At 04:09 PM 7/5/98 -0500, Peter J. Schoenster wrote:
>On 4 Jul 98, at 21:15, Mary McWilliams Johnson wrote:
>
>If a person uses a tool then they should maintain the tool and know how to
use
>it.
>
I think you have a rather macho attitutde about the responsibilities of the
average computer user/Web surfer. Just because you are able and willing to
tinker with your system to make it do what you think it should do under all
circumstances, I think you should realize that only a fraction of Web
surfers have such inclination or skills. I think it's up to those who
produce Web pages to make sure their product is fit for the common market.
And that means folks like me who have a very fine up-to-date computers as
well as those who have lesser machines. We're the customers - the ones to
be served. We do not exist to serve those who elect to produce Web pages.
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>I would like to see more emphasis placed on people learning to use computers
>(and not learning to use microsoft software).
>
>I would like to see programmers AT LEAST provide for better error handling.
Well, I think we're at least in partial agreement here.
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>But, while I am talking about cute-ftp let me say "DON'T BUY IT". I asked
>about the update and they told me I would have to pay the full price for
it. No
>way. I went to the Textapd website and just downloaded the latest version
and
>had no problem; no requirement to pay anything although I would not have
>minded chipping in another US$10 or so. I want them to make enough money
>to keep developing. If they had a few thousand users then US$10 per year
for
>updates should keep them alive (and don't forget new sales).
>
>So before I pay cute-ftp for the latest version I will try every other ftp
program
>out there. What a dumb marketing move. I will probably not buy the upgrade
>even if I don't find a better ftp program.
>
>Peter
>
I just love WS_FTP. The non-pro version is free, and the pro version is
only $37. Either way, it's a great product. Their Web site is:
http://www.ipswitch.com/
Cordially,
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Mary McWilliams Johnson
McJohnson Communications
Documentation Specialist
Web Site Design, Development and Graphics
www.superconnect.com
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"One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it,
you have no certainty until you try."
--Sophocles, c 496-406 B.C
--Sophocles, c 496-406 B.C
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