Thanks, Christiaan. This has always been my interpretation of your responses.
It's others who get particularly turned off by the tone, but did not seem to want to comment to you or on list. Keep up the good work. Bill >On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Bill Mohler wrote: > >> I have fairly thick skin and understand the need for the developer's >> ability to set limitations and focus on perfection of the current >> product. So I wasn't particularly affronted by Christiaan's >> responses to my recent questions. >> >> But others, who have contacted me off list apparently are, and have >> actually withdrawn from the list in reaction to the tone. To quote >> one who recently contacted me: >> >> "All he needs to do is to be civil and simply add it to his list of >> requests, try to get some sense of the need, and wait until the tools >> support him better to make the changes if they seem appropriate. >> What is unacceptable is the rudeness and seeming lack of interest in >> usability." >> >> Please take this thought to heart, while continuing to produce the >> exceptionally useful and elegant product that we so richly appreciate. >> >> Bill > >I'm very sorry if this is how I come over. In fact, often it is >exactly my interest in usability that leads me to reject further >feature requests. An important aspect of usability, especially for Mac >OSX is a clean UI, rather than an app being bloated by too many >features (compare e.g. Acrobat). Also, when I don't expect (for good >reasons) that I think features will in a foreseeable future possible >(due to Apple's lack of interest) I will reject it. I also always try >to motivate my decisions. I understand the need, but the bar to adding >to Skim is at the moment very high, because the app is very much >finished. When I think a feature request adds more bloat than features >(which often is the case), I will reject it, with proper motivation. >It is not lack of interest, it's a result of a serious deliberation on >my side. > >Christiaan > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises >looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest >innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and >enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. >Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get >_______________________________________________ >Skim-app-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users -- ----------------- William A. Mohler Associate Professor Dept. of Genetics and Developmental Biology University of Connecticut Health Center MC-3301 263 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06030-3301 [email protected] Mobile: (860) 985-2719 alt. mobile: (860) 331-8514 skype: wmohler Office: (860) 679-1833, room E2029 Lab: (860) 679-1834, room E2032 Fax: (314) 689-1833 G&DB dept. ofc.: (860) 679-8350 G&DB dept. fax : (860) 679-8345 http://genetics.uchc.edu/Faculty/Mohler/Mohler.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
