Submitted by sfinxx on 2010/01/09 12:02
 
So you'd like to have lots of new IQ users?

Seems so. At least you are very busy writing FAQ's, Tutoríals etc.

You're so busy you don't even notice that there's a new user right here in front of your nose? A new user desperately trying to get IQ to run? A new user who asked for help because of this? A new user who was told to wait for release 9.25 - without even mentioning anywhere when that's supposed to happen? The problem " could be related to Win 2000 and/or to a locale issue" - that was it.

(Quote:) "If ... I can't make substantial progress up the learning curve in the next day or two, I'll probably put IQ on the back burner for 6 months." So will I - albeit for more than 6 months.

So long guys. It's been nice to meet you.

Sure you are interested in new users?
 
sfinxx

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Hi, sfinxx.
 
   Sorry I can't help with your setup problem. I'm one of the volunteers trying to improve the manual.  Normally there aren't many people on the forums on the weekend.
 
Pierre did mention in another posting that he plans to get 9.25 out this coming week.   I can't imagine the programming hours he's putting in right now!
 
I looked through the old forums, and unfortunately there has been very little win2000 mention the past couple of years.  I'll take another look.
 
 
 
 

None of the users here make money out of this program or this forum. They help because they believe in the product, they like it and they are nice enough to devote some of their time to answer question. Pierre the developper already took the time to answer you in a timely maner by saying that he'd take care of that installation problem ASAP. I don't think that anybody else can help you at this point -- or if we could it'd take us hours and we don't have that luxury.
 
Please understand that your problem is seemingly unique at the moment and that Pierre is also busy fixing stuff which 10s of long time users have asked for -- he's got a long list of features to implement and a few bugs to fix. But if you don't have the time to wait, it's up to you.

Al

2010/01/09 14:26

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I think the important thing to keep in mind is that this product is still in beta, so there will be problems. I'm always amazed at how responsive Pierre is, with all the stuff he has gong on. It will be worth the wait, IQ is a terrific piece of software.
 
Regards
Al

Simply as an observation, it is interesting to me, that of late, some new comers to the IQ forum have made a lot of 'noise', like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

Each has encountered legitimate problems getting started with the program. Each has asked for help. And eventually each has cited a limited amount of time they have to spend on their InfoQube problems.

Fair enough. We all have limited schedules.

But after a short period of time each seemed dissatisfied with the free help they were getting on a free program from volunteers and that seemed to prompt the same reaction from each of them.

In shorthand, each stated if their particular issues wasn't resolved quickly, they would move on, putting IQ aside.

And that's when I started to wonder Who was going to lose under those circumstances: the developer who has made the program available for free while in beta or the user who was looking for a piece of software to make their life easier.

The question I ponder is how a new user can determine if IQ will satisfy their needs without being able to use the program, i.e. dumping it after a relatively few hours of effort?

Naturally all this is balanced against life's priorities; the developer, the user and the community. And there we are all different as we all lead different lives.

Moving on isn't the issue; that's a choice open to everyone at any time.

It's the threat to move on that is empty. One should definitely move on if IQ is of no use to them but to threaten to move on as though that's some kind of impetus for more attention I think, ultimately, falls of deaf ears.
 
--
Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA
HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-2

 Windows 2000 was released in February of that year. If you are patient enough to wait 10 years without upgrading to one of the 3 generations of more feature rich and safer versions of Windows, your ill-mannered complaints about a perceived lack of immediate response seem rather hollow.
 
John