Well said, Beverly. List servers like this are wonderful resources.
As a person who sometimes offers help, I know that some conversations can lead to high expectations of the helper's immediate and constant availability, and that's unfair to the contributor. As a person who sometimes asks for help, I know we need to appreciate what pointers we do get, and not expect that other contributors have only our problems to worry about. (I asked for some ideas a few months ago about AJAX, and the pointers I got, combined with Google, have made my Witango apps much snappier and more productive for the users. JQuery is one wheel that somebody else invented, and it works so nicely with Witango!) Bill On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Beverly Voth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess those of us that spend a lot of time answering would like those > who > ask to TRY what we suggest and TRY to find the answer (by GOOGLE or other > means like Read The Fine Manual) and NOT take it personally when we try to > get some billing work done, too. > > XML is a new technology for a lot of people. It's been 5 years since I > published the FMP/XML book, but people still are just catching up and the > technology has changed since then! > > AJAX is a new technology for a lot of people. I use Google when I'm > looking > for something that's already been done. I don't have the TIME to re-invent > the wheel. > > Hey, even web publishing is new to a lot of people. Those of us in the > Witango Community either go "Witango-only" or try other stuff, too. I bet > most of us spent a lot of hours TRYING out things. When we can, we share, > so > others don't make the same mistakes. When others learn from us we HOPE > that > they, in turn, help others with that knowledge. > > Ignoring our suggestions might be a sure way to not get any responses next > time. > > JMHO > -- > Beverly Voth Tier3 Data & Web Services Group, LLC > 606-864-0041 http://www.tier3web.com/xml.htm > > Web Design & Hosting * Apple: ACN & ADC > Certified FileMaker 7 & 9 Developer * FileMaker Business Alliance > Coldfusion, Witango, PHP, MS SQL, MySQL, FMP, XML/XSLT, CSS > Over 14 years experience integrating databases and the internet! > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
