Welcome Back MORE!
Posted by summercamp
on 9/1/2000
summercamp
9/1/2000 1:10 am
I stumbled across this site looking for old Mac hardware.
I first used a Macintosh in 1987 as a film intern. It was a Mac512KE and the first program I used was ThinkTank. Shortly thereafter we upgraded to MORE.
Having never really used a computer before, I had nothing for comparing MORE, but it convinced me that computers were cool tools for aiding in the thinking process.
Since then, I have been awed by many programs, but I have never stopped using MORE. I was shocked to find a website devoted to outliners, and someone out there extolling the virtues of this little program which has long since been forgotten by the general populace.
I use MORE to keep budgets and to write short stories and organize a humongous outline for a novel. I also use it for a To Do list, for calls, you name it.
As for the future of outliners, I have seen nothing as elegant as MORE, and I do look out for new outliners from time to time. Word's is clumsy at best. IdeaLine was too simple, etc. I still think most people would switch to an outliner if they were introduced to one, and there are just none out there to do the job.
Anyway, I will check back to see what others have to say. It would be nice to talk to someone who still uses this amazingly versatile program, since I have not found anyone who knew what it was for THIRTEEN YEARS!!!
Zac
I first used a Macintosh in 1987 as a film intern. It was a Mac512KE and the first program I used was ThinkTank. Shortly thereafter we upgraded to MORE.
Having never really used a computer before, I had nothing for comparing MORE, but it convinced me that computers were cool tools for aiding in the thinking process.
Since then, I have been awed by many programs, but I have never stopped using MORE. I was shocked to find a website devoted to outliners, and someone out there extolling the virtues of this little program which has long since been forgotten by the general populace.
I use MORE to keep budgets and to write short stories and organize a humongous outline for a novel. I also use it for a To Do list, for calls, you name it.
As for the future of outliners, I have seen nothing as elegant as MORE, and I do look out for new outliners from time to time. Word's is clumsy at best. IdeaLine was too simple, etc. I still think most people would switch to an outliner if they were introduced to one, and there are just none out there to do the job.
Anyway, I will check back to see what others have to say. It would be nice to talk to someone who still uses this amazingly versatile program, since I have not found anyone who knew what it was for THIRTEEN YEARS!!!
Zac
xdaemon
9/1/2000 11:02 am
You may want to check this link for MORE information.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~caveman/Creative/Software/swindex.htm
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~caveman/Creative/Software/swindex.htm
ps
9/1/2000 11:06 am
Hello Zac
I agree with you that MORE is one of the best tools I've ever used - in fact I use it still on a daily basis for course planning, general writing etc.It is the coolest outliner and esp. the user interface is great. And as you say - thirteen years is many generations in this internet age and this program still runs great under the current version of MacOS (9.x). But MacOS X spells doom for MORE I understand, as the 68K-emulator software that MORE depends on will not be available in this version. Too bad - I'll probably have to retire MORE to the software hall of fame. It was a product that really made a difference to me - so many possibilities, so many interface details.
Well, I could go on rambling for ages about MORE - but I won't.
Good to know at least two people on the planet still use this gem.
Piet.
I agree with you that MORE is one of the best tools I've ever used - in fact I use it still on a daily basis for course planning, general writing etc.It is the coolest outliner and esp. the user interface is great. And as you say - thirteen years is many generations in this internet age and this program still runs great under the current version of MacOS (9.x). But MacOS X spells doom for MORE I understand, as the 68K-emulator software that MORE depends on will not be available in this version. Too bad - I'll probably have to retire MORE to the software hall of fame. It was a product that really made a difference to me - so many possibilities, so many interface details.
Well, I could go on rambling for ages about MORE - but I won't.
Good to know at least two people on the planet still use this gem.
Piet.
camusdvo
9/1/2000 1:34 pm
You beat me by three years!
There are dedicated MORE users out there. But what really knocks my socks off are:
* the fact that it still runs on Os 9.0.4
* things inside (like recognizing the user & the clock) Claris did not implement in their products for a while... Dave must've been reading well into the OS specs...
There are dedicated MORE users out there. But what really knocks my socks off are:
* the fact that it still runs on Os 9.0.4
* things inside (like recognizing the user & the clock) Claris did not implement in their products for a while... Dave must've been reading well into the OS specs...