[232] in bcs-newton
RE: To-Do needs work
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D.)
Sat Sep 4 03:02:28 1993
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 93 08:28:50 EST
From: "J.D." <minardj@vaxc.csps.com>
To: bcs-newton@world.std.com, brad@fcr.com
X-Vms-Mail-To: ESTHER::UUCP%"brad@fcr.com"
>I've come to the conclusion that no one from Apple actually *used* a Newton
>before they released it.
>Certainly if anyone used the "to do" list and kept the number of items
>around 10 each day for 30 days, they'd have stopped using it because it
>becomes horribly slow.
>I can live with the handwriting mistakes. It's the "I'm going to pause to 15
>seconds to find all your to-do items" that I can't stand.
>-brad
Brad:
I share your frustration with the to-do list. It should come up much faster.
Also there needs to be a way to add comments to them. I'd rather they were
simply one-line items where you could double-tap the bullet and add comments to
each - instead of those expandible bars like in the Calendar.
Also, if applications are not going to come up instantly there should be a
watch icon or something to let you know the Newton is thinking. Many times
I've tapped 2 or three times thinking my taps weren't taking, only to toggle in
then out of the application.
I think I'm going to return my Newton and wait for the "field tested" version.
-JD
