Posted by: Administrator
on October 26, 2006 05:56 AM
Could you provide some examples of how you use random statuses, please? I'm not sure if I'm properly getting e-mails when people reply to my comments, so you might want to e-mail me too: rlaager@wiktel.com
I don't think we're getting a bunch of pushback. The status selector is much easier to understand and use for the vast majority of users. If you have specific suggestions of a way to improve the system for the atypical case (yours) without losing the benefits for the majority, I'd love to hear them.
Also, you personally may benefit from the individual status selectors available via the MyStatusbox plugin from the Guifications Plugin Pack: <a href="http://gaim.guifications.org/trac/wiki/PluginPack" title="guifications.org">http://gaim.guifications.org/trac/wiki/PluginPack</a guifications.org>
On the other hand, if you really think the status selector sucks for everyone, I'm open to hearing those arguments, too. We look for specific use cases that affect you personally. Many people make arguments based on theoretical "other users," and those complicate the issue. This is why I'm interested in hearing your personal experience with statuses.
If people you know think it sucks for specific reasons, have them come to us to explain the specific problems and we'll see what can be done.
We aren't making changes for the sake of making changes... we're really trying to make things easier to use and more functional. Experience has shown that people are resistant to change. I objected to several changes in 2.0.0 right away, but agreed with the other developers that I should give things a try for a little while. Now I'd never want to go back.
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Re:Various Thoughts.
Posted by: Administrator on October 26, 2006 05:56 AMI don't think we're getting a bunch of pushback. The status selector is much easier to understand and use for the vast majority of users. If you have specific suggestions of a way to improve the system for the atypical case (yours) without losing the benefits for the majority, I'd love to hear them.
Also, you personally may benefit from the individual status selectors available via the MyStatusbox plugin from the Guifications Plugin Pack: <a href="http://gaim.guifications.org/trac/wiki/PluginPack" title="guifications.org">http://gaim.guifications.org/trac/wiki/PluginPack</a guifications.org>
On the other hand, if you really think the status selector sucks for everyone, I'm open to hearing those arguments, too. We look for specific use cases that affect you personally. Many people make arguments based on theoretical "other users," and those complicate the issue. This is why I'm interested in hearing your personal experience with statuses.
If people you know think it sucks for specific reasons, have them come to us to explain the specific problems and we'll see what can be done.
We aren't making changes for the sake of making changes... we're really trying to make things easier to use and more functional. Experience has shown that people are resistant to change. I objected to several changes in 2.0.0 right away, but agreed with the other developers that I should give things a try for a little while. Now I'd never want to go back.
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