Geoff,

I can take as much as give, all water off a ducks back..

How can I contribute to something, when I am getting flustered with the lack
of docs for an application that has been around for long enough to have most
of the KB's, or FAQ on a website?

I am being vocal because it is the same attitude by developers, we don't
have time to document. Well get over it, as I said that is what I see as the
biggest killer to a great application that has so much potential but turns
people away because there is not enough information on how to use the
product in the first place.

At the end of the day, if you are happy to keep coding and not document
thats fine. But do not shoot the messenger who is pointing out that you
could have a stronger user base if you only cared a little more.

I mean look at the API docs for crying out loud, they haven't been update
since 2.0. I asked that question once before and never got an answer to
where the V3.0/3.01/30.2 API is located.

As I said I am the messenger, if you are happy to loose people because they
can't see enough documentation to get the thing up and running then you'll
loose out in the long run. They will go to a product that they think offers
them that.

The development world tends to pick and evalute applications very quiickly,
if they can implment something with minimal effort they tend to stay with
it. Otherwise they are off eveluating your competitor, welcome to the world
of trying to survive as a developer.

The only reason I am here, is because we got handed a website that needed
some Farcry maintenace otherwise I would have installed droupal and be done
with it.


Andrew Scott
Senior Coldfusion Developer
Aegeon Pty. Ltd.
www.aegeon.com.au
Phone: +613  8676 4223
Mobile: 0404 998 273



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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of modius
Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2007 5:39 PM
To: farcry-dev
Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: File Config settings


On Jun 28, 4:08 pm, "Andrew Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is that ok with you Geoff, that I get clarification without your smart ass
> comment?

Please accept my apology for the wise crack.  I figured if you could
dish it out you could take it. Clearly you cannot and I will do my
best to refrain from further innuendo.

> but hey if it was documented in the first place the stupid question would
> never have been asked, now would it.

No question in this forum is stupid.  The way you ask questions is
stupid.  You antagonise everyone who might otherwise do their best to
help you.  You demand responses, are ungrateful when you receive them
and contribute nothing to this community in return.

The FarCry community endeavours to provide harmony and Ubuntu.

Nelson Mandela explained Ubuntu as follows.
"A traveller through our country would stop at a village, and he
didn't have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people
give him food, entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu but Ubuntu
has various aspects. Ubuntu does not mean that people should not
address themselves. The question therefore is: Are you going to do so
in order to enable the community around you to improve?"

Yours in deep thought,

-- geoff
http://www.daemon.com.au/






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