Like is this a charade? Am I hallucinating? Are computer professionals still using MS Windows?
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Patrick Headley <phead...@linxco-inc.com> wrote: > It doesn't sound like anyone is ignoring the problem but some issues are > harder to fix than others. If pgAdmin4 isn't working for you, use something > else. No one is saying you have to use pgAdmin4. > > While you are accusing many people of having something wrong in their > heads I have observed that you are the only one that is flipping out over > the issue. As I stated in a prior message, I was dissatisfied with pgAdmin4 > on Windows so I got pgAdmin3 for Windows and PostgreSQL 9.6 from another > vendor that is maintaining pgAdmin3. No need to panic. Still getting my > work done. When pgAdmin4 works well (and it's getting there and it's > definitely not the worst performing software that I use on a daily basis), > I'll make the switch. > > Another way of looking at the situation is that someone has to test the > software. It cannot be up to David alone. There are many people doing this > and not flipping out about the issues but simply presenting them to David > so they can be fixed. It's a process. No software is perfect on every > machine and platform before being released. There is no way for David to > test every possible scenario and he has explained that already. It takes a > community of cooperation to make it right. > > I hope you can find a solution that works for you while David works out > the bugs in pgAdmin4. > > *Patrick Headley* > Linx Consulting, Inc. > phead...@linxco-inc.com > (303) 916-5522 > www.linxco-inc.com > On 06/15/2017 11:20 AM, David G. Johnston wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:05 AM, <grekloe...@tutanota.com> wrote: > >> It doesn't seem possible to get through to you. Whatever you spent those >> one million dollars on, it sure as hell wasn't related to pgAdmin in any >> way. More like very heavy drugs, if you think this is even acceptable for >> pre-pre-pre-alpha software. It's literally *unusable*. You get it? >> UNUSABLE. Anyone who claims otherwise must have something wrong in their >> head. >> >> Are you just going to keep on this charade or actually fix the problem? >> Do I have to switch from PostgreSQL to something else just because the >> admin tool is broken beyond the point of being usable to anyone? This is >> insanity. >> > > There isn't a monopoly on GUI admin software for PostgresSQL. While it > has its quirks I find PostgreSQL Maestro to be quite functional for my > needs - at least the ones I don't solve by writing scripts and executing > them via psql. The server is going to function the same no matter which > external administration/client tools you choose to use. > > I rarely used pgAdmin3, I found it to be "too graphical" if that makes > sense, and haven't tried pgAdmin4. My scanning of this mailing list leads > me to believe what you are saying is reasonably accurate even if your tone > is not: there are a number of active discussions on this very topic on this > mailing list right now. > > David J. > > > -- Richard W. Greenwood, PLS www.greenwoodmap.com
