[Ham-Mac] Software Reviews on Mac Ham Radio web page

[Don Agro]

Hi Richard,

On Nov 12, 2003, at 12:06 PM, Richard Kriss wrote:

> I am having second thought on the value of having Reviews on the Mac 
> Ham
> Radio web page. How do others feel ??

I think your review of the TrustedQSL port by N9YTY was fair and useful 
- and I am sure that Steve would agree - if he weren't in Ireland right 
now with no email or web access :)

Beyond the obvious benefit of providing prospective users with a sense 
of other people's experience with a piece of software, user feedback is 
essential to development. Naturally as a developer I like positive 
reviews better than negative ones - but negative feedback is just as 
useful. I would rather have my feelings temporarily bruised than miss 
altogether an important deficiency in my design.

As long as the reviewer has actually used the software his experiences 
can only benefit the prospective users and the developer.

The reviews on eHam have done a lot to publicize our products - but 
their orientation is more PC than Mac and I am glad to see Steve M. add 
the reviews page to MacHamRadio and that you started the ball rolling 
with the first review - hopefully there will be many more to come.


73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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