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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3199374" data-attributes="member: 6777">I have a lot of sympathy for this position. One oft he reasons I love Hero Designer for HERO System so much is that, despite being a Java app, it's very easy to use and doesn't &quot;break.&quot; You can pound on it all you like without cracking the manual, and it just plain works. I.e., it feels like most of the other software on my machine. The non-computer-savvy people in my HERO group use it without hesitation.PCGen, otoh, still feels very fragile to me. You really need to read the documentation to learn how to use it correctly, as just diving in will usually cause weird things to happen. I find myself always keeping a close eye on the memory usage in the status bar (glad I finally noticed that was a feature I could turn on), and have realized that it's always better to just close and restart it when I want to unload sources or switch modes. And even with this expertise, weird things happen that I can't explain.Granted, I still find it a very useful tool, not to mention it's one of the few that work on a Mac. Still, I'm one of those people who has some experience (having taken Java classes) and is willing to work towards expertise with the app. Ditto for the others in my D&amp;D group who've started using it; they're all IT professionals.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 3199374, member: 6777"] I have a lot of sympathy for this position. One oft he reasons I love Hero Designer for HERO System so much is that, despite being a Java app, it's very easy to use and doesn't "break." You can pound on it all you like without cracking the manual, and it just plain works. I.e., it feels like most of the other software on my machine. The non-computer-savvy people in my HERO group use it without hesitation. PCGen, otoh, still feels very fragile to me. You really need to read the documentation to learn how to use it correctly, as just diving in will usually cause weird things to happen. I find myself always keeping a close eye on the memory usage in the status bar (glad I finally noticed that was a feature I could turn on), and have realized that it's always better to just close and restart it when I want to unload sources or switch modes. And even with this expertise, weird things happen that I can't explain. Granted, I still find it a very useful tool, not to mention it's one of the few that work on a Mac. Still, I'm one of those people who has some experience (having taken Java classes) and is willing to work towards expertise with the app. Ditto for the others in my D&D group who've started using it; they're all IT professionals. [/QUOTE]

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