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From:Broderbund
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![Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 16[OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WWZR91R2L._SL160_.jpg)
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96 of 98 customers found the following review helpful:
 Not XP compatiable, 2005-04-22
Software locked-up Windows XP. On the Broderbund support site the company explains that the software was written for an older version of Windows and is not XP compatiable. They list procedures that may allow the software to work if running under the compatability mode. However, the box says the software was written for XP. If Broderbund's packaging labels on this product are misleading then what about their other products.
If you are running XP use something else.
10 of 26 customers found the following review helpful:
 I love it!!!!, 2005-02-17
I love Mavis Beacon and I love to play it and I think its one of the best computer programs in the world. I play it once a week at school and sometimes two or three times at school.
21 of 23 customers found the following review helpful:
Another piece of software hijacking my computer, 2005-02-13
This program hijacked my computer. On start-up, it opens multiple windows, including an internet connection and registration window (despite my having already registered). I feel like I paid for a virus program.
The logical follow-up was to contact Broderbund tech support at the e-mail address provided. There was an automatic reply that gave a general response (as in generally dismissive) to my query and stated I would not get any further reply. This was extremely frustrating.
I purchased the program for my wife, who is not a power user on the computer. She likes the typing program, however, the start-up issues are difficult to get around. I am going to attempt to re-install it and hope for an improvement.
13 of 14 customers found the following review helpful:
Poor Software Design for the Mac OS X, 2005-01-29
MB Deluxe 16 will only run under an administrator user account. Borderlund should not be selling this product for OS X until they correct this problem.
20 of 20 customers found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing, but has some good points, 2005-01-25
I have never attempted to learn touch-typing before. At first this program was great. It gradually walked me through a few letters with the left hand, then a few on the right, then some untimed practice, a few new letters and so on. Then it stopped giving enough time to practice and I had to be fast at keys I was still trying to learn. It's been exceedingly frustrating.
There is some great stuff here. I'm able to type this review without looking at the keyboard, after only a few hours of training with this course. It looks like I'll be able to learn what I need from this tool, but it is a whole lot more painful than it needs to be. I have to believe that there are better tools out there. I'd recommend a little reasearch...
There are lots of lesson/practice options but navigating the UI and finding what you want is very unintuitive.
The UI is low res and profoundly frustrating. In most modes, most of the menus are greyed out and you can't select them. You often have to exit to the main screen to get where you want to go. In most cases there is no "back" button so exiting to the main screen is frequently required.
In nutshell: This software has some good content. You can definitely learn to type this way. But it is somewhat poorly implemented IMHO, and the UI is profoundly lame.
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