Interesting thread. Has to be said its a bit sad if .org is going down certain closed doors route which is what is happening if certain hack development tips and discussions are now out of reach, thats a huge distance to where .org started out. It also wont help future coders as the new plugin system means users who install really see nothing but the results (I started a thread on this a while back).
No I dont write many hacks, yes I have released even less, barely at all here. Most hacks are allready here that I would use, many do what I want many need more work to do what I want, I dont generally pester for the extra I try to take that part on myself, having been installing hacks for some time I have had the benefit of seeing the code and where its going in the past and have some understanding of that code, and have taught myself by trial and error and the search button for extra info how to make some things do more what I want. The extra info to me is as important as the hack itself.
However I fully understand releasers needing a venting room to throw stuff, I have seen many completely ridiculous posts which seems to be getting worse and not just here on .org either by users who say nothing but it dont work and a flame away at the author.
Perhaps hack authors should be able to click an uninstall for such abusive installers and deny support above whats allready posted until its fit to reverse that.
There will allways be those who have no respect for anything and there will allways be those who appreciate whats contributed be it info or complete releases.
Its harder to force any respect into those who cannot respect but its dead easy to lose the appreciators by penalising them for the actions of those who dont.
06-07-2006, 09:45 PM
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