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ALTME: QA?

 [1/6] from: reichart:prolific at: 22-Nov-2002 2:58


1. Q: Petr wrote: Said that, AltMe would NOT go thru my QA service ;-) A: What do you mean? I'm working through all the comments from everyone here, and will post all answers as of this evening, tomorrow. Be useful. Reichart... [Reichart--Prolific--com] www.Prolific.com "The crazy place I work." www.SereneScreen.com "A cool thing we make." www.ProGadget.com "Something brewing in the kitchen." www.SafeWorlds.com" "The Alternative Messaging Environment."

 [2/6] from: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 22-Nov-2002 20:37


Reichart wrote:
>1. Q: Petr wrote: Said that, AltMe would NOT go thru my QA service ;-) >A: What do you mean? > >I'm working through all the comments from everyone here, and will post all >answers as of this evening, tomorrow. >
OK, you note my smiley, right? No negativism involved ;-) Just let's be ppl realistic please. I already told Cyphre, that I test things in following way: 1) I randomly press stuff here or there, maddening around UI elements, and watch how they behave 2) I try to switch to non-rebol user experience - I mean - treating the app not knowing it is done in rebol - because that way, we tolerate many things. But even small glitches can annoy users, so why not to prevent them? As for UI: 1) Over effect was not realtime in AltME info section 2) list-box implementation does not imo behave correctly and is slow .... 3) channel name should not allow caret - it does not look good ... So please, Reichart - do use resources of Rebol community - I think that folks like Cyphre can help you to solve the issues. ... -pekr-

 [3/6] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 23-Nov-2002 10:19


On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 02:58:44 -0800 Reichart <[Reichart--prolific--com]> wrote:
>I'm working through all the comments from everyone here, >and will post all >answers as of this evening, tomorrow. >
Reichart, I would suggest that you consider incorporating a http server in AltME for platforms that don't have View currently ( Pocket PC, OS X etc ). It wouldn't need to exactly replicate the experience, just allow the basic client functionality. Also, although you can not expose the API due to Encap licensing restrictions, how about a hook in for others to write Encapped applications that utilise the messaging services? And finally, consider some way of bridging worlds. In my rebol GoRIM chat server, I had three servers running, and messages from one would propagate automatically to the other two servers ( one was in Texas, one in Czech Republic, and the other was in the UK ). -- Graham Chiu

 [4/6] from: rishi:adelphia at: 22-Nov-2002 13:32


Everyone should join the rebol world that carl made: World: rebol User: guest Pass: guest So far it is very stable.. no crashes... and fun discussions.. lets see how well it scales.. so far so good... rishi

 [5/6] from: reichart::prolific::com at: 22-Nov-2002 14:05


Petr, I did not the smiley face, but quick wit is a side effect of very smart people, and so I probe more because the real gems of information are just below the surface. I agree 100% with your view. It is taking some work to make FTPGadget and AltME indistinguishable from any other app on a given platform. But we are getting there. 1. Over effect was not realtime in AltME info section A: Agreed. Will improve. 2. Q: list-box implementation does not imo behave correctly and is slow .... A: Agreed. Will improve 3 Q: channel name should not allow caret - it does not look good ... A: Consider this in a different way perhaps. People will be able to create worlds for just a day or week, etc. This is a concept that does not currently exist in any apps I know of. In our company we create FTP sites like others use razors. Because of this it will be easy for individuals to create a world called ^Disney^ even though Disney is using the world name Disney. Companies will almost NEVER use "^" but individually will use all sorts of symbols. Including simply naming their world, or a group "^" There are many things I think are ugly, Spandex on most people, plastic lawn furniture and ornament (flamingos), Bumper sticker, etc. But there is a big market for them. Please always give me feedback, in what you believe is good bad, or downright viscous, we are not going to end up with a better product if people are nice about their observations. That is the great part of having a free-market. For those of you that started with us on FTPGadget, you have seen some dramatic changes in design, user interface, and features. But about 1/10 of what I plan for this coming year. Be useful. Reichart... [Reichart--Prolific--com] www.Prolific.com "The crazy place I work." www.SereneScreen.com "A cool thing we make." www.ProGadget.com "Something brewing in the kitchen." www.SafeWorlds.com" "The Alternative Messaging Environment."

 [6/6] from: rotenca:telvia:it at: 23-Nov-2002 14:33


Hi Reichart, i should like to know who are the programmers who writed AltMe? --- Ciao Romano