This blog is dedicated to all the users out there that think features, functionality and options should be implemented because they say so. To the rest of you, we all love you.
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Lately I’ve been subject to a number of users making requests which I don’t think are necessary. I’m sure anybody developer that reads this can say the same. Unfortunately, what’s really grinding my gears is when users believe they are the epitome of correctness.
Don’t get me wrong, I love, encourage & and enthused by user feedback and ideas, but using an application is not like eating at a restaurant.
Most of us work for free on projects. Some people are luckier and are able to support themselves from such activities.
Quoting wikipedia:
The open source movement is a large movement of programmers and other computer users that advocates unrestricted access to the source code of software.
What’s this got to do with anything? Well I’m fed up of users telling us what to do. You must implement this, because it will “<insert reasoning here>”. Unfortunately for you, developers get the final say on what goes into an application.
I implore you, please, don’t abuse the developers who try their best to give time and energy to improving the software world. If you don’t like an answer, either try and provide better information to convince us or piss off.
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Thanks for listening - but remember folks, its just those few people out there that irritate me!
