JAY KOUTAVAS  > This program has so many flaws that should

> simply not exist.

Wow. I'll just move on.

> For instance, if you press

> the space bar as your first typed character in

> the text entry box, it sends SOMETHING, i'm

> not sure what, to the world you're connected > to. It shows up on the world I use as an

> invalid command. Once again, this is simply > from pressing the spacebar as the very first > key in the text edit box.

What is being sent? Did you make space an alias? Please send a bug report.

> Additionally, it does not support background

> colours in text highlighting, for some reason.

How so? When using ANSI codes?

> The betas will nag you, even if you're

> registered, every time you open it, to

> update. We don't need to be harangued to >

> update -- do you want to deter people from

> using your betas and finding bugs? These

> nag screens do that.

You are not required to reregister. The betas are menat to time out in 30 days, so that old copies of outdated Savitar betas will not clutter up the net when the final releases. The release notes clearly talk about this, and point out that if you are not comfortable with doing beta tests, you should not be using beta. (Savitar at this writing is not in beta).

>The regular expression support is bafflingly

> incorrect. The simplest regular expressions

> behave like some kind of Bizarro world

> regular expression, evaluating pieces of the

> wrong lines, weird results. Your guess is as

> good as mine. ANd these bugs have been in

> this program for ages.

Regular expression support was released less than a year ago. (Savitar is 7+ years old). Again, please file bug reports. I am very responsive to bug reports, as you may find out on Savitar's conference board (http://www.heynow.com/Savitar)

> Last of all, the interface is an atrocity. What

> is this? OS 9?

No, it's a PowerPlant application that's carbon compliant. It runs on Classic and Mac OS X.

> I'm a registered user simply because

> everything else out there is WORSE than this.

> I wish the author would fix existing bugs

> before adding new features. (1/14/2004,

> Version: 1.3.2)

Please file bug reports / feature requests if you wish to be effective. Savitar has been in bug maintance mode since 1.3.0 released. The chances of me stumbling on your "reports" here, on a review, are kinda slim.

Thank you

Jay Koutavas

Author of Savitar  
(Version 1.3.3)

ANONYMOUS  > I'm a registered user simply because

> everything else out there is WORSE than this.

Try MudWalker

http://mudwalker.cubik.org  
(Version 1.3.4)

NAMAN  Heh. I tried Savitar. I use Cantrip, which is free, and works fine, despite a couple of bugs. It does more than Savitar would, and it messed up a lot less.  
(Version 1.3.5)