dammit

[Chipp Walters]

I, too am a bit disappointed with the engine debug messages in engine 
2.6. Many times my scripts don't seem to want to compile on the first 
try, and issue a 'bad factor' error, but do alright on the next try.

If this is supposed to be fixed in the 2.3 engine, has anyone yet checked?

I also lose complete use of the ctrl key in the IDE at times as well. 
And sometimes Ctrl-A (Select All) when in browser mode and focus in a 
text fld selects all the controls on the card instead of the text in the 
fld. Hoping this will all be worked out in 2.3. (I use XP)

Like many of you, IMO, some of this stuff is should be obvious to anyone 
using the IDE to write the IDE, I would expect it to be fixed in the 
next version --bug report or not. Unfortunately, tracking it down to a 
recipe, for me, can take quite a bit of time. Though, if it's not fixed 
in the beta version of 2.3, I'll certainly do so :-)

I thought Ben had a sensible post recently. In it, he expressed a view 
for RR to concentrate on fixing bugs and tweaking the IDE, rather than 
adding features. I agree. It's a great product as it stands currently, 
and a round or two of fine tuning would certainly go a long way!

In fact, Jim Lyons post regarding his disappointing demo is a reminder 
to just how fragile the 'buy' decision is for many. Fixing the existing 
code base IMO must take priority over new features.

To that end, I would like to see (like Scott did) a stable version of RR 
IDE which is changed ever so rarely, and a more user-friendly, 
feature-rich version of the IDE which can be used for newbies. By 
separating the two, it seems the Pros aren't saddled with the overhead 
of testing and working through new IDE feature sets, and can easily get 
on with the business at hand...creating great software with RR!

I know the guys at RR are overworked, understaffed, and sometimes 
underappreciated. And, they are trying their best, which is important. 
Let's hope 2.3 goes a long way to helping us all out :-)!

-Chipp