WaltS wrote:
On 03/15/2013 04:49 PM, Rufus wrote:
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But back to product priorities. What SM promises to deliver - or more
to the point *has* delivered - should continue to function, and that
should be job *#1*. That's not only showing pride in workmanship and
good QC, but also good for the reputation of the product.
You make it sound like there is a paid staff working on SeaMonkey, for
the approximately 100,000+ Active Daily Users using it.
<http://dev.seamonkey.at/metrics>
I'm trying to make it sound like they should actually care about their
user base and their concerns...if you're trying to say they shouldn't
just because they don't get paid - which I hear all too often - then
they should *quit*.
I like to believe "volunteers" are far more motivated than paid
hacks...like myself. I'm not a coder, but I do evaluate, write, and
disposition software problem reports for a living, professionally.
Which is just one more reason for me to be frustrated when things don't
get fixed...I expect far more of volunteers.
Do you do any testing of Beta, Aurora, or Nightly builds, and report bugs?
Yes - I've written several bugs (on formal releases), and followed them
up...to no or very little avail. Even when they've targeted a fix for a
particularly annoying one.
I've even offered UE/UI evaluation/advise when asked...then retracted my
participation when ONE individual raised a huff and even shouted down
the rest of the SM team over a really stupid interface change that even
they agreed with me on.
After that experience I really don't get how the team functions...it
seems like even worse chaos than I deal with on the job.
--
- Rufus
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