OPS: RE: Why have we not upgraded Lynx?

[Chanh Ong]

What would you suggest?

If you make something available to people to test, nobody show any
interest.  What more can you do?

How are you go about "explicitly" seek for people?

Thanks for your constructive feedback

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Joe Mabel wrote:

> Chanh, you seem to be saying, in effect "I threw this in a place where a 
> limited number of people could see it a year and a half ago (10/98), with 
> no one in particular assigned to test and got no results back.  Therefore, 
> I am assuming that this tool is not good enough to hand to the general 
> public."
> 
> My guess is that few (if any) of the people who have shell access lack a 
> graphical browser in some other environment, so they've got no motivation 
> to try this out.  If you have doubts about exposing this to the general 
> public, and if "throw it over the wall" doesn't get you any feedback, why 
> don't you explicitly seek 3-5 people on the hardware or webmasters 
> committee (or whoever) each willing to give this a few hours testing? Or 
> make it available as an alternative on the FreePort menus?
> 
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Andrew Higgins wrote:
> 
> 2c 2c Maybe you mistook the core meaning of my message. I am (idly) 
> wondering
> 2c 2c about a Lynx 2.8.2 upgrade. I am _asking_ for immediate action on the 
> SSL
> 2c 2c patch to permit users a range of services not currently available to
> 2c 2c them with the limitations of our current browser.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Chanh Ong wrote:
> 
> 2c I upgrade lynx to 2.8 backup 10/1998 and ask for people to test and
> 2c feedback.  I hear from no one.  If you like to test it out, try to
> 2c run lynx28.  I also upgrade pine to 4.2 in 11/1999 and receive no
> 2c feedback.  If you like to test it out, try to run pine42.
> 
> 
> 
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>  
> <><><>
> 
> 2c 2c about a Lynx 2.8.2 upgrade. I am _asking_ for immediate action on the 
> SSL
> 2c 2c patch to permit users a range of services not currently available to
> 
> 
> Chanh,
> 
> Again, this begs the question. I am aware of a number of programs
> available only to shell users in "beta" testing. As I recall Pine almost
> had to go into Omega testing before the average user was allowed to touch
> it. Please don't tell me what is available for shell users. Apply the
> PATCH for Lynx 2.7.2 SSL for Jane and John Doh! who are not getting
> through to sites that are within their reach, even with the _limited_ set
> of tools available to them on SCN.
> 
> I have sent my correspondence on this issue out on three lists; hardware,
> scna-board and scn. The replies have been directed to two lists excluding
> scn, the only general and open one. What anti-democratic impulse is at
> work here, I wonder?
> 
> Apply the patch, please.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
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