Re: Fire replacement

[Travis Siegel]

Is this upgrade anything like the aol instant messenger client quote  
upgrade unquote that they put out a while ago?
In the version I was using before the upgrade, I could asign sounds  
to *every* event, thereby telling me when someone logged in, logged  
out, sent me a message, or when i sent one to them, and since these  
sounds could be different for each user, it was a fantastic way to  
determine who was sending messages, and who to reply to.  After the  
upgrade, most of these options were removed, and it was back to a  
single sound for each event, and it was no longer able to be done on  
a per user basis.  Needless to say, I scrapped the upgrade,  
downloaded the older version, and haven't bothered to upgrade since.
The same thing happened with the palm reader for windows.  Version  
1.0 was 100% accessible, and  had keyboard shortcuts for every  
function the reader cold do.  After 1.01 came out, shortcuts were in  
short supply.
So, I ask you.
What's the point of removing functionality, and calling it an upgrade?
Why is this the common trend, and why do users put up with it?
I've complained bitterly everytime this happened, and I never  
received a reply to my emails, but at least I made them aware of it  
even if they wouldn't reply.
Why is this the current trend, and what (if anything) can be done to  
reverse this behavior?