Tomasz, as the old saying goes.. " no good deed ever goes unpunished" :-) Your a victim of your own success! Your beta's are so good we rush to get the latest and greatest from you. The new features are great and it will just take a bit to get used to how they operate. As for reading the manual that would be too easy..., if I can paraphrase a classic US movie..."Manual? we don't need no stinking manual." :-)
Relax, take off for the holiday. We will be just fine until you get back. Regards, Duke Jones, CMT Tomasz Janeczko wrote: > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Lester Vanhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > TJ: If it was supposed to sort watch lists names you would need to > click one level higher (not select single watch list) ... > > > > Well, I actually highlighted all watch lists (Alt+S-W - Sort) and > >was hoping to sort them. > > If you highlight ALL watch lists and select sort it means: > "Sort SYMBOLS in all selected watch lists". > All watch list operations operate on one or more selected watch lists. > If multiple watch lists are selected then the operation (in this case > SYMBOL SORT) is performed on each watch list separately. > > Must I really put the message boxes like this: > "This operation will sort the SYMBOLS, not the watch lists. Are you > sure to proceed" in every place? > > (I have learned that it does not matter if something is described in > the User's Guide because no one really reads the guide, instead > people make up their own theories about what given function is > supposed to do and come to the conclusion that there is a bug in the > program if the program does not match their imagined function, not > the function actually documented. Sometimes even displaying text > right in front of somebody's eyes is not enough (ReadMe that is shown > automatically after beta installation is perfect example). > > I really hate programs with so many "are you sure" message boxes, not > mentioning the fact that implementing this is really total waste of > time for programmer. > > >In previous versions tickers inside watch lists were sorted > >automatically. > Yes they were, but it was UNDESIRABLE feature. At least for > significant number of people. > For years people were whinning all the time that symbols within watch > list are sorted automatically. > This was BAD for them, because they wanted to keep THE ORIGINAL > order in which symbols were added (ranked results from AA window for > example). > So I was receiving TONS of request NOT to sort !!! > > So I delivered this feature that original order is KEPT, > but for completeness I also delivered option to sort symbols > alphabetically ON DEMAND. > > The same with hiding empty watch lists - they were hidden originally > and I was receiving tons of complaints about it. > Now I show all watch lists and now everyone cries to hide them. > > So the "solution" is to add another set of new options and then I > will hear another set of complaints that "I can not see my watch > lists again". Or "There is a bug in the program: I can not see my > empty watch list that I have just added" followed by (day later) "I > forgot to say that I have ticked an option to hide empty watch lists". > > All in all, I recently get the impression that all original > functionality was apparently perfect, because no matter what I change > (even on request of many people), each change is met with complaints > and people all the time say that they liked old functionality better. > So I guess I should stop accepting any feature requests because EVERY > change (even most often requested) is met with negative reception and > nothing but complaints. > > I am getting pretty tired by this. > > Regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > >