
Computer
software
but uses the mouse and windows. Like GUI environments, COW
software includes devices such as pull-down menus and dialogue
boxes from which you can make selections using the mouse. Its
advantage over GUI software is the speed at which it runs, even on
low-spec PCs.
GrandView, the package I am using for writing the second
edition of this book, is COW software, and it's one of the fastest
packages I've ever used. For ordinary tasks like writing text or
keeping records there is little point in graphical user interface, as no
graphics are involved. (If I were desktop publishing this book,
however, I would want a GUI.) Another popula ...