Re: [OT] Re: how do i make my program better?
> > * Timmy Douglas (tdouglas@home.com) wrote:
> > > well i was wondering if anyone here has experience in how i should get
> > > user feedback on something like this so i can make a better program
> > > for people. well, i hope this was the right place.
> Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk> writes:
> > The way to get feedback is to get users. You get users by filling a
> > niche. You see a hole and fill it. Oh look, there is no program that
> > does XYZ, people need that, so I'll write one.
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:12:01PM -0600, Timmy Douglas wrote:
> do you know where i would find a list of ``XYZ things to do?'' [...]
Err, to quote Linus' response to questions asking how/what one should add
to the kernel: ``Come back when you know.''* There's no list. If you
don't have an itch, don't scratch.
Want something to do? Replace all those 'undocumented' man pages. (But,
you have to use some capital letters. :P )
- chad
* Of course, the ``come back'' doesn't mean _to_this_list._
--
Chad Miller <cmiller@surfsouth.com> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG)
"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced".
First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic')
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