Review: gCalc! 檢討： gcalc ！
Rating: 評價： 5.6/10
Cost: FREE! 費用：免費！
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This the fourth installment of the這是第四次分期付款的 calculator roundup計算器綜述 . 。 It was intended to be written and published in one single week, but that was a lot less viable than I had imagined.它的用意是要筆試和出版的一單週，但，這是一個少很多可行的，比我想像的。 I hope I can publish the last part tomorrow.我希望我可以發布的最後部分的明天。 Fingers crossed.手指交叉。 Meanwhile, let’s see what gCalc! has to offer.同時，讓我們看看什麼gcalc ！已提供。

Not much, if you’re in a hurry.不大，如果您在匆匆。 Personally, I was as disappointed at this calculator as I was at我個人來說，我是作為失望，在這個計算器正如我在 BKGcalc bkgcalc , perhaps even more. ，甚至更多。 While gCalc! can plot a chart and the other calculators I have reviewed can’t, that is not a useful feature to me and the other features were not really exciting.而gcalc ！可以地積了一份圖表，和其他計算機，我已審查了不能，這不是一個有用的功能，我和其他功能不能真正令人振奮的。 Let’s see all the details then you can agree with me or not.讓我們看看所有細節，那麼你可以同意我的或不是。

The name of the application is gCalc! Like Yahoo! or Wham!應用程序的名稱是gcalc ！一樣， 雅虎或wham ！ The first nag I had with this app was the installation.第一，拿我與這個應用程序是安裝。 As you正如你 can see here可以看到，在這裡 , what you donwload and install is rather a “suite” called gWhiz and comprised of two quite unrelated apps in my opinion: gCalc! and gFlash+ . ，你donwload和安裝是相當“組曲” 和所謂的gwhiz組成的兩個相當無關的應用服務，我認為： gcalc ！和gflash + 。 Incidentally, you might also find it amusing that all the text順便提一句，您也可能會覺得有趣，所有的文字 in that page在這頁 is actually composed of images, not text.其實組成的圖像，而不是文字。 Not one single word is text!沒有一個單一的字是文字！ Go figure…轉到數字… But I digress.但我偏離。 The problem is you get the two applications even if you just want one.問題是，您獲得兩項申請，甚至如果你只是想要一個。 And no, you can’t uninstall one and leave the other.沒有，你無法卸載一離開對方。 You’re stuck with either both or none.您堅持，不論雙方或無。 I think that is a little rude, but I admit I am a bit finicky.我認為這是一個小粗魯，但我承認我感到有點複雜。 This review is about calculators, so I won’t mention gFlash+ in this article anymore.這項檢討是有關計算機，所以我不會提及gflash +在這篇文章了。 We might review it on another occasion.我們不妨檢討它在另外一個場合。 For now, I’ll just say it’s pretty interesting and definitely worth a look.現在，我將只說這是相當有趣的和絕對值得看一看。

The second nag is launching the calculator.第二次尿NAG是發射計算器。 Calculators should be available and operative fast .計算器應可和執行快速 。 Like drawing a gun in a duel: just whip it and there you go.更像是在畫槍在決鬥：剛才黨黨鞭，並在那裡，您去。 But gWhiz LLC, in their infinite wisdom, decided it would be a good idea to hot-iron their brand on our brains with a flashy startup screen.但gwhiz LLC公司，在其無限的智慧，決定這將是一個好主意，熱鐵其品牌對我們的大腦與華而不實的啟動畫面。

Surely I’m going to take at least 0.5 point from my final rating because of that.當然，我要去至少需時0.5點，從我的最後評價，因為這一點。 That screen is shown for 2 seconds only, but I still find it unacceptable.這是屏幕上顯示的只有2秒鐘，但我仍然覺得這是不可接受的。

When the startup screen goes away, we get this:當啟動屏幕上消失了，我們得到這個：

There is the gCalc!是有gcalc ！ calculator’s most prominent feature in all its glory.計算器的最突出的特點在其所有的榮耀。 The feature that no other calculator for the Blackberry platform has.功能沒有其他計算器黑莓平台。 A big plotting chart.一個大陰謀圖。 A blessing and a curse.祝福和詛咒。 This is probably when you decide whether you like this calculator or not: when you discover that the big chart will be always there no matter what.這可能是當你決定你是否喜歡這個計算器或不：當您發現大圖將永遠存在，不管什麼。 There is no option to hide it or turn it off.有沒有選項隱藏或關閉它。

