FlashFXP Forums - View Single Post - Just do it. Implement Tabs and quit the excuses

neoxed · 11-15-2004, 01:09 AM

Truespeed,

A milestone in development terms is 'usually' the current state of progress or the completion of certain feature before final (alpha, beta, release candidate and so on).

Secondly, how can you be so sure a re-write is not required? Do you have physical access to the source where you can make an educated judgment or are you ball parking your judgment based on no facts, just for the sake of criticism?

I'm sure they [FlashFXPâs developer(s)] could quickly code a tabbed feature if they wanted to. However, I doubt the result would as satisfactory if they took the time to properly plan, test, and implement it. After all, good things are worth waiting for. Maybe they have to redesign the threading model to improve the responsiveness of the application to compensate for the added âburdenâ of tabs. Maybe they need to minimize the increased memory usage introduced by tabbing. Maybe the widgets/controls they were planning on using or writing drastically increase load times.

Personally, I find your attack on FlashFXP, particularly the developer(s), quite childish and naive. Iâm not sure if you frequent these forums, if you do, you would have noticed the numerous requests for âtabsâ. If you thought your post was different then the previous ones, or you had an idea no one else had touched onâ¦you didnât â it was the exact same, for the most part, as the past requests.

Courtesy and respect is looked upon greater then impatience and negative criticism, so why not show some?

11-15-2004, 01:09 AM
neoxed Too much time... Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,326	Truespeed, A milestone in development terms is 'usually' the current state of progress or the completion of certain feature before final (alpha, beta, release candidate and so on). Secondly, how can you be so sure a re-write is not required? Do you have physical access to the source where you can make an educated judgment or are you ball parking your judgment based on no facts, just for the sake of criticism? I'm sure they [FlashFXPâs developer(s)] could quickly code a tabbed feature if they wanted to. However, I doubt the result would as satisfactory if they took the time to properly plan, test, and implement it. After all, good things are worth waiting for. Maybe they have to redesign the threading model to improve the responsiveness of the application to compensate for the added âburdenâ of tabs. Maybe they need to minimize the increased memory usage introduced by tabbing. Maybe the widgets/controls they were planning on using or writing drastically increase load times. Personally, I find your attack on FlashFXP, particularly the developer(s), quite childish and naive. Iâm not sure if you frequent these forums, if you do, you would have noticed the numerous requests for âtabsâ. If you thought your post was different then the previous ones, or you had an idea no one else had touched onâ¦you didnât â it was the exact same, for the most part, as the past requests. Courtesy and respect is looked upon greater then impatience and negative criticism, so why not show some?