Dave,
You can go back-it's the X button on the top right of the graphical button bar.
More of a Windows 95 like option.
Of course they are "dumbing down" the software. The people who were best
at using software like 5.2 were power researchers, or in other words,
information professionals. Because we are much smaller in numbers than the
number of attorneys out there, I'm sure West decided that it makes much more
sense to write software that attorneys might understand (and use, however
poorly) rather than develop more powerful, efficient software that only power
researchers could grasp.
I hear command stacking (limited, though, just for printing) is suppose to make
a return in one of the versions of Westmate released in 1999. We'll see!!
Amy
Amy Easton Bingenheimer
Manager, Legal Information Services
Quarles & Brady
>>> Dave Carlburg <dcarlbrg@cogent.net> 01/14/99 01:25pm >>>
Yes I still use it and prefer it to 6.3 or 7.1. I started using Westlaw in
the early 80's. I cannot imagine not using the keyboard commands. I haven't
checked recently but there was no "goback" command when going from case
to
Shepards or Keycite on new versions. I especially like being able to link
commands such as printing, you can do that on keyboard but not with mouse. I
believe that these new versions are another example of "dumbing down"
Thanks for letting me vent. By the way I've called customer service at
Westlaw and told them my thoughts, I asked if they were trying to get me to
use Lexis.
Dave Carlburg, 2nd Dist., California Court of Appeal, Los Angeles
I'm curious if anyone else still uses Westmate 5.2 as opposed to the
>web product and 6.3 or the newest release, and why. I'll summarize for
>the list if there's interest. TIA
>
>Karen Hawkinson, Assistant librarian
>Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP
>klh@jmbm.com
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