Talk:Brief (text editor)

Who are Perisoft?
The article was modified to include "...2006 Perisoft rewote the software from the ground up". The link does not state if the Perisoft version of Brief is connected with the original Brief. Has Perisoft purchased the license from Borland? Why was the source code rewritten? Is this just an advert? Rombust 10:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

It looks like an advert. I would just delete the Perisoft version. No macros, no ability to remap the keyboard, no split screen. It's not Brief, it's just a text editor that happens to use some of the same keystrokes.


 * Removed the reference to Perisoft. Rombust 12:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * It has appeared again, as an official site. I cannot find any reference that it is the official site. Have they purchased the rights from Borland? Also, I have found an alternative. Added it to the external links. Rombust 09:46, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:BriefTextEditor.png
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BetacommandBot 22:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Brief or BRIEF or B.R.I.E.F.?
Three versions of the text editor's name is (currently) used in this article:

Brief, BRIEF and B.R.I.E.F.

What is correct?

And why?

--Mortense (talk) 11:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

David Nanian after Underware
Not sure where it would fit in the article, but Underware's co-founder, David Nanian, went on to found Shirt Pocket, who produces Mac OS X utilities such as "SuperDuper!", backup software. Reference: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/AboutUs.html

--Eric n dfw (talk) 23:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)


 * It probably doesn't fit in the article, since it is about a program, not a person Tedickey (talk) 00:34, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Unlimited undo - no redo
The original version of BRIEF had no redo. However, it had unlimited undo (still better than editors today as it did not just allow undo text changes but everything like selections, etc) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.41.222.1 (talk) 04:43, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

clones and such
That's not much of an improvement - promotional edits for an insignificant SourceForge project mingled with further confusing the relationship between Brief and Brief for Windows. TEDickey (talk) 23:52, 15 October 2014 (UTC)