[ic] Frustrated with IC 4.8

[Nathan D. Olmscheid]

Just read the manuals and pay for help if you need it!

Thore Karlsen wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:24:36 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >How is it that IC 4.8 can have so many great features and be so ill behaved
> >in implamenting them? What I mean by this is IC 4.8 seems to have everything
> >you could think of to put on a wish list for an online store and then some.
> >But when it comes to using the Administration interface to setup the store
> >it is contrary as hell. The changes that I make either give unexpected
> >results or have no effect at all. The help file included seems to be an
> >after thought that only makes one want a real help file. I find it next to
> >useless. The documentation on the Redhat web site is not much better. The
> >wizard that was intended to be used for quick setup seems to have a mind of
> >it's own.
> >
> >If I am the only one that is having problems with grasping how to use IC
> >then it won't hurt my feelings at all for you to tell me how stupid I am and
> >for you to point out what I am doing wrong. I would really like to get IC to
> >perform the way a program if this caliber should. I am use to stable
> >programs that work as intended. If this is the type of program that stems
> >from the open source code theory of designing software then it seems to be a
> >step backwards.
> >Just my $.02 worth.
>
> You are not the only one, I'm having the same problems. The documentation is
> worthless, that's the only way to describe it. Open source may be free
> initially, but I'm starting to wonder if we shouldn't have gone with a well
> documented commercial solution instead. _Time_ certainly isn't free, and you
> need a lot of time to experiment to get things to work in Interchange.
>
> --
> Be seeing you.
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