Jerry,
I wonder about this exact issue as well. I have a program that gets
feature requests continually. There is no end to the number of
features that can be added. Not long ago I put out the mother of all
updates, adding a very long list of feature requests. The goal was
to set this program aside for a good long while and work on something
else. It currently has more features than any of the competing
programs in its price range.
The logic was that if I fulfilled the most common requests and a
number of not so common ones, folks would be happy, more folks would
buy, and the "I Want" syndrome would quiet down for awhile.
This did not work. The "I Want" syndrome is alive and well, and now
they are just requesting more unusual features. Sales have not gone
up. They remain steady. I expected an increase in sales for the
increase in features. Sales remain the same. Feature requests still
come in regularly. So... I'm not sure there was really any benefit
to adding all those features. Except for some very nice reviews on
the downoad sites.
And the downside is... It took me away from another project for the
better part of a year. A project that I expect will sell very well
but which is still a long time away from final release.
Very frustrating!
Shari
Gypsy King Software
Josh,
I think the earlier versions of Constellation were actually quite
good, but I decided to accommodate every request (nearly) and ended
up with a product that was more difficult to use than intended.
Taking too much user feedback to heart and not sticking to my
original design resulted in Constellation being very powerful for
the folks who used it from its genesis, but not as easy to break
into from scratch. Thus as it got more feature-laden and
preference-constrained, less people adopted it, but it did have a
faithful following of hundreds.
Since Galaxy is now 2.6 Rev compatible, almost all Constellation
users have moved over to Galaxy which isn't as "in your face" with
its features as the latter day Constellation.
Best,
Jerry Daniels
Tool makers for the 21st century
http://www.daniels-mara.com
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Gypsy King Software
Mac and Windows shareware games
http://www.gypsyware.com
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