Hello Marck, Sunday, May 16, 2004, 6:51:02 PM, you wrote:
MDP> I have to comment. Patrick has his opinion. That's fine. But it MDP> lacks a certain level of information about the process and MDP> management of a software development project. I love comments, that's why we are here, to talk about TB. MDP> Consider how many programmers work on each feature. Say there are MDP> three in the team, each with areas of responsibility. One works on MDP> IMAP while another implements virtual folders and another works on MDP> HTML. RIT have four main programmers. Some features are implemented MDP> quickly and appear, therefore, to "take precedence". This is not the MDP> case. It is merely the result of different development time-scales MDP> crossing and giving the less discerning eye reason to doubt. that makes sense, especially with a small shop like Ritlabs, as opposed to the megalopolis of M$. I've seen some of the easter eggs imbedded in MS crap.. and I do mean CRAP. MDP> IMAP certainly does have a very high priority but is taking a long MDP> time to get right. Would you have the other programmers sent home MDP> until it's finished? I don't think so! or, if they were done with their part, why not all work on IMAP, since it seems to be taking the longest time to implement ? MDP> I can understand people becoming impatient when developments take MDP> too long and it looks like they are being sacrificed to MDP> trivialities. But I do want to point out that my understanding is MDP> different and that I believe myself to be well informed on this MDP> topic. I'm not impatient for IMAP, I gave up on it. I also retired from a job where it would have been much more critical to my needs, and I can see where others are waiting for those very features, and getting very frustrated. Informed is one thing, having Rit keep us in the loop ( or not) is another. MDP> I have nothing to discuss with regard to Patrick opinions, I just MDP> wanted to set the record straight. but you just did discuss it ;0). I value your thoughts more than his, but sometimes the devils advocate comes out in me.. and you are right, I might be too critical of features I might not want right now ( virtual folders for instance), when something like IMAP has not been finished. I gave up a perfectly good email account ( IMAP) because it became worthless to me, since I couldn't make it work with TB. Luckily it was a free account, didn't cost me anything, except time to move lists, and my time to setup more filters...Others don't have that luxury. -- Best regards, Paul Using The Bat! v2.10.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Apr2004 (4.1.396) (avast! version number) 0420-4 (14.05.2004) (avast! DB version number) 4.1.396 (avast! plugin version number) ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 2.11 Beta/5 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
