On Monday, August 30, 2004, 2:56:45 PM, Maxim Masiutin wrote: > Buy paying for 3.0 the users get the whole bunch of > new things that will be appear in The Bat! 3.xx in future.
I'm not a beta tester, but I've very much enjoyed reading this list. I've come to look forward to the daily shenanigans of the Mad Programmers of Ritlabs, who are forever jumping from feature to feature, seemingly unable to remain focused on one thing long enough to complete it. What an amazing profusion of mostly unneeded features it has been! In the less than a year I've used TB!, starting with 2.0, the program has not once reached the point of being a finished product. Not a day goes by when I don't encounter some minor irritations with TB!, most of them having to do with an awkward UI. Maybe there are language or cultural differences at work here (but I kind of doubt it). The program simply doesn't operate _smoothly_. The focus always seems to be in the wrong place. Features don't work the way you expect. (Does Scheduler actually work? I've never gotten it to do anything useful.) No, I will not pay for a new version of an unfinished product. I'll simply stumble along with the current release until I find something better. I don't feel I've gotten my money's worth out of TB! 2.x.--in usable software. Entertainment is another matter. Apparently the beta testers in this list won't be given a free copy for their work. Isn't that the normal practice--testers are rewarded with the finished product? (That's what happened when I tested PMMail quite a few years ago.) If that's the case, perhaps the testers ought to consider going on strike until Ritlabs comes to its senses. They can't release a 3.0 without beta testers . . . oh, wait, this is Ritlabs we're talking about. Never mind. I suppose this sounds pretty harsh, and I'm sorry about that--I've actually grown quite fond of those Mad Programmers and have really been looking forward to a perfected TB!--but it needs to be said. Maybe it'll help wake them up to reality before it's too late. -- Best, M-K Using The Bat! v2.12.00 on Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The great object is that every man be armed ... Everyone who is able may have a gun."--Patrick Henry, 3 Elliot, Debates at 386. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.00 Beta/1 | '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/
