[openbeos] Re: Calculator still needed?

gsc70@xxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Crain) wrote:
> There seems to be many with this opinion, but for me, I cannot 
> understand why.
> The parser may be powerful, but it really seems opposite of an 
> intuitive app.
> What are the capabilities?
> Does it do hex to decimal and base conversion?

I don't think it can do anything else but decimal, and I would consider 
this its weakest point - but one we could solve one day, if needed.

> Are natural log, log, exponents supported?
> I think it would be better as a CLI app, then at least you could do a 
> 'DeskCalc -h'.

Well, while we definitely have to write documentation for all apps 
provided with Haiku, a calculator should "just work". IOW you should 
just enter the stuff you want, and it should provide you with the 
result. If the usual doesn't work out, it's obviously flawed :-)
Maybe a function pull down menu in the expanded mode would help, too.

Bye,
   Axel.

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