To address a couple of responses. Somebody said this is a bad place to air one's complaints. Since the devs do occasionally notice what gets posted here, this is a good place to speak to an issue.
If this "joke" attracts criticism every year, is there the chance it is not a good idea? I get the feeling that one must be uncritically in love with every aspect of darktable or that even a single criticism means, what? That one is hostile? The enemy? Not worthy? Are we so thin skinned that a single critique cannot be withstood? I doubt it. If somebody is really hot and bothered by my bitching about one single thing, go back through old posts and see how often I complain about darktable. I am not sure I have ever. I certainly don't make it a habit. I don't like being characterized as humorless. You don't know me well enough to go there. Personal jabs are kinda a bad idea in a forum like this. Darktable is good enough that is is worth the criticism that will make it even better. The "joke" tied up my screen and did not go away in a few seconds so it is not working as people are saying it is intended. I am not privy to the keyboard shortcuts that pertain to "joke" screens so did not know how to get rid of the "joke". I tried a bunch of poking around and got nowhere and finally just killed the program having got nothing done. The other 354 days a year, darktable is a fantastic program. I have zero interest in adobe junk or similar. It is one of the first projects I would finance were it to need money. I recommend it to people frequently. That will not change. On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Jean-Luc CECCOLI < jean-luc.cecc...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I don't understand why there are still people complaing about that. > > Every year, we can enjoy this bonus that the team offers us, and every > year people complain about it. > > Cool, guys ! enjoy ! this only happens one time a year, and it reminds us > of our youth, when we spent time playing arcade games rather than going to > school. > > In addition to offering us very good software, the team brings us back in > the 80's to nostalgia. > > So, rather than complaining, say them "thank-you, guys ; very nice joke" > just as smiling. > > > > Regards, > > > > J.-Luc > > > > > > > Message du 02/04/18 03:03 > > De : "Charlie Goodwin" <cgoodwinart...@gmail.com> > > A : "J Albrecht" <hevii...@gmail.com> > > Copie à : bydersjo...@gmail.com, "darktable-user" <darktable-user@lists. > darktable.org> > > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] The Good Knight > > > > > This is incredibly stupid. I cannot get to the program. > > > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 3:25 PM, J Albrecht <hevii...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> > >> >> On 01 Apr 2018, at 21:22, Chris <bydersjo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > What is this 'The Dark Table Team Presents The Good Knight' rubbish >> that appears when I try to open DarkTable? >> >> > Some random DOS game? Makes me not trust this app one bit any more! >> >> > Chris >> > >> >> > ____________________________________________________________________________ >> darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to >> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >> > >> <darktable_shit.jpg> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> Long-time users of the program realised right away that this is >> darktable’s annual April Fool’s joke. Don’t sweat it, it’ll be gone >> tomorrow! >> > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
