First
of all, one must be aware that this piece of software was the first
one
released by this company in 1999. Cyclosoft's track record for
excellence
is marred by its own desire to build on what others have
already
built. It is also the first version of this line of word processors,
with
many projected updates to come. One must keep these factors in
mind
when considering this review.
First
off, I'd like to say this: What the programmer did right, was
to
blatantly copy a template from Borland C++ Builder. This ensured
that
his interface would be a tried and tested one, which is something
that
many (not all) of Cyclosoft programs have lacked in the past.
Spelling
errors are nil (which I expect from a program), and setup
ran
successfully).
It's
too bad then that some design oversights and overall blandness
kill
this program off. Initially, one gets the (correct) impression
that
they have seen this all before... They also own it... in the
form
of Wordpad... and at least in that program you can search for
text.
Originality is extremely rare, and the about screen (pictured)
is
about as exciting as it gets (oooh... a nice graphic... wow...
whatever).
And
as a final deathblow to this application, the programmer mindlessly
forgot
to allow the user to indent text... pressing the tab key
places
your cursor in the font list.
I
can only hope that this travesty of a word processor will improve
as
it is upgraded, for if Cyclosoft is staking its livelyhood
on
WordZee 4.0, there is little hope for its survival .