--On Saturday, October 29, 2005 12:12 AM +0300 9Val <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are here honest people, who will note, that this is just bug-fix > changelog? And clever enough to understand, that beta-testers see > dynamics and therefore forget the difference between discrete > release versions? Or may be beta-testers think that their elite > position allows to hide that fixes from average users? - There are quite a lot ... a disturbing lot who still use v2 software because it's more stable for them. - There are quite a few ... it's certainly more than the vocal more than a few, who choose to use early v3's than what was available prior to this release. Why? Works better for them. The later releases that contain long lists of bug fixes as you posted, are less stable for them. Old features that worked, no longer work, while new features they don't need are introduced. - there's no clear progression of bug fixing because of the *constant* addition of new features that not only leads to bugs directly associated with the new features. Introduction of new features all too often bring old bugs to the surface, and breaks previously working components. It's not unusual for efforts to be put into debugging the new feature and a previously working and now broken component remains neglected. So, the list is big, yes. However, the overall stability of the program is still a problem. TB! has earned a solid reputation of users fearing upgrades because it's so common for a feature that's important to them to no longer work as expected because it has been broken through the introduction of something new. The long list of fixes may seem impressive and we do appreciate the hours put into making it happen. However, sometimes, a lot of work is done and yet the end result isn't satisfactory to all involved. The one who actually does the work is the one that is usually blind to the validity of criticisms. Grumpy beta testers to this degree and for the reasons given, I've never seen before. There must be some credibility to find there. This needs exploring. - I do agree that the average user may not detect a lot of the bugs that are present. However, I do think that it's dangerous to assume that this is universally true. If you wish to chase away the passing user, just make them encounter AV's and crashes. - I've given up on TB! IMAP for now since it let me down again when put to the test with a low bandwidth situation. It's no longer fun fiddling around. I just want it to work. It will become fun again, when real changes are being made and I can test them. So since nothing much is happening for IMAP, I'll stick with apps that work all the time. -- -=Curtis=- PGPKey: http:rsakey.aimlink.name System specs: http://specs.aimlink.name -=-=- SENILE.COM found: out of memory...
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