On Tuesday, June 27, 2000 at 10:23 AM or thereabouts, Ming-Li wrote
the following about PGP DLL Version Number?:
Ming-Li> I can relate to Nick and Chuck completely. Committing to
Ming-Li> something and then not seeing it progress the way we expect
Ming-Li> it to is disheartening. As a programmer myself (thought a
Ming-Li> very amateur one), however, I can also understand why
Ming-Li> software development do not always progress the way you
Ming-Li> expect it to.
As a programmer, though, would you think it prudent to release new
versions (betas) without including any info whatsoever with that beta,
such as what has been changed, added, removed, etc.? For the longest
time we never got any of that info; eventually, we started getting
*some* info, but often not at all, or late, and often with the
appended "other things that I forget right now," or something to that
effect. I repeat, sloppy. And counter-productive, I would think,
from a business standpoint.
Ming-Li> As someone who decided to settle on TB! after shopping around
Ming-Li> and trying out all the famous (and some not so famous) email
Ming-Li> clients, I obviously agree with bbe here.
It has MUCH to offer a user, but more and more, it seems, LESS to
offer a more casual user. It's very confusing for many who are trying
the program (in my experience, anyway, having recommended it to many
in the past). Much is undocumented, or documented poorly. It's a
shame. Also, to make use of many of the features/options/tweaks, one
must practically take up programming as a hobby. Fun, I'm sure, for
those who love to dig in with both hands and tweak the heck out of
something, but quite out of reach for many users.
Chuck
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