That knife will not tighten a screw, file a fingernail, or turn a bolt, but it's no compromise-it is the best possible handheld implement for the many things a chef needs to cut.Īmong Palm word processors, Word To Go is a Leatherman tool, while WordSmith is a Henckels knife. ![]() Professional chefs, on the other hand, sometimes carry a single Henckels knife from job to job. The multi-tool's value is that it does the job admirably when it's all you have. None of these tools is as good as its stand-alone equivalent, but few people keep a toolbox handy all day. Many a computer geek has a belt clip that carries a Leatherman multi-tool-blades, screwdrivers, files, pliers, and other gadgets ready to pivot into use at any moment. Which is best depends on what you need to do. But the two programs, while superficially similar, follow different philosophies. So when I went searching for a word processing application for my Palm, the options included two well-crafted packages: DataViz's Word To Go 4.001 (part of the Documents To Go suite) and Blue Nomad's WordSmith 2.01.Įach offers a good set of composition and editing features, Macintosh synchronization, and little else to get in the way. This piece was originally published in TidBITS #604 on 5 November 2001.
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