[Ham-Mac] an attractive PSK application for Mac OS X?

[Dick Rucker]

on 5/13/03 16:04, Richard Kriss at aa5vu@qsl.net wrote:

> I would still prefer to see a native OSX PSK31 (and/or RTTY)
> application with a waterfall display.

I second the motion.  I tried running OpenOffice, AbiWord, GIMP, and some
other *nix applications under OroborOSX, "an Aqua-like X11 window manager."
Unfortunately, I found the experience less than satisfactory on my PowerMac
G4, and it wasn't for lack of CPU, RAM, etc. on my part. Not only did a few
things not run at all, but those that did were more frustrating to use than
what I have become accustomed to using applications written with OS X and
the Aqua interface in mind (TextEdit, Safari, MacDopplerPRO, to name a few).

I'd much rather see those with the programming skills devote themselves to
developing a PSK application for Mac OS X that takes advantage of Aqua and
all the other powerful features available within Apple's Cocoa framework.

Many of the battles that folks who still code in less capable environments
constantly fight can be avoided by adopting the built-in features and rapid
development tools of the Cocoa frameworks.

>From my standpoint as a user, I much prefer to use applications that follow
the Aqua interface conventions.  That can happen most readily if programmers
choose to take maximum advantage of the two Cocoa frameworks provided by
Apple.  Though the frameworks in Cocoa were written using Objective-C,
several other languages, such as Java, can be used to write
application-specific code within Cocoa frameworks,

As to an initial features set, I am satisfied with Digipan, so if I could
have what Digipan provides in a fully Mac OS compatible package, I'd be a
happy camper.  Other bells and whistles could be added later as demand grows
and resources permit.

I have been following with interest the great interest MixW is stirring in
the Windows world, despite the fact that it costs $50 a copy in North
America.  http://www.egroups.com/group/mixw/

Dick, KM4ML