[WriteLog] Curious?? (long)

[GilBaronW0MN]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carsten Steinhofel
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 14:26
> To: w2up@mindspring.com; Tim Makins, EI8IC; writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: AW: [WriteLog] Curious?? (long)
>
>
> My two (Euro)-cents worth,
>
> I think that many of the posts are also generated by problems with
> Windows settings which will probably the case with TR/Win as well.
>
> Otherwise I agree that a quieter reflector is a sign for a good
> software.
>

A dead reflector is for a dead program. That is the most common thing in any
case. If nobody uses it them nobody talks about it. No matter how good a
program is, there are going to be problems and wishes. That is what the
reflector is for. I would rather see a lot of complaints, that way (after
sorting then out by testing it yourself) you can see what is good and what
is bad and what to avoid and what to use.

The constant syrupy praise of a program is not all that great a thing/.
Witness what used to go on in Zakanaka reflector.

It CAN mean a program is good if there is a quiet reflector, it also MUST
mean that there is no new development on it, and that is not a good thing.

WriteLog is BY FAR the BEST contesting program there is. Others (like TRLOG)
MAY have the advantage in certain things but for the overall story, WL IS
IT.
I hope the reflector gets more messages than I can read.

> To the original question, I don't know TR well, when I tried the
> freeware version, I didn't understand the philosophy. I think I
> would now, but I don't see any need to return to DOS. I am really
> content with Writelog and it's getting better steadily. I still
> have a few wishes, but I hope they will be realised in the fore-
> seeable future. It is definately a great improvement over CT.
>
> 73 Carsten, DL1EFD
>
> P.S. compliments to your website Tim!
>
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]Im Auftrag von Barry
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. November 2001 19:14
> An: Tim Makins, EI8IC; writelog@contesting.com
> Betreff: Re: [WriteLog] Curious?? (long)
>
>
> Tim,
> I disagree with your analysis.
> First, there is one individual, who is responsible for probably 25% of
> the posts. Many of us have his posts auto-deleted by our e-mail
> filters.
> Second - Yes, the help files do leave something to be desired, at
> times. However, my guess is that WL has, by far, the most new
> users of any of the contesting programs. Anything new generates a
> lot of how-to mail.
> One great thing about WL is each update works. There's none of
> the "I tried V9.57 and xxx is broken, so I went back to 9.36 which
> is the last version that worked right..."
> 73 Barry W2UP
>
> 73,
> Barry
>
> On 28 Nov 01, at 11:46, Tim Makins,  EI8IC wrote:
>
> > 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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