In a complaining mood

[Howard Kaufman]

Every time I reach for my wallet to register OG I run into issues that make 
me doubt the purchase.  I realize the reason is because I'm trying to use 
OG to do drawings that it wasn't really designed for.  Here are a jut a few 
of my problems:

I create a lot of shapes that have lot's of text objects interior to them.
   I suppose for charts it's very convenient that you can click anywhere 
inside a shape to select it, but it really makes it hard to select the text 
within the shape.  It isn't too hard to select a single text item, but it'
s impossible to select multiple text items if they are within the shape 
boundaries.  You have to shift click every one of them.

Here's a another behavior that is making me nuts:  Create a line.  Show  
the head label and remove the fill.  Now use the yellow dot marker (sorry 
I don't know what you call it) to move the position of the text so it is to 
the left of the line and in the clear.  This is really great, it identifies 
the line in a way I used to have to do with a separate line and a separate 
text object.  And they stay together if you move the line which is also 
really cool.  But here's the problem.  If you try to edit the label when it 
is to the left of the line and in the clear, it loses it's orientation and 
becomes vertical text instead of horizontal and you have a pain to get it 
back to what you had before the edit.  Is that a bug?

Another text problem:  When you create a text object it doesn't align to 
the grid lines, it sits above or below the grid lines.  Since I use text 
objects to identify a line, I need it to be centered with the line.  You 
can do that of course with the command Align To centers in the grid Info 
pane, but you must do that for every single text object you create, every 
single time.  It should be a preference you can set for all text you create.

I suppose these are the most important problems I have found, but there are 
others I'll save for another posting.

So I hope I'm not asking for too much here.  I understand OG is not very 
expensive and is intended for other types of drawings than I am creating.  
The problem is that it's a really nice looking environment and is almost 
just what I need.  There are a lot of really cool features too!  But I'm 
trying to massage it into doing what I want without too many extra mouse 
clicks and carpal tunnel syndrome.  If that's really out of line, (as far 
as your goals for the program) please let me know.  My spirit here is to be 
constructive and see if Omnigroup would like to broaden the appeal of the 
program.

If it helps, I can attach or send a sample drawing so you can see some of 
these things.


Regards,
Howard Kaufman
Lectrosonics
(516) 785-6211