On 19 May 2015, at 17:50, Ben Klebe wrote: >> Counters showing improper numbers of unread messages an edge case? >> Non persistent column settings an edge case? >> Simple email rules something working and sometimes not an edge case? >> >> Seriously? >> >> The programming language does not matter and the number of developers does >> not matter. The quality of a product I potentially pay for matters. If the >> quality, the reliability and the added value over competitor products is >> worth the money then I am happy to pay let's say 100 EUR. Neither the >> programming language nor the number of developer is an excuse for such >> obvious flaws. And you don't have to tell that I have no right for >> complaining about bugs. Obviously some of you have problems taking issues >> seriously? > > The flaws are, as I've reiterated, non-obvious. I run MM with a bunch of > hacky Gmail labels on the "back end" of my email system, and it handles it > all with grace. > > No, I don't have any issues taking problems seriously. It's just on the scale > of problems, I've never experienced any of these and they don't seem like a > big deal. However I acknowledge that they affect you, I'm simply saying that > you haven't helped to push things along at all. If the biggest problem in > your life right now is bugs in a Mac email client, you might want to > reconsider your perspective. > > And no, you don't have any right to force a developer to fix bugs in a > product you haven't paid for. It's Benny's choice to even engage with us at > all in the first place, which we should be grateful for. Few developers are > so down-to-earth that they will even entertain such baseless insults to their > credibility as yours. > > Your original email lamented the quality of Mac email clients in general, > which you cannot blame MailMate for. If it's not for you, don't use it. You > don't seem to have any interest in doing so, or you'd be actually using it > instead of complaining about the minor issues that bug you. > > Finally, you must be quite naïve about software development or quite new to > suggest that neither the language or the number of developers matter. They > are both of critical importance, or people wouldn't spend so much time > discussing both. Software written in an imperative style or imperative > language, especially one with low memory safety like C, is doomed to suffer > bugs such as these. It's a consequence of the style. Entirely bug-free > software will never be written in a C-derived language, especially not the > first time. > Oh well, the typical we-don't-care and we-don't-give-a-shit-on-bugs-and-software-quality reactions... -aj
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