On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Peter von Kaehne <ref...@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Von: Ben Morgan <benpmor...@gmail.com> > > I think this is > > an > > example of why a checklist of features is not as useful as could be hoped > > for. > > I think this is a bit off tangent and also not correct. The checklist of > featurese we maintain in the wiki is editable - if a feature needs more > detail - e.g. 1 level vs 2 level indentation this can be easily added. > > Yes, it is editable. But I also think that is off the point. Personally, I don't edit it because I don't see much point. Basically, any checklist like this is interesting in one sense, but doesn't give a big picture. Some programs can have paid special attention to features so that they are useful and discoverable, others may just have shoe-horned a feature in and it is hard to use. Last time I looked, some of the unique features of BPBible could technically be claimed by other programs depending on exactly how I phrased it - but only BPBible did the feature in a really useful way (I'm just choosing BPBible because it's what I've worked on, though for various reasons I haven't touched it for a while - no doubt other programs have similar things). Also last time I looked the checklist was much too long and didn't always concentrate on what I consider the important things. In the open source world (and it's not just open source), sometimes it just ends up a battle for how many checkboxes you can claim you ticked. I don't think that is useful to the user quite a lot of the time - they care about the general experience, and if the program doesn't provide a given feature/option/etc., but does provide a good experience, they may not even know/care, and that's fine. Mind you, I understand that opinions differ and some people like the checklist, so I'm not against it per se for those people - I won't be updating it for BPBible 0.5 though anytime soon. God Bless, Ben ------------------------------------------------------------- For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.” Ezekiel 18:32 (ESV)
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