On 14 Oct 2007 at 7:59, Richard Smith wrote:
> Sorry. Try this one.
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sibelius-list/message/33713.
Sorry, but for a thread to begin with this:
Sibelius' keyboard entry routines are what Finale has been
trying
to copy for several years.
This just by no stretch of the imagination a true statement. Simple
Entry existed before Sibelius existed. Yes, it has been significantly
changed, but in ways that are organic to the evolution of GUIs and
increased processing power in the computers funning Finale. That the
solutions to some of those problems may be nearly identical is due to
the fact that the task is pretty much identical.
And the advice to "loose [sic] the Speedy Entry habit" is going to be
very off-putting to those like me who are very fluent in it.
The point is that Sibelius is not as versatile as Finale in terms of
providing options for music entry. Bad-mouthing Finale doesn't change
the fact that Sibelius is more limiting, and enforces a single way of
working, whereas Finale offers choice.
Yes, the two programs are different. But trying to say that
Sibelius's limited methods are just better than Finale's is not going
to win converts to Sibelius. It's going to make Finale users
defensive and suspicious of the rest of the advice.
--
David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/
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