use qalculate instead of gcalctool
MadMan2k
madman2k at gmx.de
Mon Feb 13 11:48:12 GMT 2006
yes I _am_ serious about that.
I think qalculate has a much more intuitive interface than gcalctool.
gcalctool tries to simulate a physical table calculator offering a
virtual keyboard, but this is fundamentally wrong since the user already
has a physical keyboard.
Furthermore gcalctool makes the mistake of forcing the use of its
virtual keyboard - you cant simply edit the input field.
Qalculate might seem overloaded at the first sight, but I'd rather call
it complete.
Since gcalctool also offers advanced calculations, but you will loose
your result on switching the mode and get your screen filled up by
dozens of equal sized(i.e. no preference) buttons.
I already filed bugs on gcalctool about that, but I was told it would be
better to simplify qalculate than enhancing gcalctool.
M2k
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