Original review published on Steve Litchfield's 3-Lib.

Must be something about these french programmers: this is the second Paris metro route-finder to be launched! Metro v1.2 is entirely in french throughout, but considering the program is specifically for Paris I think that's acceptable. Maybe if enough interest is shown, the author (Gabriel Dardenne) will consider an english version?

Although I was looking at the Series 5 version, it's really only a port of the existing S3a/c code, contact the author for a copy of either!

Metro is shareware, with some restrictions on access to its databases (and plenty of nag delays 8-( ) until registered. Like most good route planners, one of the first menu options seen is that for journey details, with route calculations taking place almost instantaneously. Found routes can then be depicted on the main map screen. A particularly useful feature is being able to type in a famous place or monument and receive details including the nearest metro station.

There are menu options covering surface transport (les autobus, RER etc.) too, though again much of the functionality seems to be locked away until registered, which is a shame. Another disappointment is that Metro makes no use of the Series 5 touch screen whatsoever, though the author promises work on this in the future.

A nicely implemented city transport utility, let down by some over-zealous crippling.

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