Re: 250+ CAD CAM Links

Thanks a lot for your comments & suggestions.

I have added these suggestions to my TO DO LIST. I will update you
when the changes have been made to the site.

Regards
Gord


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Roy J. Tellason"
<rtellason@b...> wrote:

> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 01:26 pm, doug98105 wrote:
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Gord <gshienh2000@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > I created a website with many CAD CAM related links that might

be

> > > of your interest. Please let me know how to improve the

website to

> > > be more useful for CAD CAM Professionals.
> > > http://www.1st-in-cadcam.com
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Gord
>
> > Hmmmmm....interesting, but I don't get it. The brief

descriptions

> > of the various CAM programs appear to be written by ad agencies.
>
> Yeah. Or else they're right out of the companies' promotional

literature,

> but in any case not too terribly descriptive. The other thing

that I had a

> problem with right off was the fact that when I moved the mouse

pointer over

> the stuff in the top menu, it would disappear -- or at least

reduce in

> contrast to the point where I couldn't read it any more.
>
> > How did you get these descriptions? Do the various software
> > companies pay to be listed on your site?
> >
> > To improve your site? How about breaking the listings down

giving

> > some indication of relative cost. You have mega-buck programs
> > listed alongside fairly inexpensive software. Many potential
> > purchasers will be most influenced by price, especially on this

list

> > which is supposed to be aimed at hobbiests.
>
> Or _hobbyists_. But yeah. It might also be useful to know

whether there was

> a demo version of something available, and if so in what way it

would be

> limited.
>
> And finally, it would also be of help to know what platform a

give software

> package was aimed at, and perhaps even be able to restrict the

listings to

> just those platforms chosen. If I'm running linux here (which I

am) I'm not

> going to be interested in software that's only available for

certain versions

> of windoze (which some are). Otherwise it's a waste of my time.