His post was certainly extremely intemperate.
That does NOT mean it does not contain genuine criticisms.
On 24.10.21 4:51, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
If Sean doesn’t like the product, he is certainly within his rights to cancel
his subscription and cut off all associations.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 23, 2021, at 09:47, Richmond via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I am revisiting Sean Cole's posting as some valuable feedback seems
to have got mixed up with some ridiculous claims:
1. "my opinion counts for nothing here" Well, Yes, there is a slight feeling
re that as there has been vrry little direct
feedback from LiveCode central.
2. "purchasing a 2-year licence for HTML5 with the promise that it would get
fixed"
Yup: not very good at keeping promises.
3. "You guys put me in hospital more than once." Possibly one of the most
preposterous accusations I have
ever seen in my life. The reason someone ended up in hospital was because they
were ill: and it would be a tough,
tough call to demonstrate a causal effect from a piece of software to one's
physical/mental state.
Actually a very cheap shot indeed which, of course, makes me want to go "Poo
Poo" to the other points he made.
4. "Asking people to fill out a survey will only cause more of your users to
become disappointed when 'their' extremely valid top 10 bugs get lost in
the flood of other people's, probably only based on how many remember the
same matching ones. When 'theirs' don't get fixed, it will only feed their
despondency."
I tend to agree with that one.
5. messed up script editor: what is wrong with it? It certainly would be nice
to know as I have used LiveCode's script
editors for about 21 years with no obviosu problems at all.
6. messed up dictionary: not obviously: just the odd one or 2 things that might
be explained better.
7. messed up property inspector: not that I am aware of.
Certainly in any type of attempt at constructive criticism those last 3 points
need to be elaborated on extensively.
8. "use your product for real-world stuff yourself and try to do it without having
to use workarounds!"
Well: there's a blanket statement to out blanket statements.
Is my Devawriter Pro (for wonky academics and bonkers yoga heads to type stuff
in dead Indian languages)
real-world stuff? Are the ESL-for-kiddies content reinforcement and delivery
standalones real-world stuff?
They both are insofar as they are used constantly: especially the latter, by
children who, oddly enough,
seem to be getting better at the aspects of English those standalones help them
reinforce.
I suspect Sean Cole may turn his nose up at us "bottom-feeders" who use
LiveCode for what are, really, bloody
basic, humdrum requirements: but they do make one hell of a difference to the
learning experiences of a lot
of children.
I am sorry to unearth this, but I do feel that this 'situation' that has arisen
has to be examined fully for some good
to come out of it.
Richmond.
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