If Sean doesn’t like the product, he is certainly within his rights to cancel his subscription and cut off all associations.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2021, at 09:47, Richmond via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I am revisiting Sean Cole's posting as some valuable feedback seems > to have got mixed up with some ridiculous claims: > > 1. "my opinion counts for nothing here" Well, Yes, there is a slight feeling > re that as there has been vrry little direct > feedback from LiveCode central. > > 2. "purchasing a 2-year licence for HTML5 with the promise that it would get > fixed" > > Yup: not very good at keeping promises. > > 3. "You guys put me in hospital more than once." Possibly one of the most > preposterous accusations I have > ever seen in my life. The reason someone ended up in hospital was because > they were ill: and it would be a tough, > tough call to demonstrate a causal effect from a piece of software to one's > physical/mental state. > > Actually a very cheap shot indeed which, of course, makes me want to go "Poo > Poo" to the other points he made. > > 4. "Asking people to fill out a survey will only cause more of your users to > become disappointed when 'their' extremely valid top 10 bugs get lost in > the flood of other people's, probably only based on how many remember the > same matching ones. When 'theirs' don't get fixed, it will only feed their > despondency." > > I tend to agree with that one. > > 5. messed up script editor: what is wrong with it? It certainly would be nice > to know as I have used LiveCode's script > editors for about 21 years with no obviosu problems at all. > > 6. messed up dictionary: not obviously: just the odd one or 2 things that > might be explained better. > > 7. messed up property inspector: not that I am aware of. > > Certainly in any type of attempt at constructive criticism those last 3 > points need to be elaborated on extensively. > > 8. "use your product for real-world stuff yourself and try to do it without > having to use workarounds!" > > Well: there's a blanket statement to out blanket statements. > > Is my Devawriter Pro (for wonky academics and bonkers yoga heads to type > stuff in dead Indian languages) > real-world stuff? Are the ESL-for-kiddies content reinforcement and delivery > standalones real-world stuff? > They both are insofar as they are used constantly: especially the latter, by > children who, oddly enough, > seem to be getting better at the aspects of English those standalones help > them reinforce. > > I suspect Sean Cole may turn his nose up at us "bottom-feeders" who use > LiveCode for what are, really, bloody > basic, humdrum requirements: but they do make one hell of a difference to the > learning experiences of a lot > of children. > > I am sorry to unearth this, but I do feel that this 'situation' that has > arisen has to be examined fully for some good > to come out of it. > > Richmond. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
