[ic] Newbie has questions and needs some help

Winning Web Works interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Tue Sep 10 20:09:01 2002


Thanks Patrick, I am new to this list and have been feeling afraid to post
anything for fear of being blasted out of the water.  I think interchange is
an amazing thing and would be proud if I could be as capable with it as some
on this list.

Angela
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From: "Patrick Maddox" <snapdad@iworktoomuch.com>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: RE: [ic] Newbie has questions and needs some help


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> Reading through this thread makes me very sad.  The documentation,
> while it may not suck, does leave something to be desired in the area
> of intuitiveness.  The mailing list is a great resource, but the
> arrogance expressed by many people, A) doesn't address the problems
> the user has, and B) seem only to be posted to inflate some egos.
>
> A new user to the package receiving such a response from the list
> will generally be discouraged and move on to a less complex and less
> feature rich package, and while many would say this is probably a
> good thing, it does nothing to increase the exposure the software
> has, and nothing to encourage new developers.
>
> Along the lines of this thread, would it be possible for some of the
> more learned members of the list reply back with references to basic
> tutorials (if they exhist) outside of the realm of RTFM, because
> plainly this is what the user was trying to do and wasn't finding TFM
> intuitive enough to lead him to an answer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ./Patrick
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