There was a time when I took engineering in college and had to study a lot of calculus and integrals and limits and the HP 48G, brand new, was all the rage among students because we had to plot charts all the time.曾經有一段時間了，當我在工程學院，並已研究了很多的微積分和積分，並限制和惠普四八克，全新的，是所有學生的憤怒，因為我們的地積圖表的所有時間。 And I am sure a few professionals out there will find the chart very useful at times.我深信少數專業人士指出，有會發現圖表非常有用的時候。 But I think that is a pretty narrow audience, and even that audience would probably love to get rid of the chart most of the time if they could.但我認為這是相當狹隘的觀眾，甚至認為，觀眾很可能會愛擺脫圖表大部分的時間，如果他們可以。 It is too small and too big at the same time.這是太小和太大，在同一時間內。 Being too small is not its fault, a mobile phone screen is small, even if the Blackberry Curve’s screen is one of the best out there.正在太小，是不是它的故障，一部手提電話屏幕小，即使黑莓曲線的屏幕是其中一個最好的存在。 But couldn’t that chart take the whole screen, look bigger, then be dismissed in favor of other uses of precious screen space?但不能說，圖以整個屏幕，看大，然後被解僱，有利於其他用途的寶貴的屏幕空間？ Instead, it just sits there forever and takes a huge portion of the screen.相反，它只是坐在有永遠，並採取了巨大的螢幕部分。 It’s big enough to make everything else look pitifully crammed under a huge block of concrete.它的大足以使一切看pitifully擠迫下，一個巨大的混凝土塊。 My point is: this UI has remarkably poor design.我的意思是：這已顯著的UI設計欠佳。 This calculator simply loses a great chance to score high in the data display section of my rating.本計算器簡單失去一個偉大的機會，評分高，在數據顯示部分我的評價。 Even if it has a chart, the chart is not quite welcome the way it is.即使它有一個圖表，圖表是不太歡迎的方式，這是。

The interface and documentation both indicate that you can send these plotted charts by e-mail, but that feature is not available to the Blackberry OS that I use.界面和文件都顯示，您可以發送這些策劃圖表通過電子郵件，但特點是，並不適用於黑莓操作系統，我使用。

Also note that gCalc! has no financial functions, so don’t you get excited about plotting financial trends and forecasts in that chart.還注意到， gcalc ！沒有財務職能，所以你不興奮策劃金融趨勢及預測在這方面的圖表。 It’s for purely mathematical functions only.它的純粹的數學函數只。

Speaking of functions, gCalc! is pretty shy in that department.在談到職能， gcalc ！是相當害羞，在該部。 OK, it has quite a handful of functions, but all the other apps of this確定，但有相當少數的功能，但是所有其他的應用程序，這 calculator roundup計算器綜述 have a lot more, including common financial calculations and measurement conversions.有很多人，包括共同財務計算和測量的轉換。 Just like就像 BizMathica bizmathica and和 BKGcalc bkgcalc , gCalc! has a pretty good ， gcalc ！已相當不錯 reference page參考網頁 where you can check all the supported functions.這裡，您可以檢查所有支持的職能。

Typing those functions is not hard at all.打字這些職能並不難，在所有。 You can pick them in a menu or just type them away if you’re good at memorizing that kind of stuff.您可以挑選他們在一個菜單或只需鍵入他們遠離如果您善於記憶，這樣的東西。 Symbols are typed immediately as long as they are available in the keyboard, you won’t have to be pressing the Alt key all the time, something that only BKGcalc forces you to do.符號輸入立即只要他們都可以在鍵盤上，您將不會有需要迫切ALT鍵，所有的時間，這不僅bkgcalc力量，你這樣做。 If any given symbol is not available in the keyboard, however, forget it.如果任何特定的象徵，是不具備的鍵盤，然而，忘記它。 The Blackberry’s own Symbol key in gCalc! will give you nothing but “equals” and “power”.黑莓自己的象徵，關鍵在gcalc ！會給你無關，而是“平等”和“權力” 。

I was also underwhelmed, to say the least, by the number of constants and/or variables available: only two constants and no variables.我也underwhelmed ，至少可以說，由若干常量和/或變量：只有兩個常數和沒有變數。 You can’t edit (replace, so to speak) the existing constants or add new ones.您不能編輯（取代，所以發言）現有的常數或添加新的供稿。 You’re stuck with pi and Euler .您堅持與PI和歐拉 。

The application also offers four shortcuts.該應用程序還提供4捷徑。 Better than nothing, but also pretty scant.聊勝於無，但也相當微弱。

What I really can’t get over about gCalc! is the chart and the whole interface, actually.什麼我真的不能獲得超過約gcalc ！是圖表和整個界面，其實。 Having a “ticker tape” history of my previous expressions is an important feature to me, and that is lacking in gCalc! The chart is like a big unwanted obstacle stealing precious space most of the time.有一個“代號磁帶”的歷史，我以前的表現是一個重要的功能，對我來說，這是缺乏在gcalc ！圖表更像是一個大型的不想要的障礙竊取寶貴的空間，大部分的時間。 You can scroll up those shy crammed four lines of history and copy a previous expression very easily to the expression field, but that is not very useful.您可以滾動起來的那些害羞的擠迫四行的歷史和複製以往的表達很容易，以表達領域，但事實並非十分有用。 Ability to copy several lines of history to be pasted into another application (note or e-mail) would be a lot more useful.有能力複製幾行的歷史可以粘貼到另一個應用程序（注或電子郵箱）將有很多更加有用。 And what is the deal with that blue background?什麼是對付這種藍色的背景？ Doesn’t that pattern reek of those big “3D” buttons that plagued Web pages all over circa 1996?沒有這種格局reek這些大“三維”按鈕，困擾網頁circa所有超過1996年呢？ And the cursor is also blue, so good luck trying to go back and edit your expression before hitting Enter.和光標也是藍色，所以好運試圖要回去和編輯您的表達之前，按下Enter鍵。 The cursor is almost invisible against that blue backdrop.光標幾乎是無形的反對藍色的背景。 I hate the interface.我最討厭的界面。 I really do.我真的這樣做。

