2011/8/11 Simon Wise <simonzwise@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 11/08/11 03:28, Emanuel Rumpf wrote: >> >> Are you actually suggesting me to read the manuals of all the programs >> I've been trying (hundreds) , before having even used them ? :) > > or lurking on lists like this, and hearing from those who have tried them, > or asking colleagues who have the same needs or ... > I'm not saying "don't" - manuals and other resources are helpful and I use them too, but it's not the first thing I do when exploring applications. >> >> An application that doesn't attend to the GUI may create >> the impression that internals might be equally messed up. > > or that it is written to be used in an unusual way - maybe because its > purpose is not similar to a word processor or a spreadsheet so its interface > may not be familiar - take Blender, Blender very much attended to the UI, but it's a program where you're likely to be lost without manual. > > yes, one crashed immediately - not a good sign. Either the app was not good, > or it was not properly installed on your system, did you ever find out > which? > AFAIKT it was a bug in the application. (what else) I tried a different version with equal issue. I couldn't wait for that to become fixed and generally tend to mistrust apps (claimed stable) that crash. -- E.R. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
