it isn't free

• usenet thinks isilo is better

• isilox