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[Michael Wild <themiwi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:09 PM, David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Al 04/03/13 16:16, En/na Stuart Langridge ha escrit:
> > On Mon 04 Mar 2013 14:45:36 GMT, Michael Wild wrote:
> >> Extension-modes, now that sounds nice. This way one could keep the
> >> *ohsoconfusing* RPN mode out of the unbelievers sight and easily add
> >> it for those that want it, without having to resort to a separate app.
> >
> > Just out of interest, what's wrong with a separate app? I see no problem
> > whatsoever in having "RPN calculator" as a separate app. (Or even
> > "SuperCalculator", which does *everything*.) Having many apps leaves the
> > decision-making as to which features are important in the hands of the
> > users directly, rather than us all speculating about what users want in
> > the core tool on a mailing list, no? :-)
> >
> > sil
> >
>
> +1, I was going to suggest exactly the same.
>
> The concept for the core apps is being simple, part of your everyday
> life and good at what they do. There is no reason why someone (and they
> should!) develop their own supercharged calculator with RPN mode and
> more advanced functionality.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
>
With that https://play.google.com/store/search?q=calculator&c=appsresult...
Tons and tons of calculator apps, every single one with a large
feature overlap. But anyways, it's your call. As I said in my first
message, I'm just commenting from the side lines here...

Michael