Sam,
I am nearly 60 years old, a woman who has always done things that "only
men do," I've got three grown kids, two cats, a garden, and the Sword of
Damacles hanging over my head.
Life has enough petty little annoyances that I already have to brush
aside. Is it really asking too much to hope that software can be
refined and fine tuned?
And it's not fair to Michael, and everyone one else who's struggled with
Arachne development, to compare Arachne to the programs "being marketed
by the big bully boys." They care only about the almight dollar,
whereas Michael seems to care about his reputation first and making a
buck second.
l.d.
P.S. Anything that prevents software from being user friendly and
running smoothly is a bug. If you can bring it under control, and have
it happen only on demand, it might then be considered a feature. And
one other thing -- when there are obvious "silly little annoyances," it
causes one to wonder what else isn't working smoothly *behind* the
screens.
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:15:49 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hello L.D.:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:14:09 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
>> Most of us have learned that when we leave the InBox we'll need to "R"
>> to recreate a new index page when we return to InBox.
> <snip>
> I've noticed also the silly little annoyances that you have described here.
> They aren't bugs. They aren't features. They are just silly little
> annoyances. The old stuff stays in memory until you have done something
> to cause the old stuff to get cleared out of memory. Then you may load the
> new stuff. All HTML browsers are just like that, even the ones being
> marketed by the big bully boys, and they all persist in doing silly little
> annoying things. There isn't much you can do about it except to stop
> letting them get on your nerves. Relax and enjoy, and learn how to
> better tolerate all those little minor nuisances.
> Sam Heywood
> -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
-- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
