Quick comment on usability

[James Harkins]

Actually not a complaint! But inspired by the thread on upgrading vs not upgrading, where it was suggested that LP has become inherently more complex and harder to use, even for simple typesetting.

As a counterexample: A few days ago, I needed to produce a quick page with some text outlining quartal harmony for some students, with music examples interspersed. I did need a quick glance at the Notation Reference to refresh my memory on \column and \justify in a markup block, but that was quick. All told, it took about half an hour and the output, without any tweaks or overrides, is clean and legible.

I just wanted to mention it as a case where LP certainly didn't throw up any pointless roadblocks for basic usage. The improvements in the tool DO matter.

I agree with the remarks on power users. As LP's default output gets closer to publication quality, more users will want to push the tool further to squeeze out that last little bit of control (vs, say, accepting the voice and accidental collisions that are routine in Finale-land).

hjh