Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 2:16 am
I know a lot of people have been having issues with the various releases of SPF in Windows XP, and I'm also one that has "virtual cable" problems (eg, the hourglass won't disappear, I have difficulties connecting devices in the routing window, etc..). I've followed all the help that everyone has posted, but not all my issues were solved - but that is not the point of this post 
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I really, really like the floating tool window that shows all the devices and connections. Since I'm having issues with drawing cables, I've gone to using the drop menus and selecting them that way. It's gotten to the point now that I very rarely even load into the router window, as I can do everything quickly from the drop menus. While I understand this might not be the easiest for most people, for me it's much easier to visualise (and saves real estate on my screen to boot!). The only things I'd like to have as an addition would be a small snapshot of the routing window in the bottom of the float bar (that way I wouldn't have to go searching through the menus only to hide the window again after I check something), and make the float bar a little more "tight", instead of chunky like the SPF interface is. Those are my only two wishes, and they really aren't even that important.
All in all, I just wanted to thank Creamware for making the OS user friendly on all levels. I'm excited to see what the future releases will look like!
Chris
.I really, really like the floating tool window that shows all the devices and connections. Since I'm having issues with drawing cables, I've gone to using the drop menus and selecting them that way. It's gotten to the point now that I very rarely even load into the router window, as I can do everything quickly from the drop menus. While I understand this might not be the easiest for most people, for me it's much easier to visualise (and saves real estate on my screen to boot!). The only things I'd like to have as an addition would be a small snapshot of the routing window in the bottom of the float bar (that way I wouldn't have to go searching through the menus only to hide the window again after I check something), and make the float bar a little more "tight", instead of chunky like the SPF interface is. Those are my only two wishes, and they really aren't even that important.
All in all, I just wanted to thank Creamware for making the OS user friendly on all levels. I'm excited to see what the future releases will look like!
Chris