Re: Rate It <suggestion>

[Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com>]

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Mike, just to offer my 2 cents, I think your documentation is great as a Reference
Manual.  Coming from a DEC background, they often release a Reference Manual and a
Users Guide with their software and perhaps that it was is lacking, though the
simple database is a help.  The Users Guide could be the 'how-to' and how MV
interacts and what it expects from operations to operation,  not just proper
syntax which is what the present guide tends to be (what I'd classify as a
Reference Manual).  Again, for the price, MV is great, and I do your your
documentation frequently...

Barry

mikeh@minivend.com wrote:

> ******    message to minivend-users from mikeh@minivend.com     ******
>
> Quoting Birgitt Funk (birgitt@minivend.com):
> > >
> > > Birgitt,
> > >
> > > I know that I signed my comment but that also got truncated along with the
> > > two paragraphs that I mentioned. I also included comment on problems I had
> > > although small. My comments were intended for readers at cgi-resources,
> > > assuming that is where these messages where headed. Again I was assuming
> > > that is what the rating system was for. I may be wrong.
> > >
> >
> > I thought it would be used as a statistical poll for Internet Robotics,
> > i.e. Mike Heins, to gather information about who is using MV, where
> > it stands and where it is headed to go. May be I am wrong in that too.
>
> Yes. It is merely a way to collect info about MV so I can see what people
> want. I don't want to hide anything; I will put a warning saying comments
> will be public. If people want private, they will have to figure out to
> send me email.
>
> I am a bit dismayed about people's opinion of the documentation, which
> I have spent quite a bit of effort on over the years. But I have been
> listening and do know that it doesn't seem to be what people want. I am
> thinking about getting a professional to do a real manual and then sell
> a CD-ROM with a manual and a CGI user interface to MiniVend.
>
> >
> > I assumed comments would go to the attention of Mike Heins only, as
> > the option to rate at cgi-resources is an additional option, independent
> > from the rating on the minivend.com site.
> >
> > On the other hand, the way the "Rate Us" page is set, shows also some
> > courouge, as it doesn't suppress any criticism into a black whole,
> > which only Mike Heins could read and use. That might be more important.
>
> I thought everyone knew that I don't want to control what people say
> about MiniVend. For one thing, I try to let it keep a low profile as
> I am inundated as it is. Luckily the mail list is here, and it
> has grown to the point where if I dropped off the face of the earth
> I think MV would continue on quite nicely without me.
>
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