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Software reviews
As well as captioned screen shots, I'm used to supplying themed multi-pic walk-throughs showing how product features work. I've also done ScreenCam movies demonstrating products in action. I started off in 1987 reviewing the likes of DesQView and GEM XM, and this year (1999) have covered, among others, Microsoft Office 2000, Netscape Navigator 4.61 and Allaire's HomeSite 4.0 web authoring package. See below for more products I've reviewed.
My two main objectives when writing a review are to make sure the reader knows what the product actually is (something which marketing material often obscures) and to give a thorough, balanced and honest view. A large part of the reputation I've built over the past 12 years has been based on doing just that. Copy Samples
Products I've reviewed.
- for the other nine years' worth, just multiply the above by three times! © Paul Stephens 1999. All rights reserved.
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I've
done lots of these, at word-counts ranging from 300 to 6,000.
One-offs, comparatives, round-ups, flowing copy, product-per-column - if it
exists as a format for writing about software products, I've probably
written in it.
My
special areas of interest (see right-hand column for more details) are
databases, Windows (9.x and 2000), Office suites and anything to do with Web
development. I've also covered CD-ROM based multimedia packages (Encarta
etc), online services (AOL vs CompuServe in the old days), and developer
tools packages. I've reviewed every release of Windows since 2.0 for PC
Plus, as well as every release of Microsoft Office and Lotus
SmartSuite. 