On Thursday, 01 October 2009, at 21:33:43 (+0200), Ralf Mardorf wrote: > your note is fair, but anyway I guess you misunderstood him. OTOH > don't speak for all FLOSS coders. Some do like to get feedback, also > negative feedback, that's why there are a lot of very good WMs/ DEs > for Linux.
There's a big difference between "one who offers constructive criticism" and "whiny little bitch." Had the referenced e-mail been more of an inquiry or a suggestion, the responses would have been quite different (though what Gustavo said would still have been the bottom line -- it's being replaced by a dbus-based tool which will have largely equivalent functionality eventually). But that's not what happened. Most authors, myself included, are thrilled to pieces when others find their software useful enough to use it. That's why we do what we do. But that doesn't mean it's okay to chew out an author because he does something you don't agree with with software that HE wrote and that HE gave away for free despite the massive amount of hours that went into it. > It's absolutely okay that every argument to change something is > appeased. E17 is from you coders for you coders, but not for users > with special needs. I've got e17 from svn installed because I liked > it some years ago, when it was too unstable. Today I'm missing to > much, so I'll watch the development, but I don't use it or would > recommend to use it, especially because you coders don't like tips > from users. Don't get me wrong, I accepted it, anyway I guess it's > not clever to ignore users for your own progress ;). Nobody's ignoring anybody, and user feedback is important. But there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it. He chose poorly. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <m...@kainx.org> Linux Server/Cluster Admin, LBL.gov Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "With you I never wonder will you be there for me. With you I never wonder. You're the right one for me." -- Firehouse, "Love of a Lifetime" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
