one thing that a lot of people either don't realize or are ignorant of: you cannot place demands on developer of free software. SInce they are not being paid for their efforts, it ceases being worth their time to deal with the stresses involved. However, a paid developer is beholden to his work (and customers). If there are bugs, he has the responsibility to correct them. Simply taking the money and then abandoning the software project would be considered theft in most places. So, he will do what he can to keep his reputation and have repeat customers.
Just something you should know. -eric On Dec 2, 2013, at 8:34 PM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > I have a few points here. > > First, my message was not an attack on Q or his software. I used qwitter and > while it was around it was useful. It had a lot of issues and rather than > rewrite it, it was abandoned for better horizons. Whether or not you agree > with this is sort of irrelivant as it happens all the time. If it was > freeware, then by all means the author can do what he or she wants and that's > done over and over again. If it was hope, I feel like the author at least has > some small obligation to the end-users. > > My points were that I do dismiss it, but not out of hand. I don't believe it > is fair to require $1200 in licensing fees from users before you decide > whether or not you'll make something. If I buy a piece of software, I buy it > based on the software itself. Having not tried it, I will not pledge any > money toward the future of something that may not even be released or that I > may not even like. > On 12/2/2013 10:12 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> It's a book/file reader. It handles epub, daisy, pdf, and other formats, and >> can save your place automatically when you close a book. It has other >> features as well, but I'm not a user of the program so can't enumerate them. >> >> Yes, Qwitter was quite a big deal, but as I recall there were problems >> beyond users asking questions. Hope has not been updated, but honestly, it >> works well and is not lacking any features I can find, so does it really >> need an update? I'm not saying I would commit to buying Q-Read for Mac, >> since I know I would not use it enough (I read mostly on my iPhone) but look >> into this more before dismissing it out of hand. Yes, iBooks is now on the >> Mac, but can anyone really call using it a good reading experience? >> On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I think I’d have to have a lot more information before I decide to commit. >>> For example, what books does it access. which formats. What are its >>> advantages over other readers? It sounds like a good thing in principle, >>> but what is it in practice? >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan >>> >>> On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Dave O. <dave...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Especially from a developer who's history is of abandoning software when >>>> his users start to ask questions regarding software bugs or features that >>>> he feels aren't important or worth his time. >>>> >>>> And I agree with Tyler. $30 is a lot to commit to for something when it >>>> doesn't exist. >>>> >>>> But personally, I don't give that developer a dime of my money. Not ever. >>>> >>>> Ask the users of Qwitter and Hope how they feel. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> > > > -- > Take care, > Ty > http://tds-solutions.net > He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that > dares not reason is a slave. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
