by terryo » Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:25 am
Peke wrote:
Well, I am not starting to argue about facts, but both of you are correct. Yes feature is removed as we were thinking that we are making you a favor and MM5 was free for all MM Gold users for 5 years without a single complain. On the other hand we thought we can re purpose some other features in order to make taht still available to users, but as Rusty pointed we missed it ot got under pile of other more important features (again no one complained). So as soon we got one complain there was as offline internal meeting resulting in reopening of a bug. Which if you agree comply with your previous experience with us.
That said, thank you for pointing us on mistakes, please consider a bit less severe judgement as we are regretting and accepting mistake (Microsoft took a blow of several % of market share with ME/Vista/8.x before accepted mistake and 11 looks like another same attempt) and instead of that let us give you a chance to tell us your suggestion on how not to return exact same feature, but make simpler and better for users like you? eg. where would you put the Search history be better accessible and more permanent than in MM4?
My preference for the Search history is a hover over the search box. Alternatively, an alt+click on the search box would work because I use the alt+ heavily for diacritics in foreign languages.
My apologies for when my frustrations get the better of me. I was a Fortran programmer in the 1970s. Even back then when coding was much simpler, it could be vexing to get the code just right. And back then my work was self contained and did not need to be reworked every time an outside entity like an operating system changed the ground rules.
Now I program music not computers. As a result, I use MM constantly. There is no other option because all the competing software other DJs and the station staff have shown me lack the vital functionality and ease of use I grew accustomed to in MM4.
I use MM much too heavily to get involved in Beta versions. I ignored the free offerings of MM5 waiting for a solid release. I assumed the functionality of the new version of MM would be pretty much the same as MM4, the internal workings would get some kinks and rough edges smoothed out, and perhaps some interesting new features would be added. In some respects this happened, most noticeably when Properties snaps open much faster than it ever did in MM4.
But, I never expected echoes of MS Windows when they took the menu out of Office and plastered a bloated ribbon in its place, a completely reworked interface that buries or loses the functionality on which I depend.
In MM5, there are so many revamped operations that slow or obscure the functionality compared to MM4. Yes, MM5 generally runs faster and smoother, but my overall user experience is slowed and frustrated because the new interface is requires many more clicks and in some cases deleted features on which I depend for efficiently accomplishing my work.
The only reason I am recently able to spend so much time on the forum is I am on hiatus from my radio show. I have some time and space to migrate to MM5 and try to get fluent. If I had not taken this leave, I would have immediately gone back to MM4 because MM5 makes more work for me in maintaining my library and ordinarily I could not spare this time.
When I am not frustrated, I am amazed at how responsive MM folks are to addressing the needs of users. After 10+ years in MM4, I know what I am experiencing now are teething problems for MM5. I fully appreciate the commitment it takes to accommodate demanding users, particularly ones like me who can sometimes get rude.
Peke wrote:
Well, I am not starting to argue about facts, but both of you are correct. Yes feature is removed as we were thinking that we are making you a favor and MM5 was free for all MM Gold users for 5 years without a single complain. On the other hand we thought we can re purpose some other features in order to make taht still available to users, but as Rusty pointed we missed it ot got under pile of other more important features (again no one complained). So as soon we got one complain there was as offline internal meeting resulting in reopening of a bug. Which if you agree comply with your previous experience with us.
That said, thank you for pointing us on mistakes, please consider a bit less severe judgement as we are regretting and accepting mistake (Microsoft took a blow of several % of market share with ME/Vista/8.x before accepted mistake and 11 looks like another same attempt) and instead of that let us give you a chance to tell us your suggestion on how not to return exact same feature, but make simpler and better for users like you? eg. where would you put the Search history be better accessible and more permanent than in MM4?
My preference for the Search history is a hover over the search box. Alternatively, an alt+click on the search box would work because I use the alt+ heavily for diacritics in foreign languages.
My apologies for when my frustrations get the better of me. I was a Fortran programmer in the 1970s. Even back then when coding was much simpler, it could be vexing to get the code just right. And back then my work was self contained and did not need to be reworked every time an outside entity like an operating system changed the ground rules.
Now I program music not computers. As a result, I use MM constantly. There is no other option because all the competing software other DJs and the station staff have shown me lack the vital functionality and ease of use I grew accustomed to in MM4.
I use MM much too heavily to get involved in Beta versions. I ignored the free offerings of MM5 waiting for a solid release. I assumed the functionality of the new version of MM would be pretty much the same as MM4, the internal workings would get some kinks and rough edges smoothed out, and perhaps some interesting new features would be added. In some respects this happened, most noticeably when Properties snaps open much faster than it ever did in MM4.
But, I never expected echoes of MS Windows when they took the menu out of Office and plastered a bloated ribbon in its place, a completely reworked interface that buries or loses the functionality on which I depend.
In MM5, there are so many revamped operations that slow or obscure the functionality compared to MM4. Yes, MM5 generally runs faster and smoother, but my overall user experience is slowed and frustrated because the new interface is requires many more clicks and in some cases deleted features on which I depend for efficiently accomplishing my work.
The only reason I am recently able to spend so much time on the forum is I am on hiatus from my radio show. I have some time and space to migrate to MM5 and try to get fluent. If I had not taken this leave, I would have immediately gone back to MM4 because MM5 makes more work for me in maintaining my library and ordinarily I could not spare this time.
When I am not frustrated, I am amazed at how responsive MM folks are to addressing the needs of users. After 10+ years in MM4, I know what I am experiencing now are teething problems for MM5. I fully appreciate the commitment it takes to accommodate demanding users, particularly ones like me who can sometimes get rude.