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Posted by washere
Jun 15, 2019 at 12:58 PM
@madaboutdana
1) Thanks. I said it seems similar and please tell us who is the dev if you know. It TOO is a mini Scriv app plus grammar police app and the website structure is similar. Thanks for answering my request to “enlighten us about who’s behind novellus”. I won’t need it but will probably buy it to support Jesse.
2) Your personal attacks: nothing new really. Same happened before by you and a few when you suddenly went off topic and got personal. Including when I suggested a parallel forum to this would be parasitical and waste of time and bifurcated discussions many would not follow and not nice on our host. So like in that thread, which you per se did not personally attack me IIRC, but you did elsewhere, when it gets personal I don’t respond, as someone from there did recently in another thread. That’s ok, I don’t mind. I always ask to get back on-topic and not personal or nasty as you did here again. That’s ok by me, I always type, actually Swype on phone, with a smile. It’s only a few times personal attacks happen. I simply wish you all the best. And I sincerely mean that. I never write what I don’t mean.
3) pagefour dev: you’re wrong again. Many complained online, even here, after he they paid and he ended it. Then he made a lot of people pay for Scribbler, then he ended developing it after only a year and made it freeware. Again your wrong as many who paid complained. Then he ended that too. Made smartedit or whatever he calls it now. You’re saying this repetitive pattern of charging new people every year and then killing their purchase is ok. But many complained online about this unusual behavior including on this forum. So you’re wrong, it’s not just me.
4) I also said after reading an archived newspaper report, by a court reporter in Ireland, which was brought to my attention I won’t trust his software on my systems anymore. Similarly I asked someone where a software company was based. Was attacked by the usual few plus someone new. I sensed he was genuine, not personal, explained legal recourse re personal data abuse and he was convinced and kind to acknowledge so. Others though were not convinced, but after a while started asking others where a company was registered. Which brought many a smile to my face. What can I say? That’s life.
The two apps’ functions and UI and jesse’s web structure are similar to the other guy. But idea-wise novellus and paperedit are basically Mac ports of Scribbler and smartedit. Which is perfectly ok.
Best wishes my friend and as you say: Peace and love, Shanti Shanti and all that man.
Have a good weekend. :)
Posted by Dellu
Jun 15, 2019 at 02:09 PM
tightbeam wrote:
>His posts are usually informative, helpful, and a breath of fresh air - not
>to mention a necessary counter-weight to the many vapid pro-developer
>posts. In the effort to always come across as collegial, some folks here
>forget that a developer who is charging for his product is in business,
>and so open to criticism. For those developers the harsh fluorescent
>light, not the warm yellow rays of afternoon sun.
I totally agree with this point. I also feel that Bill and Stephen come out too pro-developers. I see the reason why they are supporting the developers. But, how abou the end users? Shouldn’t our resource and time matter?
It is ok for a developer to sell an app and abandon it?
Is it ok to be sold to an untrust worthy developer to collect personal information and sell it off?
Bill and Stephene are extemely informative guys; many of us look up to very much. They also have a tendecy to defend developers because they want them to flourish. My tendency is to be critical; show the flaws of an app so that the end user would protect himself/herself. Some of us are pro-users.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jun 17, 2019 at 03:37 PM
Well, if I seem too pro-developer, I’m afraid it’s just the way I am.
I LOVE independent developers. How could we CRIMP without them? Besides, you all know perfectly well that at some point in the not-too-distant future, one of them is going to develop the Holy Grail, the perfect app, the program that successfully manages all info in the most streamlined, perfectly intuitive, fluidly interactive, elegantly logical way. Pierre’s almost there, I can feel it, but I still haven’t managed to persuade him to focus his attention on the (vastly superior, just saying) Mac platform…
THAT’s why I’m pro-developer!
I’m pro-user, too, of course. But then I am one, so that goes without saying.
As for criticism: I have absolutely nothing against criticism. But let it be founded, solidly argued and compassionately delivered. Otherwise, one may as well just rant.
Love ‘n’ kisses to everybody!
Bill