> On Sun Feb 13, FixedItOneTooManyTimes was heard muttering:
>
> > Bah, it screwed up my other settings... I should know better than to
> > trust MicroDot by now.... (don't flame me I didn't write the crappy
> > program!) I'm going back to yam; it might not be as pretty, but it
> > works.) Somebody really aught to make MD a little more stable eh?
>
> I don't think so. MD has /never/ been unstable here. It crashed a
> couple of times when I first got it in NC2, but even that may have
> been because I had a lowly system and tried to do too much at once.
>
Let's see here..... *BS* Alert *BS* !!!!
> > I loaded a 24-bit image, and it REMOVED all the account settings,
> > including my filters!
>
> Are you sure it was just that. It seems a bit suspicious to me.
>
That was the size of it. Sounded awful freakey, but it's true...
(maybe I got a bad bit in the download?)
> > Between all the downloads (for working updates) -> I've lost my
> > address books -even for NC�
>
> That does seem a bit of a problem, but you could easily have made a
> backup of something this important. I bet it's no more than 50k
>
Thank god I did. I still didn't like replacing it.
> > MD continually screws something up
>
> Like what?
>
uhm , crashes, hangups, non-Y2k complience until you bought an
upgrade, this wierd X-Image bug.
> > (no surprise here it's been goofy since it's inception)
>
> A matter of opinion. I prefer it to YAM, never had any problems
> AFAICR.
>
Yeah, right. Yam doesn't crash.
-- I have this little guy on my shoulder that says, "you paid for MD;
you aught to use MD."
> > Nearly every program needed to be upgraded...
>
> Wrong. Two programs needed to be downloaded. The rest you /could/
> upgrade if and when you wanted which, so they tell me, is a good
> thing? Or would you rather they just made everything perfect and then
> buggered off?
>
Let's see here.. Voyager, MetalWeb, MicroDot (unless you want ppl
complaining about your date stamp at AD100), AmIRC.. ect
> > Octopus doesn't even meet up to the NC� dockbar
>
> Why?
>
If you delete an extra dockbar in octopus the programs are dead, NO
TOOLBAR!!!! And, the install script put it in the wrong place..
> > In fact, by the time I finished downloading everything, the docs
> > were destroyed!!! I had to copy them off of the CD again!
>
> Er, how can that be true? Downloading doesn't destroy files at random.
>
No, but the installer scripts like to overwrite things!!!
> > Sorry for ranting - but after spending this much money, NONE of us
> > should have this much trouble..
>
> What, a whole thirty quid?
>
Do huh? I spent $100. All for the sake of having a nice CD...
> > Finally, there are fewer bugs than Windows2000(still)!! Imagine
> > buying Win2000 and getting the 63,000 bug bonus!!!!!
>
> And how long has Windows been going? Longer than Microdot2.
>
Heh, I don't like Windows.. Just noticed it during the rant :) on
ZDnet.. 63,000 wow.
I think I'll download and re-install MD-2, because if you say it's
fine.. It must be! Although, I'de like to see a pic included on your
mail (it doesn't have to be of you!! just a pic... iow prove it)
Dave
