Post by pyotr filipivichPost by s cookPost by s cookPost by pyotr filipivichWhat is the last stand alone version of S&T?
Is it still available for sale?
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pyotr filipivich
The question was asked: "Is Hindsight overrated?"
In retrospect, it appears to be.
streets and trips 2013 is the last.
14 day trial download url- http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30173
Thanks
I downloaded it, installed it, not favorably impressed.
Primarily, completeness of the map. A perennial issue, but in
this case, while the roundabouts are shown, the roads connecting them
are not. Nor the two places I needed to provide directions to/from
(okay, so they were built in the last two years.*) Yes, I know "go to
the Web". But one reason for wanting a standalone product is just
that - interweb connections are not universally available.
Secondarily - icons. Those little abstract pictograms which are
suppose to aid in the tasks. Without text labels, they sometimes are
difficult to learn - or relearn. But this is a standard gripe about
interfaces. (cue Geezer Rant 3.0 "Why when I was a boy, we had the
command line - if we were lucky! Had to make our own stone knives,
too!")
Eh, it works. Which may be all that really matters.
tschus
pyotr
*I will admit, that there are many places I do not know the address
for, just the directions as "left at the light, onto the freeway, exit
202, south to the orange building." and I know that you have to hang a
u-turn at the light.
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pyotr filipivich
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
-- George Bancroft