RE: Nota Bene

["David Dawson" dawson54@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Nathan. This is the kind of thoughtful overview I was after. I
am an editor and writer by trade, and am tremendously intrigued by NB's
style manual feature. As you suggest, I'm also more comfortable with a
product that is well supported and actively being developed.


David

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Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:42 AM
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Subject: Re: Nota Bene


As one quite familiar with XYDOS, XYWIN, and NBWIN, I would say that you
are better off with the third than the second. First, if you are using a
Windows program, you want one that is compatible with Windows, and NBWIN
is more so. For instance, it is important to me to be able to use the
Windows clipboard, because I use a utility with it that saves everything
cut or copied, and permits fancy insertions. Second and most important,
it is a live program, while XYWIN is an engaging dead one, with no
support and no future development. Third, if you do professional
writing, its built-in styles and other amenities are valuable. Fourth,
some of its features are clearly more advanced. For instance, as you
view a file, page cross-references in it show the page.

I have had no freezing whatever with NB. I am now using a pivoting LCD
monitor, a delightful amenity and now fairly reasonable in price. XYDOS
opens sideways in portrait mode, XYWIN freezes in portrait mode, but NB
works perfectly.

Cheers,
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Nathan Sivin
History and Sociology of Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6304
(215) 898-7454
nsivin@xxxxxxxx