I'm not talking about dialog boxes. I'm talking about a small amount
of text on the webpage where you buy BBEdit. All they need to do is
change "single user license" to "two machine license". Same number of
characters, but the latter is a heck of a lot clearer and certainly
more precise. Why would you assume such a change is comparable to
dialog boxes in the program itself?
On May 16, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Jason Davies wrote:
So you can download the demo, read the manual, find the Licence
Agreement. I can't think of a simpler way.
How about when you buy the thing, instead of saying you're buying a
"single user license," say "two machine license." It's even the same
number of characters!
this is dealt with in my next paragraph which you have already seen
but maybe I can make it clearer. Your favourite important point is
not mine, but *I* want a dialog box that tells me that the default
is now unicode, which caused havoc when I created a load of new
documents and tried to get them into Palm MacNoteTaker after an
upgrade. This was an important change which had a major effect on
my workflow that day. My friend Albert*, on the other hand, wanted
a notice that pointed out that File Groups were now no longer
automatically listing mass drag-n-drop files in New Groups
alphabetically (was that v.6?). However in another upgrade, the
most important thing was the minimum window size had changed,
making my antique PB 150, with screen res of 640 x 480, unsuitable
for the upgrade (also v.6? I can't remember now) Where was my
special warning?
117 'special' messages later, people clamour for a simple list in
one file of new features and changes, and a manual with a
straightforward organised list of things. Which is what we have.
And why should this rather than anything else get special attention,
in the user's face? Personally if some dialog popped up clarifying
this fairly predictable bit of information while I was purchasing, I
would find it irritating.
As opposed to popping up repeatedly when you're actually trying to
use
the product, thereby preventing you from doing so?
You've missed my point. When you address the making of a decision
for *all* users, not just the unlikely one, then I might have more
to say. But all I can do here is repeat myself, so I'll stop there.
On tone, I think it's fair to say that if you leave this for now
and come back in a week, re-read your own messages, you will
probably see that some of your comments have been inciting
irritation, or 'actions likely to lead to an upset' as a friend of
mine is fond of saying. For instance, I think people didn't like
being called 'fanboys' when most are expert professionals in some
field or other and not given to versiontracer and MacNN level of
response. You were disparaging about their honest difference of
opinion. The equivalent - it seems to me - would be to call you a
troll. I am not doing either, I stress. I have to agree with the
poste who said you seemed 'entitled' in your tone. That's why
people are objecting...
*I don't really have a friend called Albert. I don't really have
any friends except BBEdit and Mailsmith.
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