Re: Solitaire Ace

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:17:46PM +0000, Daniel Cassidy wrote:
> The article then goes on to list features that are available in every other 
> card game.

Well, the toolbar and supported features look a lot like KPat, which is why
I wondered - especially because they have a blurb on their site about
"refining open source software"..

I don't think KPat has a bookmark option to store a game and come back
later, though, or has it?

> It seems that the target market for both LindowsOS and Lycoris has switched 
> from Windows defectors to first time PC buyers who've probably only ever used 
> Windows at work and nothing more, complete idiots, and any other groups of 
> people who are, for whatever reason, unable to make an informed decision on 
> the purchase. This does not bode well for the long term prospects of either 
> company.

That, or selling crap to idiots remains to be one of the few enterprises
truly profitable.

> On an unrelated matter, who was it that decided that displaying a landscape on 
> the desktop by default was a good usability decision? It seems that Lycoris 
> are now imitating Microsoft with regard to this somewhat strange concept.

I think there is some precedence in Back to the Future II, where regular
windows had been replaced with panoramic landscape projections.

Rob
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