Re: FileMaker Archaeology

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Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.databases, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: FileMaker Archaeology
Date	2015-12-17 13:59 +1300
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In article <slrnn72727.3kn.t-usenet@ID-685.user.individual.de>, Martin
?rautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:14:54 -0500, nospam wrote:
> >  <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/bob/clarisworks.php>
> >    Meanwhile, Apple had formed a software subsidiary, named Claris, to
> >    develop and market application software. Initially Claris sold
> >    MacWrite, MacPaint, and MacDraw, for the Macintosh, and AppleWorks,
> 
> offtopic, but MacDraw was such an excellent application. I am so sorry
> that there has been that little progress in improving drawing
> applications since - especially looking at the lack of proper drawing
> capabilites within MS Word, Libe/Openoffice etc.
> 
> The proper concepts of aligning, grouping, moving were just so natural
> and obvious to use. And copy/paste to other documents, or scaling where
> excellent that time. I even could take a ruler on the screen of my
> Mac Classic, up to the Powerbook 190 (which I liked more than the
> 5something), in order to measure and position anything.
> 
> Same was true that time for FMP.
> 
> Is there anything as good by current standards, as MacDraw was that
> time? I'd vote for Sketchup - which is a perfectly different, but
> excellent to use 3D app. But I don't know any for Mac (knowing not much
> more than e.g. Intaglio, just wondering why 2.9.4 still works with
> 10.10, but 3.1 doesn't).
<snip>

Not quite the same as the excellent MacDraw / ClarisDraw (which I still
use from time to time), but there is possibly EazyDraw, OmniGraffle,
MacDraft, Intaglio as you mentioned, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, plus
a few CAD applications and "room design" apps.

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    Re: FileMaker Archaeology ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-12-14 21:06 +0100
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        Re: FileMaker Archaeology ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-12-15 02:19 +0100
          Re: FileMaker Archaeology dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-12-15 15:15 +1300
  Re: FileMaker Archaeology JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-12-14 15:02 -0500
  Re: FileMaker Archaeology Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-15 00:51 +0000
    Re: FileMaker Archaeology nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-12-14 20:05 -0500
      Re: FileMaker Archaeology Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-15 04:23 +0000
        Re: FileMaker Archaeology nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-12-14 23:45 -0500
          Re: FileMaker Archaeology Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-15 15:18 +0000
            Re: FileMaker Archaeology nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-12-15 10:59 -0500
              Re: FileMaker Archaeology Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-15 18:32 +0000
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-12-15 16:32 -0500
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-12-16 11:07 +1300
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-12-15 17:14 -0500
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2015-12-16 08:09 +0000
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-12-17 13:59 +1300
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2015-12-17 02:51 +0000
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-12-16 13:30 +0000
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-12-15 13:35 -0800
                Re: FileMaker Archaeology Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-12-16 13:05 +1300
        Re: FileMaker Archaeology dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-12-15 17:52 +1300
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        Re: FileMaker Archaeology Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-12-14 21:49 -0800
  Re: FileMaker Archaeology Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-12-15 13:18 -0500
  Re: FileMaker Archaeology Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2015-12-15 11:38 -0800
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      Re: FileMaker Archaeology Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-12-16 06:20 +0100
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