Bug 20117: new rc2 sets a backdrop, and preferences for same

[Dr. Hawkins]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

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> Surely the most sensible route here is to decide on defaults and see if
> people for whom those defaults are relevant have any objections? I'm not
> sure it is necessary to be offended on behalf of hypothetical new users :-)
>

To be absolutely, crystal clear, as a non-hypothetical former new user:
 there is very little chance that I would have become a user after an
assault like that.

The assault itself is an information signal, whether correctly perceived or
not, about how the project development mindset views it's own importance,
users, and how users should submit to its preferences.

Seize my interface, and I'm pretty much instantly hostile.  At that point,
you're not trying to attract a curious potential user, but an angry one,
and that will color  the response.

The screen seizure indicates a mindset catering to the simplistic,
unsophisticated, and non-programming user--at the expense of hostility to
those who have experience, ttc.

-- 
Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
(702) 508-8462