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DirtRider

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Adding Value to the project
« on October 19th, 2011, 03:39 PM »
I come here and read the topics and not being a programmer some of them are beyond me. So I actually feel bad that I was invited here in the early stages of this project but have not really been able to add much value to it all  :(
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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #2, on October 19th, 2011, 03:51 PM »
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Hindsight tells me that programming viewpoints were needed earlier on, but right now for the bulk of things, we're actually finding that we need probably an even split between programming and non-programming viewpoints.

Take the bulk of the discussion of last night and today in the New Revs - Comments threads. That's talking about ACP options, where they are, how illogical and useless they are where they are (as they're not even searchable) and whether they should be moved. Very little of that is programming related, in all honesty.

Tell you a little secret: having people who aren't technically inclined helps us get it right more than you'd think.
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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #3, on October 19th, 2011, 03:57 PM »
Quote from DirtRider on October 19th, 2011, 03:39 PM
I come here and read the topics and not being a programmer some of them are beyond me. So I actually feel bad that I was invited here in the early stages of this project but have not really been able to add much value to it all  :(
Yeah... I do regret inviting you guys! I only wanted to invite super-wizz coders with a taste for extreme programming!

Nah, seriously, I always wanted to have a split representation of coders and users. Plus you have the demo site to play with, haven't you? :P

DirtRider

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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #4, on October 19th, 2011, 04:14 PM »
Ooops we have a demo site I missed that now that would give me something to do

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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #5, on October 19th, 2011, 04:20 PM »
Oh please... :whistle:
We have a "demo site report" topic where friends post their bug reports... Isn't that enough of a hint? :P

And there are countless topics where I posted how to get the demo site URL... :^^;:

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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #7, on October 19th, 2011, 04:24 PM »
Nope... It's about a week behind or so.
So many changes recently, it'd probably be worth resetting it... (And then spreading the URL around :P)

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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #9, on October 19th, 2011, 06:13 PM »
It was never meant to be an actual forum. Comments about it should be posted here not there ;)

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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #11, on October 20th, 2011, 08:37 AM »
Quote from Nao on October 19th, 2011, 04:20 PM
Oh please... :whistle:
We have a "demo site report" topic where friends post their bug reports... Isn't that enough of a hint? :P

And there are countless topics where I posted how to get the demo site URL... :^^;:
Sorry I was out of the loop for some time trying to sort out my forum with the conversion from SMF to vBulletin so I missed a lot of stuff here

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Re: Adding Value to the project
« Reply #13, on October 20th, 2011, 11:06 PM »
I gave money to xenForo reasonably willingly, really can't see me giving money to Internet Brands though; I'd give money to IPB before I did that.[1]
 1. I'd even get a Charter membership with SMF before I gave money to vB.

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