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In article <8908020006.AA11190@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> "MELISSA HINES" <hines@cellbio.stanford.edu> writes:
>In our lab, we have been using Igor, a data analysis and graphing program
> for the Macintosh by WaveMetrics, for about 4 months.  We are EXTREMELY
> happy with it.  I have been beta testing the next version, 1.10, and have
> just gotten permission to describe the new features to the net.  The new
> version should be shipping within the next two weeks.
> 
> In conclusion, we have found that Igor is an extremely useful and versatile
> program for data analysis and graphing on the Macintosh.  I highly
> recommend it to anyone in science or engineering.
> 
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I received version 1.0 of Igor last week and it really is a great program.
I did my darnest to get it to bomb and it just would not. I would like to 
comment on an aspect of Igor that Mellisa did not mention and that I found 
to be extremely useful. Igor is  very effective scheme in handling user 
mistakes. A dialog box appears if a user attempts an 
illegal command. What I found very useful was not only did Igor tell you 
what the error was, it would have an option button named 
"Explain Error" that the user could press to obtain a additianal sentences 
telling the user what the
error meant.  Often new users need more that 
either an error number or a 3 word cryptic error message to 
help them to resolve a problem.  Also, I have found that Wave Metrics 
support line was excellent.

I should mention, that I have been a Kaleidagraph user for some time and 
I wish the makers of Igor would incorporate more extensive historgram 
plotting capabilites like those found in Kaleidagraphs i.e., Box plots,
and percentile plots, and stackable historgrams.