Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread Daniel Brown
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > > What do you call the people who ultimately use your code? If they're using the *code*, then "user" or "developer." If they're using the finished product (site, application, or results thereof), then "end-user," "customer," "visitor,"

RE: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread Jeff Burcher
Hi, I have always held that the opinion of the end-user/customer is the most important goal in any systems development project, small or large, regardless of the programming language/environment. The database structure, programming, and interfaces are your product. If folks don't like it or can't

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread Lester Caine
Tedd Sperling wrote: I can't wait for tomorrow -- so here's my off-topic post today. First question: What do you call the people who ultimately use your code? I call them the "end-user", but others have stated other terms, such as "customer" or "user". If they are paying they are customers,

RE: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread admin
-Original Message- From: Tedd Sperling [mailto:t...@sperling.com] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:27 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net General Subject: [PHP] What do you call the end-user? Hi gang: I can't wait for tomorrow -- so here's my off-topic post today. First question: What do

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jul 19, 2012, at 1:54 PM, "admin" wrote: > My goal in life has been to develop the ultimate portal that thinks for you > and less dependent on your interactions. I am close to finishing a learning > module that learns from your interactions and navigates according to your > past history. But th

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread Paul M Foster
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:26:50PM -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I can't wait for tomorrow -- so here's my off-topic post today. > > First question: > > What do you call the people who ultimately use your code? > > I call them the "end-user", but others have stated other terms, su

RE: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread admin
-Original Message- From: Paul M Foster [mailto:pa...@quillandmouse.com] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:31 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user? On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:26:50PM -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I can&#

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I can't wait for tomorrow -- so here's my off-topic post today. > > First question: > > What do you call the people who ultimately use your code? It all depends on where and how my code is ultimately used. If it is code that so

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-19 Thread Paul M Foster
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 06:57:53PM -0400, admin wrote: [snip] > > LOL Paul, > You are so very spot on, I have a current customer who would like > the website to just load when he logs in. I wish I had not agreed to writing > him a startup script to load the interface for him because NOW h

RE: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-20 Thread Adam Nicholls
> -Original Message- > From: Tedd Sperling [mailto:t...@sperling.com] > Sent: 19 July 2012 18:27 > To: php-general@lists.php.net General > Subject: [PHP] What do you call the end-user? > > What do you call the people who ultimately use your code? > > I call them the "end-user", but othe

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-20 Thread Robert Williams
On Jul 20, 2012, at 0:59, "Adam Nicholls" wrote: > Personally if I'm feeling a bit cheeky I'll go with "Muggle" - (thanks to J K > Rowling!) - people just don't appreciate the magic involved behind the scenes > in usability, infrastructure, application logic etc. Wow. I really, really (, reall

Re: [PHP] What do you call the end-user?

2012-07-20 Thread Tim Streater
On 19 Jul 2012 at 18:26, Tedd Sperling wrote: > First question: > > What do you call the people who ultimately use your code? I expect I'll call her "Dear". See, my app, a replacement for Eudora, is used by yours truly only at the mo. However, come time to upgrade SWMBO's Mini, which will run