On a positive note, I like that gCalc! applies the correct operation precedence to the expressions.一個積極的注意，我想這gcalc ！適用的正確操作優先的表達。 I mean, both 22*16+4*2 and (22*16)+(4*2) equal 360 .我的意思是，無論是22 * 16 4 * 2和（ 22 * 16 ） + （ 4 * 2 ）平等360 。 You may want to enclose certain operations in parentheses, but it’s not necessary most of the time.您可能要附上某些業務在括號內，但它沒有必要，大部分的時間。

The last item in my list of complaints about gCalc! is the absence of integrated documentation.最後一個項目在我的名單上的投訴gcalc ！就是缺乏綜合文件。 There is a “Calculator Help” entry in its menu, but that will simply launch your default browser and send you to that有一個“計算器幫助”項目，在其菜單上，但這將只是啟動您的默認瀏覽器，並寄給您這 reference page參考網頁 I mentioned earlier.我剛才所說的。 I find that lazy and bad taste.我覺得懶惰和品味低俗。 That’s what desktop application developers do when they want to save the trouble of including and updating the documentation in every release of the software: just send you to a Web page.這是什麼桌面應用開發商這樣做時，他們要保存的麻煩，包括和更新的文件在每一個版本的軟件：剛才您發送到某個網頁。 That is a lot worse in a mobile device.這是一個很大差在移動設備。 Fetching an online page is slow and not everyone has data available all the time or unlimited plans etc. Some people don’t even have a data plan.擷取一個在線的網頁是緩慢的而不是每個人都有可用數據的所有時間或無限計劃等，有些人甚至不有一個數據計劃。 They upload applications via USB and just use the phone and whatever application that is good enough and doesn’t require a data plan, like pretty much any calculator application on the face of the Earth.他們上傳申請通過USB和公正的使用手機和應用，無論是不夠好，並且不需要數據計劃一樣，幾乎任何計算器適用於地球表面。 Then again, most of the other calculators have very little built-in documentation or no documentation at all.再說，其他大部分的計算器很少有內建在文件或文件並沒有在所有。 Bunch of lazy calculator developers, all of you!一群懶惰的計算器開發商，所有的你！ Well, I kid.那麼，我的孩子。 But these apps really should have more built-in documentation.但這些應用服務，實在應該有更多內建在文件。 I should have mentioned that when I reviewed the other calculators.我應該也提到，當我回顧了其他計算機。

This calculator loses quite a few points in UI design, data display, auxiliary functions and all points in measurement conversion, so the end score is not good.這計算器失去了不少分，在用戶界面設計，數據顯示，輔助職能和各點的測量轉換，因此，年底評分是，也不是好事。 At least, gCalc! is free.至少， gcalc ！是免費的。 You can always get another calculator for the more frequent and/or heavy-duty stuff and keep gCalc! around in case you need to plot charts.您隨時可以得到另一計算器更頻繁和/或重型的東西並保持gcalc ！靠近的情況下你需要的地積圖表。

Pros: unmatched plotting chart, no other calculator has it; easy straightforward access to all functions; 100% free application. 利弊：無與倫比的策劃圖，沒有其他計算機，它;容易直接獲得的所有功能;百分之一百的免費應用程式。

Cons: the big giant chart can’t be turned off; poor UI design; rather small collection of functions; no measurement conversion at all. 意見：大巨圖無法關閉;窮人的用戶界面設計;相當小的收集職能;沒有度量換算所有。

Still applying that one single comparison method for this roundup of calculators:申請仍然認為，一個單一的比較方法，這綜述：計算器：
0 = absent 0 =缺席
1 = present, but couldn’t be worse 1 =目前，但不能差
5 = pass 5 =通過
9 = very close to perfect 9 =非常接近完美
10 = stellar 10 =恆星

Look and feel: 外觀和感覺：	6	(typing flows very well, but the display is ugly and a little clunky) （打字流向很清楚，但顯示的是醜陋和少許笨重）
Ease of use: 易於使用：	10	(this calculator is indeed very easy to use) （計算器，這實在是非常容易使用）
Math functions: 數學函數：	6	(remarkably fewer than all the other calculators reviewed so far) （顯著少於其他所有計算器審查至今）
Data display: 數據顯示：	6	(it’s good to have a chart, but the overall result is not good) （它的好，有一個圖表，但總的結果是不好的）
Measurement conversion: 度量換算：	0	(this feature is absent) （此功能是缺席）
Average: 平均：	(6+10+6+6+0=28) / 5 = 5.6 （ 6 10 6 6 0 = 28 ） / 5 = 5.6

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