by PellucidWombat » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:39 pm
by mrchad9 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:43 pm
by Sarah Simon » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:15 pm
by MoapaPk » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:34 pm
by Buz Groshong » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:35 pm
sarah.simon wrote:You know, on the one hand it's neat in an ironic way that the site founders just created this site, dumped it in the middle of nowhere with no food, water or shelter, and left it for us (users, Elves, contributors, community, etc.) to just do with as we please.
The flip side of this "freedom," though, is an outdated, static tool that never evolves to meet dynamic user needs. I've been in and around the software industry for over a decade now. I have a list in my head of really cool, dynamic, modern, user-friendly updates for the SP system. But I'm sadly convinced that this site's technology (and hence the communit built around it!) will never live up to its full potential.
Also, as the result of the founders' complete disinterest in upgrading and proactively managing this sytem, I have a fear one of two courses of action will occur eventually:* Either one of these days the founders are just going to, suddenly and without explanation, pull the plug. (That's right - we all sit down to login and check "What's New" only to meet the dreaded "404 Error.")
* Or, alternatively, I see the site being sold to another interest. Who knows what this would be: REI, a university, a private individual, I have no eartly idea... But the resulting change (some good, some bad) will cause a major disruption in the community.
For the time being, I am just going to roll with the status quo: Plenty of "Wild West" freedom, but in a kludgy, bland, outdated, user-unfriendly environment. It would be nice, however, to have a stronger, dynamic, updated tool and somewhat more responsive and committed management (not referring here to administration (elves) but owner/managers.)
We've got a great thing going here on SP, but it's sad to sit back and imagine all of the missed potential.
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by mrchad9 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:19 pm
by SoCalHiker » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:37 pm
mrchad9 wrote:So what I am gathering is, that all these requests for changes and new features ARE just wishing. That they will not affect anything.
So it seems to me the purpose of site feedback is not
Suggestions and comments about SummitPost's features, policies, and procedures. Post bugs here.
But rather...
Suggestions and comments about SummitPost's policies and procedures.
Sorry. I don't know how to do strikethrough on this!
by MoapaPk » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:39 pm
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