I've squirmed long enough in my chair reading these posts. I have to
pipe in!
I can't believe anyone is wasting the bandwidth for this topic, and
sadly some topics lately have gone so far off topic that they are
reaching the outer limits of our solar system. Again we have a select
few who wouldn't accept RB for WHAT IT IS. In the big picture,
changes like this don't even come into focus. There are so many
'real' (no pun intended) issues that RS needs (desperately needs) to
address that why would anyone present such a trivial request, even in
passing? So for those who are rearranging the deck chairs on the
Titanic - please refrain from these types of requests. Hammer RS to
fix the the current functionality before nitpicking with syntax that
is not needed.
I just don't get it. Plugins, workarounds, and downgrading to
previous versions are not solutions, there are bandaids. Despite what
others claim on this list, RB is dysfunctional and I don't know why
anyone other than hobbyists who would use this product for
development. Professionals who rely on RB for a living are putting
their livelihood in jeopardy. And, please don't pipe in with
anicdodal examples of your success, these are the exceptions to the
rule. All of us users are guilty of staying with RB because we have
become familliar with it and it's idiosyncracies in stead of choosing
the best tool for the job for each new project. Staying in the RB rut
prevents one from actually being objective as to what IS the best
tool for the job. It's call entropy, and RS relies on it to stay alive.
I've coined this phenomenon 'cellphone mentality', and is
applicapable to many other areas in life, not just RB. Those outside
the US may not relate as I've been told cellphones work properly in
other parts of the world. Here in the US, we pay high prices for dead
zones, dropped calls, bad reception, and we can't get enough. If our
cars were as reliable as our cellphones we'd walk. I think many RB
users are suffering from 'cellphone mentality' when it come to RB. RS
will never get another penny from me until it has proven itself as a
professional tool and not a toy. I want to see RB become what it
could be, what it should be, so let's all not cloud the issue by even
discussing changes such as these. It serves no purpose in the RB
community and can only distract RS from their task at hand.
Ok, bring on the flames... just give me a second to put on my fire
retardant underwear ;-)
Craig
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