[WriteLog] Curious?? (long)

[Tom Baugh]

Hi guys..

I thought I'd throw in my two cents...
I too lurk mostly but have the following comments regarding the comments
made below.
I tend to agree that documentation is lacking and finding quick answers can
be frustrating.
With regards to a reflector generating 3 or 4 times the EMail.. There are
many other possiblities besides the one expressed which could result in this
scenario.
1-   The  reflector could be monitored and these types of messages censored.
2-   The age of the other programs indicates that many of the "bugs" may
have been worked out
3-   The age of the other programs has many others moving to the newer
software and the people changing are not familiar with modern software
4-   Those changing software are trying to get the modern software to work
with older computers and radios.
6-20  many others I'm sure.

Good and sometimes heated exchanges are what made the free world what it
is... for good or bad.
I wouldn't judge a software by the good or bad messages placed on a
reflector

Good Day
Tom
AE9B


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Makins, EI8IC" <ei8ic@eircom.net>
To: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>; <WriteLog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Curious?? (long)


> Hi John - I lurk on this reflector, because I'm interested in how Writelog
> works with SO2R. I also lurk on the reflectors for CT, NA, TR, and SD. You
> might be interested to know that the Writelog reflector generates 3 or 4
> times as much email as any of the others, mainly of people asking for
help.
> On that basis alone, I would say that assuming the program is not full of
> bugs, then the documentation MUST be. If people have problems, then either
> the program is not simple enough to use, or the Help guide does not
explain
> itself well enough, or the documentation is inadequate. The usual problem
> here is that the documentation is written by the author, who forgets that
he
> knows half the stuff, and assumes his readers will as well. I have seen
this
> frequently in a number of major software packages. I am sure you have too.
>
> If it is the only Windows contesting program of its kind, then that's a
> pity, because there's no incentive to make things work better. At the end
of
> the day, software should be there to assist us, not make us pull our hair
> out, as many of the correspondents seem to be doing. Things have moved on
> from the days of the '386, and we've all got Megabytes of memory available
> that should be used to help the user. Doesn't seem to be happening here,
> does it ?
>
> If I was a prospective purchaser of Writelog, and lurked on the reflector
> for a while, I would be scared silly by the correspondence, and would NOT
> buy the program.
>
> In my book, a good program has a silent reflector. End of story.
>
> Tim, EI8IC
> www.qsl.net/ei8ic/
> The European HF Contesting Website
> Recent winner of the 'DX Zone' Editors choice Award.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>
> To: "Jerry Ford" <benlightnd13@home.com>; <WriteLog@contesting.com>
> Sent: 28 November 2001 10:23
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Curious?? (long)
>
>
> > (I'm sending this to the reflector in case there are other friendly
> > undecided lurkers out there like Jerry.
>
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