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In article <892@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> ralph@lzfme.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) writes:
>In article <1989Sep22.161107.18968@mentor.com> bruceh@mentor.com (Bruce Holm) writes:
>>Since MacUser no longer publishes their mini-review section [...]
>
>Does anybody know why they stopped?  I always found this particular
>feature of the magazine useful, [...]

I don't know for sure, but I have a guess.  The MiniFinders section
had a real problem: the reviews were done over a period of several
years, so some old programs had a higher rating than newer, better programs
just because they were judged with lower standards.  They did seem to try
to update at least the major products (e.g. MacWrite was described as "showing
its age"), but with hundreds of products listed it's not possible to constantly
recheck all of them.

On the other hand, they did just get a new editor who made other
changes to the layout as well.  The most noticeable one (to me) was
that the various columns no longer have titles, just the author's
name.  So maybe it was just that the new editor didn't like the capsule
reviews.

   Robert