losing a customer?
Posted: 2015 Feb 27, 07:18
Looks like the ribbon wasn't such a great idea
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13460
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13460
xplorer² Deskrule and other programs
https://forum.zabkat.com/
Yeah I've been banned from the XY forum as well, and had my posts deleted. Seems that Don really doesn't like any dissent Luckily Nikos is much more relaxed.Tuxman wrote:Given that XY lost me as a customer and German translator (I was suddenly banned and completely removed from their forums for disagreeing with the developer's political opinion; if I was still younger, I'd add "lulz" here), this makes it a +/- zero, right?
Interestingly enough, it's surprising what a single "added" functionality can do (this is the part Nikos doesn't always understand well).drac wrote:I am posting all this to give you a look into the mental processes of a user - maybe like the one you describe - who makes a decision that does not appear reasonable to you.
According to it's wikipedia page:And no matter what you say, its upgrade schedule is way out of whack with perceived-reality
I make that four paid upgrades in 13 years (I'm not sure what happened to Opus 7 in that lot).Opus 6: 2001-06-18
Opus 8: 2004-10-04
Opus 9: 2007-04-27
Opus 10: 2011-04-30
Opus 11: 2014-03-03
you are inches away from getting banned misternamsupo wrote:last paid upgrade certainly added a lot more than a ribbon (Sorry Nikos
But what practical functionality does it provide? Any? You yourself said in the changelog that it's nothing but a glorified toolbar which should be thought of "as a plain menu mode for the less initiated." [That's a direct quote from the horse's mouth!]nikos wrote:...what to you seems "just" a ribbon [...] takes a lot of work to deliver.
I did say perceived-reality not actual reality (people like me have a "loose-affiliation" with what people like you call "time"). A few years ago when x2 had its first paid-update in 10 years, people got all up in arms about... well, whatever it is people get excited about. This time the backlash is much quieter - and as evidenced by this thread, more proactive. I find these trends curious.namsupo wrote:I make that four paid upgrades in 13 years
you are answering your own question. It is making the extensive set of commands more palatable for the less advanced user. There are more less advanced than super-advanced users. So the market is bigger in the direction I'm taking thingsKilmatead wrote:But what practical functionality does it provide? ...f "as a plain menu mode for the less initiated."