on 24/04/02 00:23, Grant [All The Rage] Hutchinson at grant_at_splorp.com
wrote:
> I posted this query a few months back, but it may have been lost in the
> noise. I am going to ask it again with the hope of finding a solution...
>
> Has anyone out there using Adam Tow's NewtToDo, run into the problem of
> not being able to print a full list of tasks from the overview? I can
> select all of the tasks in an overview, but when I have the print slip
> open, it only allows me to print each task on a separate sheet of paper.
> That's rather inefficient. However, if I open a single task and go to
> print it, the picker allows me to a select "Task List" as a format, but
> the preview is empty. Hrm.
>
> http://www.tow.com/software/newton.shtml
>
> Am I missing something here, or did Adam mix up his views and print modes
> when he built the package? Fortunately, the source code is available, so
> I may be able to fix it. But I'd like to confirm that this is a problem
> across the board and not just user error. :)
Grant,
A good software should never do that. No matter what the user does, or
doesn't do. A software is supposed to follow the user's needs, not the other
way around. Isn't this one of the reason why we love the Newton HWR so much?
It adapts to us, not the other way around?
-Laurent.
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