@Markus wrote:
It’s kinda sad to see that some of these wanteed features is 3 years old 🙄
I agree with LiquidProj3ct.
Markus… 🙂
…appearances can be very deceptive. What you have not seen over that same period (years) is how many times Frits has…
1. Added features to Podium at extremely short notice that were not easy to do.
2. Carefully listened to criticism (sometimes quite frank) of certain aspects and still gone to great lengths to re write many areas of Podium. The current Compact view is an excellent example. Frits spent ages working on that and really tried hard to take on board our suggestions for it.
3. He is only one man. The frequency of FR’s that are posted on this forum does not match the realistic ability one man can have to implement them all. It takes time. A great deal of time, years even.
4. I am only one member of this forum. My needs are in no way whatsoever more important than anyone else on this forum. Even a user that has joined for one day and has a post count of 1.
We are all equals here so understandably not all of my personal requests over the years will be implemented when I want them or at all in future. I understand that and have no problem with it. Frits is trying to please many users (doing a great job that is difficult to do) so it’s most certainly in no way even nearly just about me and my FR’s! 😉
5. He surely has to balance the possibility of any FR potentially interfering with his current development focus. With any thing as complex as developing an Audio + Midi host you really have to be very careful. It is very likely when those FR’s were made they did not fit into his plans at the time. Also see point 4 again.
6. Even though Frits does encourage user feedback he also has his own long term view for Podium. That is only natural but IMO he never forces his view over user feedback. He tries to work with us to implement features without fault or bugs and that are graphically pleasing and 100% rock solid when used. This is extremely rare in the host market. Simply Gold.
7. Frits has to manage a huge amount of FR’s, tens of FR’s or even hundreds now I would guess. He cannot please everyone all the time. No one can.
8. While Podium has frequent releases (say 4 – 8 weeks sometimes sooner) the features added are not up to 50 – 100. That would create a very stressful scenario for him as he would have to tackle a huge amount of fixes at the same time. Does not sound like fun to me at all. A steady and much more manageable approach is something he has stuck to carefully and is surely one of the main reasons he still develops Podium today.
That means everyone has to be a bit more patient regarding FR’s than perhaps compared to other similar applications out there. I have no problem with that.
9. Frits has a personal life to live (like the rest of us). So… he only has so much time in a day for Podium development.
Hope that helps. 🙂
