Charles Choi has made another update to Casual Calc. This time it’s to provide a more contextual workflow. The idea is that that the Casual Calc menus should reflect the current context.
I haven’t yet had a chance to play with this latest update but I can say that Casual Calc has made it a lot easier to deal with calc. Instead of trying to remember a bunch of obscure calc commands, I can simply call up the Casual Calc menu.
If you aren’t familiar with calc, you really should be. I’ve described it as a sort of light weight Macsyma that is surprisingly powerful. The problem with it is that it’s virtually impossible to remember all the commands. Choi’s Casual Calc menu helps a lot with that.
I use Calc as my (only) calculator and have always been happy with it. The addition of Casual Calc makes it even better. You should really give it a try.