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Subject:RE: Participating in the user interface From:MList -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:15:44 -0400
Yaeger Hyde [mailto:y_hyde -at- yahoo -dot- com] had the perfect
setup for a Dr. Phil-ism:
> Regarding the issue that's been discussed over the
> past few days about participating in the user
> interface -- I have always found it frustrating to try
> and speak up and contribute input because whenever I
> say "I think you should do Y instead of X," the
> developers always say, "Well, our policy has always
> been to do X."
So, that's when you would turn from the developer to
the Tech Support(*) rep and say: "So how's that been
working for you?"
:-)
/kevin
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