Hi Chuck,
> 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.
So far I've only done freeware for myself and some close
friends, so they don't have any right to complain. :-) I got
your point, though. I agree it would be much better if there is
a version history accompanying each beta release. But, hey,
it's beta and no one says beta-releases have to be done in a
certain way. RIT does maintain a What's New page for
official releases, and you're free to skip betas if you're
uncomfortable with no-document, no-guarantee software.
Let me stress one more time, though, that I agree and I wish
there would be a what's new document for betas.
> 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.
I can't agree more for this. Documentation for TB! could use a
lot of improvement. The fact that TB! is very powerful and has
lots of "hidden" features makes it worse.
That being said, I guess Stefan or RIT isn't unaware of it,
given loud and frequent complaints here and (I think) privately.
Yet since a major overhaul (version 2) is in sight, I think it's
understandable to defer it till version 2 is done or in public
beta. If it's me, version 1.x would be in maintenance mode right
now, meaning only critical or easy-to-fix bugs get fixed, and only
minor and easy-to-implement features are added. Everything else
would wait for version 2. After all, we're talking about a tiny
company with practically one staff working on TB!, if I'm not
mistaken.
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Best regards,
Ming-Li mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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