NoOp wrote:
On 12/25/2009 05:09 PM, Rufus wrote:
NoOp wrote:
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What if you grandmother would like to use SM because you recommended it?
Or your 3rd grade aged nephew?
Actually, my 89 y.o. grandmother, her 60 y.0. live-in nurse, my 2nd
grade nephew, and multiple relatives that haven't the simplest clue
about browsers & email clients use SeaMonkey daily. As do nearly one
hundred of my commercial client installations.
And do they manipulate about:config, or do any of the more advanced
workarounds that you suggest for us "power users"?
Yes. I support them remotely, and generally they can follow instructions
pretty well.
All I'm saying is
that an average user should not have to resort to such in order to solve
problems or implement preferences - and that the basic program should be
informative and flexible enough that they shouldn't have to.
So go find another program that will suit your needs.
I don't usually say this, but I think it's time that you get a grip
regarding SeaMonkey, or move on to something else that suits your
requirements. Your continued bitching about SeaMonkey not meeing this,
or that, or whatever, has quite frankly become quite irritating. In all
honesty, I'm begining to pity the company that you work/consult for.
...remember that next time you travel by air...from engines to ATC. A
lot of the tech pubs written in support of those operations are
standardized to a 6th to 8th grade user level.
Well, let's see... I probably started working on US government aircraft
well before you were born - does circa 1971 work for you?. I worked for
McDonnell Douglas for many years. I've been reading and working with
(including editing) tech manuals (US covernment and civilian) for over
30 years. Most of the time that I've ended up editing such manuals was
due to some dit that decided that they should have been written at a 6th
to 8th grade user level & I then needed to edit them so that someone
with a reasonable reading comprehension could actually understand them.
...I should look you up in the book, then.
What would you propose SeaMonkey be "dumbed down" to? Would you propose
that about:config, prefs.js, and other user modifiable sections simply
not become available?
I would propose that the basic, non-extended, as delivered product be
coded to suit the widest possible user base, so that the widest number
of users can use it - easily. As delivered, it is "dumbed down" by
default, and I seriously doubt that many of your relatives go editing
component files of the app on their own...at least, not without
consulting you.
I would propose that you either: 1) find another product, or 2) write
your own. For if SeaMonkey ever becomes what you desire I will certainly
do #1 above.
SM 1.1.18 is what I desire. It works quite nicely, and I'll keep using it.
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- Rufus
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