Steve,

Its good to give your opinion... and certainly no disrespect to you but

In my opinion there is probably not a guy more passionate, deliberate, and consistent than Tim is about his program and its users. I know its a juggling act for the amount of work that needs done on software programming and the available resources, and I believe that there is not one posting that Tim does not look into with all his effort whether he looks at it and takes notes so he can look at later or he finds a quicker fix and posts a reply.

In my opinion when Tim says he will look at something he will look at it with all his effort, it may take some time on more challenging ones but it will get done as we have seen on many items since v5 of the software.

I think that is the reason some fixes take more time than others is due to consistently fixing the issue as to never have to look at again, rather than just put on a band aid, because in the world of software there can be exceptions to every rule that can breakdown seemingly sound logic programming.

I have never used any software that did not have some bugs that needed fixed or were dragging on for longer periods of time, but even the larger companies are on a yearly release cycles that leaves bugs unfixed until the next cycle.

It is good to have everyone here helping each other and helping to point out issues that need addressed. I am glad that so many have jumped in and are helping others.


Regards

Jason

Directly said> cad-accuracy, handling, some failure functions.

yes=unacceptable!!!!

Hi Jason, Tim and everyone,

I've been out of the loop for a while but I thought I ought to put in my two cents worth.
I'm with you Jason, our friends obviously don't know Tim too well, and I'm glad he has taken a holiday. Too much work and all that.
I have recently dropped out of the Beta team, too many other things on my plate at the moment, you guys were way ahead of me anyway.
I would like to suggest that if there are any criticisms of the way things are being handled then maybe there may be room on the beta team for some of the critics.

Best regards, as always.

Alan Bransom.

Guys,

Lets just agree that some areas of development are slow. This could be be because there are not enough developers to fix up bugs as well as developing new tools (maybe because of budget) OR because the current & loyal user base have never reported them in the first place...hence why its at V6 and still got basic problems.....

IMHO 90% of the time when bugs are exposed by users they are squashed by Tim, 5% are found & fixed only to re-appear, 5% are acknowledged but between releases are not fixed.

Im sure the next release of software will be fantastic in more ways than one...let just hope it attracts more users & revenue to take the software up a level where it belongs...;)

Nahhh dont do that mate...Have you emailed Tim directly to see what can be done about the bugs you are talking about and when he plans to fix them?



As you wish Steve it sometimes helps to do that........clear the RAM:D

See you back here in a fortnight !!!!!!!;)

NO!!! Don't leave us in the lurch! Paul and Jol are right. You've made some brilliant contributions, and I've learnt masses just by watching your tutorials and bug fix demands. Life on this forum would be very dull without you Steve :( :D

DON'T GO!!

David, can I ask what you have purchased and why?

I think a number of forum members also see that, but some put that frustration down to my own lack of knowledge of the product.


My problem is I get blunt. I speak my mind which is not always acceptable to others. I have mentioned many times, and will state again,.. VC/shark could be excellent,.. at the moment it is "Good" but unpredictable at times,.. or even "good" with undesirable/un-manufacturable (is there a word?)output.



- and I'm sure you'll see with the next release the huge effort you and the rest of the dedicated crew here have put in has really helped power things forward !
I do that, but get annoyed with lack of info from developer.


- Steve

Tim, mod,

Please remove this thread.
Although I believe my grievance is correct and just, I still do not want to be seen as attacking the product, which unfortunately it looks like some think I am doing.

I do believe there is a need for many man hours to fix various problems, call them bugs or unexpected results, or whatever.

All users of CAD need expected results, until those results show, or, an explanation on to various results and to why is put forward,.. then I will have a problem, but so will many others who look at VC/shark as CAD(more so if they have used other cad systems.)

I have no intention to try and cause issue, but I am tired of buggy software. I can understand some bugs/problems, but someone would need to show me directly that a non-buggy cad system is not possible before I will continue to purchase upgrades.

I know I am possibly just a pain, but all I want is a cad system that does as advertise.

Regards,

- Steve

I agree. I dont see a problem with Steve speaking his mind, I personally agree with a lot of his comments but I simply refuse to get wound up using it.....whats the point if you have other tools at hand?

FWIW Constructive criticism must be embraced by users & development, it should not be seen as a personal rant otherwise what progress will be made:cool:



Thats fine Tom BUT would it not be better to post your problems when you have them otherwise how will they ever go away?. Grab a pad & pen and start the mission !!!