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News :
BOINC 6.12.26 released to public
(Message 38352)
Posted 11 Jun 2011 by Kibble Post: Who are you then that you are so important that the developers have to listen to you? Why all the tantrums, why all the (veiled) demands? What have you done (lately) for the BOINC developers? Paid them money? Helped them test the software? Helped them program any part of it? I'm just a user, Ageless. Just one. You may consider me to be a ranting psychopath but I'm still just one person using software for a purpose. I don't have to use any specific version. And I will surely not use an ughly app when I can have one that is better looking and gives me the info I want when I want it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. And do the devs collect fees for their work on SETI@home? I'm not qualified to comment on developmental software, anyway, having had no formal schooling in programming except to say that it seems to work or not. (Oh, I do have a book on LSL scripting, but haven't gotten around to reading it, yet.) As for Project updates can now be displayed within BOINC Manager by way of notices. You'll know the latest and greatest about what is going on with a project without ever having to open a web browser. And Then the admins will have to be taught of the new way. This is misdirection as no one has told the admins they can't use the boards to post their updates or even that they HAVE to post at all. If this is the BIG change, please see above. All-in-all, I personally don't care whether you insult the users. I am not convinced to use the 6.12 version. And may I suggest that you read up on customer relations prior to herding cattle in the future? (Your post sure seemed to indicate being red faced apoplexy-wise, y'know.) |
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Message boards :
News :
BOINC 6.12.26 released to public
(Message 38324)
Posted 10 Jun 2011 by Kibble Post: So sollee you took exception to what I said, Ageless, but I stand on my comments. Personally I don't care for the UI of the newest and bestest beast. It does work out of the box as advertised, but is uglier than sin in my eyes as well as a couple of other's, apparently. Doesn't give info as to possible problems with the deletion of the message tab. The redundancy in the Notice tab is going backwards IMHO. No one blames you for that. With the Notices tab making periodic checks against the SETI@home site there is also an increased overhead to an already overloaded system. Then again, the admins DO NOT update the front page in a timely manner, instead preferring to utilize the boards. Until the Messages tab comes back, I will continue to use an outdated, and possibly, inefficient version of BOINC as the tools therein are sufficient for my needs. Hopefully the devs will notice that the users are not happy with the current version and reinstate the Messages tab. I'm not holding my breath, however. |
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Message boards :
News :
BOINC 6.12.26 released to public
(Message 38321)
Posted 10 Jun 2011 by Kibble Post: I also had to create an account to post here. The newest version of BOINC, 6.12.26, has a notice tab in the advanced view which is seemingly set up to mirror the SETI@home messages from their main page. Unfortunately this is a redundant change as no one updates the front page in a timely manner. Problems with the system are sometimes addressed on the boards or noticed when checking the server status. I feel that the previous versions of BOINC give a bit more detailed info and will drop back to a previous version as soon as I finish this post. If tabs go back to the original view of earlier versions I'll consider upgrading BOINC, but not before. In other words, don't fix what ain't broke, dude! |
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