Re: Why the change?

[Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/9/2010 1:02 PM, Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 09.03.2010 11:52, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> 
>  --- Original Message ---
> 
>> On 3/9/2010 11:22 AM, clay wrote:
>>> Tony Raven wrote:
>>>> I have got used to marking a folder as read over the years with 
>>>> Ctrl-Shift-C.  Now on v3 that brings up the Calendar and I am having to 
>>>> learn to hit Shift-C instead which is involving lots of concious effort 
>>>> and lots of unintended appearances of the Calendar.  Was there any logic 
>>>> behind making the change?
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>
>>> Back before Thunderbird, in the NS Communicator days, Shift+c marked 
>>> folders read.
>>>
>>> Why it changed to Ctrl+Shift+c would be a better question... and one I 
>>> asked when it occurred.
>>> The answer then was Shift+c conflicted with some other (unnamed) command.
>>> Evidently that conflict has been resolved.
>>
>> The world changes and stuff has to change with it.
>>
>> What I don't understand is why the fact of the changes and the reasons
>> for them have to kept a secret.
>>
>> Back in the day changes were driven by customers, discussed with
>> customers, explained to customers.
>>
>> Why has that become so hard?
>>
>> I understand that a lot (most?) of the customers never read the change
>> docs, but if they (the docs) exist, the customer that whines about not
>> knowing rightly gets no sympathy.
>>
>> There is a lot of complaining here that could have been avoided by being
>> open and above the table about changes from the time they are first
>> proposed.
>>
>> And product management needs to a better job of dealing with changes
>> that are no more than developer whim (which is what a lot of the problem
>> changes SEEM to me to be).
>>
>> I understand that there are a lot of herding volunteers and other cats
>> her, but if there is a reason for the product to survive, somebody needs
>> to get in front of the charge and influence its progress.
>>
>> Of course, if the reason for it to survive is only to provide
>> entertainment for the developers, then somebody needs to tell me to sit
>> down and shut up.  Oh! Wait.  Several sombodies have done that.
>>
>> Nevermind.
> 
> The reason for the change was posted in this group on January 07, 2010
> by Wayne Mery. If you, et al, missed it then that's not our fault.
> Followup explanations have also been posted as recently as today.
> 
> Any further discussion will be entertained in mozilla.general and if you
> want a refund we'll credit you with twice what you paid for the application.
> 
> Followup set to mozilla.general
> 
> 


-- 
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to
take everything you have."

Remember:  The Ark was built by amateurs, the Titanic by professionals.

Requiescas in pace o email
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
Eppure si rinfresca

ICBM Targeting Information:  http://tinyurl.com/4sqczs
http://tinyurl.com/7tp8ml
	
_______________________________________________
general mailing list
general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/general