Re: FLASH: The Evolution of this Mailing List

[Garret Parsons2]

>the manual included with Flash. As a technical writer, I can give my

>endorsement to Macromedia's manual writing department. They have

>assembled

>an above average manual and an excellent on-line help system. Most

>people

>who pony up the $300 for Flash would do well to read it.

>I thought the main purpose of this mailing list (or any other developer

>list



Not that I don't agree with some of your comments, but I thought you might

want to know that when I bought my version of flash on line I never received

any printed manuals or a CD. I have the program and that's it. As far as I

can tell that's how you receive Flash on-line. 


Where I do think that answering rudimentary questions about Flash is a waste

of time on this list.

And anyone asking for bailout out help is not helpful to anyone but them

selves


But it dose concern me that the line between benign helpful or just plain

snotty or arrogant Leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I have been on too many

list that assume you now very little if you ask what they consider to be a

simple question. I have asked questions in the past that was meet with

considerable destine and rudeness. 


I think that posting a FAQ and giving some guides to what the group thinks

is a rudimentary question  and what is an excitable question for the list to

answer. The rest is ignored and the administer sends them or points them to

the FAQs or guide lines. But to arbitrarily decide what to allow on this

list or to waste time on the list complaining about it in stead of benign

proactive is not to smart.


I for one would like to keep this a open list, not a closed list.


Sorry for the rant, this one bugged me. Seams to against what I thought the

Net is all about?


-Garret


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