<s>
Taste	O
is	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
combined	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
basic	O
features	O
from	O
page	O
layout	O
software	O
—	O
just	O
a	O
"	O
taste	O
"	O
of	O
it	O
—	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
unique	O
solution	O
to	O
preparing	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taste	O
was	O
originally	O
offered	O
by	O
DeltaPoint	O
,	O
the	O
publishers	O
of	O
the	O
famed	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
was	O
eventually	O
spun	O
off	O
to	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
before	O
finally	O
disappearing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taste	O
works	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
not	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
ways	O
Apple	O
's	O
recent	O
Pages	B-Application
application	O
shares	O
the	O
basic	O
"	O
idea	O
"	O
of	O
Taste	O
,	O
combining	O
word	B-Application
processing	O
with	O
page	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
expected	O
to	O
retail	O
for	O
$99	O
in	O
the	O
low-end	O
of	O
the	O
word	B-Application
processing	O
market	O
,	O
Taste	O
included	O
a	O
graphical	O
page	O
layout	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
drawing	O
package	O
and	O
an	O
address	O
book	O
with	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
mail-merging	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
$149	O
with	O
a	O
scope	O
of	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
typical	O
word	B-Application
processing	O
packages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
spelling	O
checking	O
,	O
graphs	O
and	O
contents	O
page	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
Taste	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
simply	O
start	O
typing	O
and	O
continue	O
doing	O
so	O
until	O
they	O
were	O
finished	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
no	O
need	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
a	O
typical	O
page	O
layout	O
program	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
box	O
to	O
hold	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
or	O
manually	O
add	O
pages	B-Application
or	O
link	O
columns	O
as	O
the	O
document	O
grew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oddly	O
Taste	O
also	O
lacks	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
of	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
it	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
written	O
by	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
programming	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
Taste	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
built-in	O
outliner	B-Application
,	O
the	O
"	O
killer	O
feature	O
"	O
of	O
MindWrite	B-Operating_System
which	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
favorite	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ted	O
Landau	O
of	O
MacUser	O
awarded	O
version	O
1.01	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
sophistication	O
of	O
its	O
graphics-creation	O
tools	O
and	O
deeming	O
it	O
more	O
capable	O
than	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
WriteNow	B-Operating_System
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
more	O
expensive	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
he	O
called	O
the	O
word	B-Application
processing	O
features	O
less	O
than	O
advanced	O
and	O
noted	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
bugs	O
that	O
"	O
can	O
begin	O
to	O
erode	O
your	O
confidence	O
in	O
the	O
reliability	O
of	O
an	O
otherwise	O
outstanding	O
program	O
"	O
,	O
including	O
text	O
sometimes	O
not	O
being	O
drawn	O
onto	O
the	O
next	O
line	O
after	O
being	O
wrapped	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
he	O
found	O
it	O
a	O
slow	O
performer	O
and	O
prone	O
to	O
crashes	O
when	O
importing	O
large	O
Word	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
for	O
Byte	O
reviewed	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
and	O
found	O
it	O
flexible	O
as	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
with	O
"	O
strong	O
"	O
page	O
layout	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
easy	O
to	O
configure	O
but	O
disliked	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
text	O
and	O
graphics	O
functions	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
Landau	O
,	O
they	O
encountered	O
some	O
difficulty	O
with	O
word	B-Algorithm
wrapping	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
