Why feed the troll? Just ignore the pest.
nutron wrote: > Hi Ranty, > > I'm just curious. What, exactly, is the purpose of this post? If it's just > so you can blow off steam then, well, I suppose it's served its purpose. But > ranting at us because you don't like the free software we provide you... > actually, wait, you aren't complaining about MooTools itself, just how we > organize ourselves around it. Let me back up. > > But ranting about all the things we do BESIDES writing free code for you > isn't really all that helpful. We've enumerated at length the many reasons > we don't provide a forum on MooTools.net, not the least of which is we don't > want to maintain the software - we'd rather spend our time writing code and > fixing bugs. > > As for a plugin repository, it's something we're working on, but we don't > have a ton of resources and that work goes as fast as it can given that it's > all donated time. > > You say the documentation is sub-par but not exactly what you mean by that. > Are there details that you wish were present that are not? Is it the > presentation of that documentation you don't care for? > > The thing is, MooTools is an open source project. That means that if you > don't like it, you can roll up your sleeves and help out. Something missing > in the docs? Well, jump into git and add more detail and then send us a pull > request to pick up your changes. Or maybe create your own site and start > writing tutorials. > > Don't like these forums? Well, there are alternatives (and here I'm thinking > of http://mooforum.net/). But really forum software is forum software. If > you don't like the Google Groups interface, use nabble > (http://n2.nabble.com/MooTools-Users-f660466.html). > > But just ranting AT us instead of offering any sort of constructive input > isn't likely to get you anything except posts back here blowing you off > (which, I hope you'll see, this is not). > > If your company has written 10,000 lines of MooTools code then you no doubt > have some experts there. Why not give something back to this project except > complaints? > > Aaron > > > rantytheranter wrote: > > > > Mootools developers if you are reading this, thanks for your time on > > building a solid framework, but it was a bad idea to remove the forum, I > > don't care what your reasons were, and yes I read the entire page > > containing your reasons. This part got me "feel free to switch to another > > framework that provides their users with an official bulletin-board like > > forum software", that was the jaw droppper. Unfortunately my company has > > blessed your framework and I am not "free" to switch frameworks, nor is it > > feasible to convert over 10,000 lines of code to JQuery. Which we already > > had to convert once do to your brilliant changes between 1.1 and 1.2. I > > wonder what other version change nightmares you may have in store for our > > department. Your documentation is sub-par, you have no plugin repository, > > and well I could go on. I know you will say that posts like this are part > > of the reason why the forum was shut down in the first place, but I would > > have never posted this until I noticed that. > > > > In closing the organization of this project is a joke, and I stress just > > the organization. > > > > > ----- > The MooTools Tutorial: http://www.mootorial.com www.mootorial.com > Clientcide: http://www.clientcide.com www.clientcide.com > -- > View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/rant-tp1649808p1649881.html > Sent from the MooTools Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
