Robert Kaiser wrote: > John Boyle wrote: >> I have been a LOYAL user of Netscape/SeaMonkey since Netscape >> 4, which I made clear in one of my messages! > > That doesn't change that you are a destructive voice now, apparently, > and accusing the people of only bad things who are in fact donating a > whole lot of their free time to improving SeaMonkey and keeping it > alive at all. > >> When I mentioned the word >> "Invention" I clearly meant the Invention of 2.0, which despite my >> non-programmer background, was even said by one of your supporters or >> even you., to be a clean DEPARTURE from All the old code! > > This "invention" was and is the only way to keep the suite alive, at > least from our point of view. > If you don't share that view, feel free to assemble your own team and > develop the old code in a different way, it's all open and we are not > afraid of competition. > >> Why couldn't you have >> listened to your users more than you did or are doing NOW? > > I and our whole team are constantly listening to a whole lot of users > - just that not all users are thinking the same way, and some times > one has to make decisions. Once you have leadership experience > somehwere, you'll agree on that point, at least. > >> Why couldn't >> Any of your team first do a survey to see what the majority of SeaMonkey >> were using for OS's , for one example? > > You think that 95% of our users are on Windows, some 60% of those on > Windows XP, does change anything? Why that? Do you think it would be > better top ignore the 5% on Mac and Linux and stop development for those? > >> Then, along with all the NEW >> code, you could have put out clearer instructions for the vast majority >> of your user base, instead of Ignoring that very same user base? If you >> did not have the time to do so, than why didn't you make it clear and >> Ask one of the users who might have some experience in writing training >> material > > Oh, we did ask that quite often and still do, you just seem to be > reading those things. And you're joining our testday today, right? > >> Why do you keep on ignoring all the CRIES FOR >> HELP,? > > You don't seem to be reading this group, all team is all over the > place and helping those people who constructively ask for help instead > of just shout at us for being jerks or something. > >> I can >> say that your effort at putting the program together, incomplete as it >> may be, is highly commendable > > Thanks, at least *something* positive you can see. > > Unfortunately, we are a very small team and cannot do everything at > once. We know, we can need improvement on a whole lot of things, and > we welcome anyone trying to sincerely help us making it better. > Be constructive, help to improve things, and magically, things will > improve for yourself. That's how SeaMonkey, the whole open source > movement, and actually, most of our modern society work. > > Robert Kaiser > _______________________________________________ > support-seamonkey mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey > To Robert Kaiser: Then, you start, by explaining how, on earth, does one migrate ones Addressbooks intact to SM2, in detail, PLEASE!??? I was able to migrate my bookmarks on the first real install I attempted, but CANNOT (sorry about the CAPS) successfully migrate my addressbooks intact and did, in fact, sorry to say, damage the data on my 1.1.18, part of which I had luckily printed out and can re-constitute, but the Collected Addressbook itself, is totally GONE! Please explain to me how to reconstitute that file. In Detail, if possible! :-\
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