Re: Cache and Store

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:10 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-11 16:40:44]:
> 
> > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 15:25 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> > > * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-11 14:08:32]:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 12:42 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> > > > > * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-11 08:19:49]:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 22:47 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> > > > > > > * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-10 21:45:59]:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > This is a real cognitive problem showing up right there.  It isn't your
> > > > > > > > responsibility to second-guess the user.  There are valid reasons for
> > > > > > > > the node to have this functionality.  The only reason for it not to is
> > > > > > > > to inhibit users.  That's what Microsoft do.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Indeed... and experience has shown that it works.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What do you mean "it works"?  What does it work to do?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > You didn't answer the question.  What do you mean "it works"?
> > > 
> > > I did in the part you've stripped. Inhibiting users seems to be
> > > something that most of them like.
> > 
> > I couldn't see anything relating to inhibiting users in the part that I
> > stripped.  Also, I'm still not sure what the answer to my question is.
> > 
> > Perhaps I'm not making myself clear.  There's a goal which you're saying
> > is achieved by inhibiting users (at least that's what I understand by
> > the phrase "it works.")  What is the goal?  What does inhibiting users
> > achieve?
> 
> Improving the usability, providing them  an interface like they are used
> to. Not  inhibiting them would  force us  to document what  side effects
> changing that setting might have; It's not something we want to dedicate
> ressources on doing.

Just so you understand, I'm talking generally here, not specifically
about the store split issue (and, reading back, it might not have been
clear but that's what I have been talking about.)

It seems you don't want to improve the functionality of the node because
improving the functionality involves communicating to users how to use
the node properly.  Either that, or changing the entire node's UI to be
simpler; to something existing users aren't used to.

I can see now what the issue is: the project is more concerned with
forwarding political goals than it is with writing good software.  That
is not something I want to be involved with.  I will discontinue my
node's operation and leave you in peace.

Bob

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Bob Ham <[email protected]>

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