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=== Mac software: Response v6.71 === | === Mac software: Response v6.71 === | ||
* The '''windows''' don't behave properly, for example, they cannot be minimized. And worse, a 2nd window can block another, e.g. preference pane makes the response bar inaccessible. | * The '''windows''' don't behave properly, for example, they cannot be minimized. And worse, a 2nd window can block another, e.g. preference pane makes the response bar inaccessible. | ||
* The installation is very '''cluttered'''. The application should limit itself to one directory but instead dumps often various files with subdirectories into | * The installation is very '''cluttered'''. The application should limit itself to one directory but instead dumps often various files with subdirectories into no fewer than 4 different locations: home, applications, documents, and library folder. Couldn't be much messier! | ||
* The name space for files is often too short. Are we still in the 8+3 era? | * The name space for files is often too short. Are we still in the 8+3 era? | ||
* Powerpoint plugin didn't install properly. First, it doesn't respect toolbar customization and instead resets to default. Second, it complains about not being able to load add-in ""?? |
Revision as of 09:29, 11 December 2012
eInstruction is a company making clickers for audience response in lectures and seminars. This page is a review of the hardware clicker CPS Pulse and the accompanying software Response v6.71 (12/2012). The software appears to be mostly in Java and thus runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I'm testing on a Mac, so the comments may not extend to the other run-time environments.
Mac software: Response v6.71
- The windows don't behave properly, for example, they cannot be minimized. And worse, a 2nd window can block another, e.g. preference pane makes the response bar inaccessible.
- The installation is very cluttered. The application should limit itself to one directory but instead dumps often various files with subdirectories into no fewer than 4 different locations: home, applications, documents, and library folder. Couldn't be much messier!
- The name space for files is often too short. Are we still in the 8+3 era?
- Powerpoint plugin didn't install properly. First, it doesn't respect toolbar customization and instead resets to default. Second, it complains about not being able to load add-in ""??