#User interfaces
To my eyes, Erik didn't really suggest anything… All I remember is "use the
ASL requester". For ICP, it's irrelevant. There is no file requester there
now. We could add one, but it would supplant the very interface of ICP as it
stands now, and it would eliminate a dozen features. So I told him about some
of the many things you can do with this elementary interface. I asked him to
come up with a new interface that would address these methods of using
InterChange. So far, I haven't seen a response.
As for developer's attitudes about their products… well, you should expect
that. If they care at all, they live and breathe that product. When some
wet-behind-the-ears Internet slacker levels a half-baked criticism at them,
they might get irritated. (I'm not commenting on Erik's response, I'm just
describing the most annoying form of "criticism" that I see. And I ignore all
of it.)
I'm always glad to discuss the interface of any product I'm interested in,
including my own. If I seem too confrontational, well, you should I expect
that I have storng opinions, because this is what I do for a living.
If you like, let's create a new interface for InterChange Plus. We'll start
from scratch. We'll talk about what *I* think ICP does and is good for, and
we'll talk about what's important to *you*, and we'll all talk about what we
think *others* might want to do.