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[james]

Don't use it when there are other tools that do the same task easier.

In many cases LaserBoy didn't do exactly what someone wanted it to do and that person contacted me and together we expanded our collective knowledge and capabilities.

And other LaserBoy users benefited from that too.

Much of what it does came about exactly that way.

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[james]

In so many words......

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Hating is so easy. It requires no effort at all.
Understanding takes effort and consideration.

[swamidog]

don't mistake criticism for hate. i don't hate laserboy and can't imagine anyone does.

i, and some others, find it unusable due to your interface but that does not translate into hate. it's powerful. it's got a lot of tricks under the hood, but it's just not useable for a lot of people. that could be corrected. it's your decision.

In so many words......

dont_hate.jpg
Hating is so easy. It requires no effort at all.
Understanding takes effort and consideration.

[absolom7691]

don't mistake criticism for hate. i don't hate laserboy and can't imagine anyone does.

Same. I don't hate laserboy at all and I have a deep respect for you, James. Even though you may scoff at that last remark because you feel attacked, you shouldn't. No one is attacking you or what you have created. You feel that way because you have put a ton of work into your software and you're proud of it. You want everyone to love it as much as you do. The simple fact is, a lot of people don't use it, they have told you why they don't use it, and they have told you they would use it if had more user-friendly features. Plain and simple. No hate, no disrespect.

[james]

Ok.

Moving forward, don't make pejorative comments about it or me.

Don't discourage other people from using it.

Don't try to convince everyone that it is widely unusable by lots of other people.

Your feelings about it should be your own.

And stop telling me I completely ignore requests from users to "fix" it. I engage with all kinds of people who help me make it better.

James.

[buffo]

How hard is it to find a key and tap it? Or shift tap it? That's not what makes LaserBoy difficult to learn.

YES it is, James!

Chris is NOT the only person who has told you this. Look back through your post history here on the forum and you'll find plenty of threads where this exact issue comes up again and again. Yet your response is always the same: "People just need to learn how to use my software."

NO, they don't. They don't NEED to do anything. People have provided you with valuable feedback on what they want. YOU are the one who refuses to listen.

If you were to add a GUI to Laserboy, I'm certain it would increase the number of people who would use it.

But let's face it: you don't really care about that. You'd rather die on this hill you've created where you feel that you are the misunderstood protagonist who is being persecuted by the ignorant masses because we are too blind to see the brilliance of your programming.

The reality is that people *DO* respect what you've created and genuinely *WANT* to use your software, but they just can't get past their distaste for the interface. That's not hate, that's valuable user feedback that any serious developer would be happy to receive. But that doesn't fit with your narrative, does it?

Adam

[james]

Nope. Not really. There are only a hand full of people who give me any shit about it at all and they are all on this forum.

You get pissed whenever you read my response of "LaserBoy can do that!"

So my offer to give someone a possible solution to whatever they want to do is irritating to you because you don't like the interface.

I guess you didn't read or absorb anything I wrote in this thread.

I think I explained myself.

James.

[lasermaster1977]

Nope. Not really. There are only a hand full of people who give me any shit about it at all and they are all on this forum.

You get pissed whenever you read my response of "LaserBoy can do that!"

So my offer to give someone a possible solution to whatever they want to do is irritating to you because you don't like the interface.

I guess you didn't read or absorb anything I wrote in this thread.

I think I explained myself.

James.

You've created a great tool, one that is very powerful and diverse. I and others have been very impressed by it, but for some, it is too time consuming to use for laser imaging work. It is that simple.

There are several ways to climb a mountain. You can walk up, run up, take an elevator, helicopter or transporter (if they are available).

I agree with you, if you find a better tool then use it.

[swamidog]

it's not the fact that you say "LaserBoy can do that!". it's the fact that you post that in response to pretty much any question that's asked on the forum, even when it's clear that laserboy is not the correct solution, and often not even relevant to the issue at hand.

i understand you're proud of laserboy, that's cool. you spent a lot of time on a feature rich swiss army knife, but... it's not the solution to all problems.

it would be much more useful if it had real time laser output and dac support for multiple dac types. it would be much more useable if it had a gui.

Nope. Not really. There are only a hand full of people who give me any shit about it at all and they are all on this forum.

You get pissed whenever you read my response of "LaserBoy can do that!"

So my offer to give someone a possible solution to whatever they want to do is irritating to you because you don't like the interface.

I guess you didn't read or absorb anything I wrote in this thread.

I think I explained myself.

James.

[james]

No I don't

I don't respond in any way to a whole lot of topics on this forum.

I offer a solution where I know that I have one to offer.