[Dx4win] Updates

[Lou Dietrich]

All,

Great...I think a wish list web page might be a good idea....

If the wish list is not acted upon by the developer, will it do any 
good?....as some have posted, the author of this software has decided 
not to respond to emails and this group....and therefore the wish list 
web page may just route to the developer's trash bin...and for our own 
edification.

Not to be overly critical here...but that seems to be the situation we 
are in with DX4WIN....

As users, we have bought this software, not only for what was initially 
developed,  but for continuing support. In today's world, a logging 
program should do more than just logging....If we only expected an 
initial release feature package without support, we would be using 
DX4WIN to control aged rigs and logging basic DXCC awards!

Develop a web page...and have it ignored....write directly to the 
developer and have it ignored ....or move off to another platform and 
tell everyone within ear shot why we did it...those are our choices.

Let's face facts here...

Tod, nice adage...."Nothing is impossible as long as you are not the one 
who has to do the work." Tod, this should be restated...."Nothing IS 
possible as long as you chose NOT to do the work.". That is the 
situation here...the author has chosen NOT to do the work...

73

Lou N2TU


On 1/5/2014 12:44 PM, n4dsp wrote:
>
> Paul should put a link on the DX4WIN website for owner's to contribute 
> their idea's to the "Wish List".
>
> I sent an email to Paul 2-3 weeks ago with a suggestion and did not 
> receive a response so I resorted
> to the DX4WIN Reflector to BE HEARD.
>
> Requesting some attention from the owner's of DX4WIN, the people who 
> support the Owner, asking for
> continuing improvements is not bad mouthing just to clarify.
>
>
>
>
> On 1/5/2014 12:26 PM, Tod wrote:
>> I think that some of the postings with the subject "Updates" should 
>> really be posted with the subject " "Additional features I wish were 
>> present".
>>
>>
>> DX4Win started as a logging program as I recall. Operating was up to 
>> the person who had the amateur license; logging the QSO'S that 
>> resulted from the "operating" was the job of the program.
>>
>>   Over time the intellectual property owner has chosen to add 
>> features and present new Versions for sale. Some of the added 
>> features happen to relate to operating things rather than logging of 
>> QSO's.
>>
>> As purchasers and users all we can properly expect is that the 
>> features declared to be in the Version we purchased work as they are 
>> defined to work for the equipment environment for which they are 
>> declared to be functional. That implies that new radios , new 
>> rotators or new COM to USB devices are not explicitly supported. If 
>> the IP owner chooses to modify the Version to expand the supported 
>> equipment environment, great. The same thing is true for 
>> logging/operating features. If the IP owner chooses to add them, fine.
>>
>> It seems a bit unreasonable to use the "product user reflector" to 
>> 'bad mouth' the IP owner.
>>
>> Of course there is nothing wrong with making suggestions that the 
>> product planner can consider when ( and if ) a new product or new 
>> version is being planned. Commenting on what you wish was present or 
>> even identifying an alternate product that has a feature you 'wish' 
>> was present seems reasonable.
>>
>> Building a list of features that users "wish" were present seems 
>> reasonable too; particularly if maintenance of such a listing is not 
>> expected to be the job of the IP owner. It would be even nicer if 
>> someone had that list on a web site so it could be referenced by 
>> people. That might reduce duplicate postings about certain " not 
>> present yet" features.
>>
>> One of 'The Laws of Life" is:
>>
>> "Nothing is impossible as long as you are not the one who has to do 
>> the work."
>>
>> Tod, K0TO
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 5
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2014, at 8:24 AM, Ernie <w8eh.ernie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Important to me:
>>>
>>> 1. Omnirig support so that I can run HDSDR and DX4Win connected to 
>>> my rig at the same time.
>>> 2. Easy way to add additional satellite names myself
>>> 3. Easy way to add mode names myself
>>>
>>> Ernie W8EH
>>>
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