On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Bill Mohler wrote: > I have fairly thick skin and understand the need for the developer's > ability to set limitations and focus on perfection of the current > product. So I wasn't particularly affronted by Christiaan's > responses to my recent questions. > > But others, who have contacted me off list apparently are, and have > actually withdrawn from the list in reaction to the tone. To quote > one who recently contacted me: > > "All he needs to do is to be civil and simply add it to his list of > requests, try to get some sense of the need, and wait until the tools > support him better to make the changes if they seem appropriate. > What is unacceptable is the rudeness and seeming lack of interest in > usability." > > Please take this thought to heart, while continuing to produce the > exceptionally useful and elegant product that we so richly appreciate. > > Bill
I'm very sorry if this is how I come over. In fact, often it is exactly my interest in usability that leads me to reject further feature requests. An important aspect of usability, especially for Mac OSX is a clean UI, rather than an app being bloated by too many features (compare e.g. Acrobat). Also, when I don't expect (for good reasons) that I think features will in a foreseeable future possible (due to Apple's lack of interest) I will reject it. I also always try to motivate my decisions. I understand the need, but the bar to adding to Skim is at the moment very high, because the app is very much finished. When I think a feature request adds more bloat than features (which often is the case), I will reject it, with proper motivation. It is not lack of interest, it's a result of a serious deliberation on my side. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
