Firstly, x2 is, as we all know, an excellent program. Working on a Windows machine without it is sheer, frustrating drudgery. I sometimes wish that the Microsoft people would wise-up, buy the software & the rights (thereby setting up Nikos on a huge yacht enjoying early, sun-drenched retirement surrounded by a bevy of nymphs feeding him grapes). That way everybody would benefit. Except that the MS people would screw it up somehow, probably sticking in a browser and a database module and removing the dual panes 'cause they were too hard to use
Second, fillips like Snakebyte's menu-trigger program (MenuHack.exe) are icing on the cake. Along with Narayan's user manual (the most remarkable piece of user-contributed documentation I've ever come across), they give x2 a breadth of quality that no single developer could ever achieve alone.
Lastly, these forums are a true public service. They tie everything together... the developer and his public, the program features and their use, providing both feedback & chit-chat which benefits everybody. Moreover, the people who participate here are really nice. Good folks who are willing to give a bit of their time to help out other people (and of course who get a better program out of it at the end:). FGagnon gets three cheers and then one more for the courtesy, the competence and the friendly evenhandedness which he has brought to this forum.
Bravo.
Also (& I've been waiting for a moment when I wasn't asking Nikos to do something before mentioning this), I decided last Christmas before leaving for holidays to put a copy of xplorer2 on my portable. I checked the license & found that I could install the same copy. After thinking about it for a moment, I decided that I ought to do something for Nikos so I purchased a second one instead. Stereo licenses! So if you can't buy the yacht, Nikos, you can buy a few extra pints at the pub.
Best to all, Jamie
