At 03:42 PM 10/14/2007, David W. Fenton wrote:
>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.
David, I don't believe this is true. Yes, Simple Entry has been
around forever, but the revamped Simple introduced a few years ago
was very specifically an attempt to mimic the functionality of
Sibelius note entry.
>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.
This is also true. Although it's only relevant for those of us who
love Speedy.
Aaron.
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