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| From | "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Date | 2011-11-09 00:30 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <522f2c261dsteve@revi11.plus.com> (permalink) |
| References | <84aa0ae1-0aec-47bb-b474-e9ebc767e855@n38g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> |
| Organization | None |
In article <84aa0ae1-0aec-47bb-b474-e9ebc767e855@n38g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Michael J. Kerpan <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> wrote: > However, I have noticed a few things that could be offputting to a new > user. First is the fact that RISC OS makes the assumption that > "everybody is British". Would you believe I've never noticed this isn't present in the GUI configuration tools?! I was about to say "Yes, RISC OS assumes you're going to use !Alarm to change your system date/time, etc" so I fired it up and saw that it resolutely talks about "BST vs GMT". He, he. Well, as others have already said, this isn't actually a missing feature in RISC OS - just in the default set of !Configure plug-ins. > Second is the software situation: simply put, there's not much software in > the price bracket that someone looking to build a low-cost Raspberry Pi > system would be able to afford. Agreed. Some developers (well, a few of the few remaining!) have unrealistic expectations of what software is worth, I think perhaps they still believe that there's a 'market'... a very few developers do have products that justify the price tag though. I can't really see, given the numbers of sales involved, how RISC OS software will ever be down in the app store range of pennies per copy. > Finally, what's up with the case-sensitivity in the BASIC? The ability to > hack together small programs in a simple language is great, but the fact > that one has to ride the shift key in order to do so is a bit annoying. That's how the BASIC language works and has always worked. You could always try Lua or Python or something. > Anyway, I'm really enjoying RISC OS and I hope to be a part of the > community in the future and I really hope to get some pointers on how > to work around some of the issues I've mentioned. Great. Always good to hear some feedback from someone who's genuinely new to the scene. Steve -- Steve Revill @ Home Note: All opinions expressed herein are my own.
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Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 14:57 -0800
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rob Davison <nospamthanks@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-08 17:34 +1300
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2011-11-08 06:41 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2011-11-08 10:21 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 13:00 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-08 13:22 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 07:27 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 11:12 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> - 2011-11-08 16:44 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 04:02 -0800
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-11-09 00:30 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 21:24 -0800
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-11-09 09:08 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-11-09 10:10 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2011-11-11 11:06 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie JV <groups@wellowvillage.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 13:06 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2011-11-09 07:10 -0800
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 04:05 -0800
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2011-11-10 14:07 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 15:54 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie David Pitt <pittdj@pittdj.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 17:21 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 19:16 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 13:17 -0800
Case-sensitivity in BBC BASIC (was: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie) Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2011-11-16 13:52 +0000
Re: Case-sensitivity in BBC BASIC (was: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-11-20 16:17 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> - 2011-11-10 03:26 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-11-10 09:20 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-11-10 18:29 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:54 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 05:59 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 07:16 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-11-11 10:42 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 11:27 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 09:55 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 18:57 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 19:18 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 01:11 +1300
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-10 13:22 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 01:38 +1300
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-10 14:33 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 12:19 +1300
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-11 00:47 +0100
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 13:06 +1300
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 16:22 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-11-10 18:28 +0000
Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-10 20:59 +0100
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