arrowfire wrote:
First off a nice big slap in the face to slim devices for not working
harder to support real content. Like no one in the world would want to
listen to one of the most popular forms of content on the web. DUH!
Second, Thanks bunches to all who have tried to assist me with the
installation of Alien BBC, I appreciate your patients and time.
Third and Final to the creators of Alien BBC. Write a damn installer
file so that it doesn’t take 5 million downloads of different files
from different website and 10 million steps to install a program that
doesn’t work! I’m not always the brightest bulb in the bag, but I do
have a masters degree, have been working with computer repair for both
PC and MAC for over 10 years and in all that time have never come
across a more difficult program to install!
Something tells me there is something really wrong as well when you
have 3 versions of how to install posted on your website. WTF is up
with that?
Sorry to offended any readers, but I’m Royally Pissed!
Sincerely,
Alien BBC Challenged!
P.S. Can Someone Make it Work?
I'll support you since so many on this forum apparently won't. I
entirely agree that an installer would not just be useful, but is
probably essential for those that would like to use Alien BBC but chose
to spend their lives learning things other than inner workings of
computers. However, the software is free and the developers have chosen
to spend their time honing it's functionality instead of creating what
is likely to be a fairly tricky installer for it. You can't fault them
for this since it's their time, but I do agree that a bit of effort
preparing an installer would make it much more accessible to the less
technically inclined, and more reliable for everyone.
That said, I have to say that your expectations are a bit high for
freebie software, but you have every right to be a tad upset at
SlimDevices for not trying to raise the bar with respect to usability.
I'm not entirely sure how they would do this in an open source
environment, or if it's even possible, but I'd point my finger their way
since it's they who benefit most from the wide range of third party
software that is being developed for slim server. Any way that they
would be able to encourage a higher degree of usability for software
from the developer community would certainly be beneficial to everyone.
Anyway, I get your frustration but can only say that at this stage of
the game a bit of patience, a tenacious nature and some technical
expertise is going to be necessary to get everything you want. I can say
for a fact that it's well worth the effort, even if in a perfect world
that effort shouldn't be necessary. I say step back a bit and try it
again with a running start. I'm confident that you'll find a way to make
to work :).
To everyone that responded with "I had no problems" or "works fine for
me, what's wrong with you" I say shame on you. The post reflects a
legitimate frustration that while couched in somewhat rough terms, does
express sentiments that lots of people have regarding installation in
general. To dismiss it and the poster outright by simply stating that
your experience was different is to say the least, unfair, and only
serves to shut down the conversation without being the least bit
constructive. This kind of behavior diminishes the helpfulness of these
forums and makes others shy about bringing their problems here. People
have emotions and we should not require that they put them on hold to
participate here. Short of being offensive or threatening, folks should
be able to speak their minds in ways that make their points as clearly
as possible. I see this post as doing just that.
- Ken
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