--On Tuesday, November 01, 2005 02:12 PM +0100 Alto Speckhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And now you want to tell me that because most of the experts > participating in this list have adjusted to the TB-way it was "ok" to > the standard user? I now find some common ground with you. I agree that viability isn't guaranteed when a bunch of experts are happy. Mulberry is a prime example of this. > I heavily disagree. Do you have any idea how many individuals whose > computer system I service have enquired about this issue, to me alone? > And can you imagine how satisfied they are when I have to tell them > that no, it isn't a bug, they are just to stupid to use a feature > correctly? You speak as though there aren't two other editors to use. They may not have the fancy text reflow options. However, do average users want this? :) Just asking. :) Does OE or Outlook have fancy text reflow options? Interestingly, Ingrid (my wife) is so average. Not a word from her. Anyway, that's just anecdotal, I know. :) > The user decides what's a bug and what's a feature. What exactly the > TB-way is might be a matter of debate, but a feature it for sure is > not. It is. The fact that it's based on an unusual approach/design, doesn't take away the fact that it's a feature. The editor is special. Simple. It's clear that what makes it special, you don't like. I may ask you how many that ask about the strange behaviour grow to like it when they see what it offers them. However, if you're the one offering the support, and with your attitude about the editor, I doubt you'd have anyone 'converted'. :) TB!'s editor was the first of its kind I had ever encountered when I first used it. I found it quite 'funky' in how it worked. However, it did things I didn't see other editors do. In fact, it still does things that I can replicate only in GVim. > An afterthought: vi is a great editor. I'm sure we can agree on that, > can't we? But tell me: How many guys are using this great editor, even > compared to notepad? Notepad users will find one of the other editors to be just fine. :) The top post anyway, don't they??? > Does RIT want all the vi-users to root for TheBat, or do they want to > target all those using notepad? How often have we heard that while we > on this list may not approve some developement decision, it is > expected that the broad mass of average users will? With this editor it's a little different in that it's not the only packaged editor. Your personal requirement is that of an expert in that you've discovered special formatting abilities of MicroEd and wish to have them while at the same time, have the editor works its other magic. I doubt you'll find an average user engaging in this sort of exchange. > And now, suddenly, this is not valid any more and the marketing target > is the small expert group that applauds this TB-specialty? Come on. I agree with this concern, but with 2 other editors to choose from, I doubt that it's as urgent as it was before. In fact, the MicroEd complaints have all but vanished since the introduction of those two alternative editors. Before their introduction, TBUDL was constantly bombarded and this is why they were introduced in the first place. -- -=Curtis=- PGPKey: http:rsakey.aimlink.name System specs: http://specs.aimlink.name -=-=- Oxymoron: Soviet Life.
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