Attention newcomers to Purebasic! Read This!
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:09 am
Hello newcomers. As Purebasic grows many people will enter these forums and begin to use the great tools and tips, as well as request bug fixes and new features.
Please note this: BEFORE POSTING USE THE SEARCH
Chances are something you've discovered has been previous discovered before!
Now thats over with, I would like to say that the pb community has been amazing the past year and a half since I've been using this language. I really think its been growing well and respectfully since I arrived. Lately some posts have been made by relative newcomers that disturb me because they are one of the following:
1. Rude - This kills me. People are new here and are already starting to post DEMANDS about what needs to be done in Purebasic. Make no mistake newcomers, we welcome you and wish you the best with Purebasic. However Fred and his development team are small, and are human too. This is no Microsoft where you need to report something 50 times to get it to be noticed and addressed. If you make a respectful post of a bug or a well thought out feature request it WILL be read by the Purebasic team. If they don't respond don't take it personally and do not start insulting or demanding things of the team. Please realize that while updates are free, this does not ENTITLE you to updates. Fred and the Purebasic team could easily start a new product called "Fredbasic" and charge you all over again. They could create "addon packs" and charge you for those. They DON'T do this because there is a certain honor and respect among Purebasic users and the devs.
2. Frivolous - Goes hand-in-hand with the statement at the top. Please don't double or triple post. If you post something in the wrong section please ask for it to be moved. Don't post something that's been found before. Instead just reply in the old thread.
Now, there are many of you who fit right in here, and I don't mean this to be an attack on newcomers to Purebasic. Far from it, I just want you all to settle in nicely, and help the few who are having difficulties realize how to correctly fit in with the great community here in the forums and on IRC. The more people using Purebasic the better!
I hope all you newcomers will not take offense at this post, but instead use it in self-reflection to what you've done since you arrived. Some people here have been using Purebasic since it's inception and you should be respectful to them. You should be respectful to all people in the community regardless of experience. We do not like flamewars here and typically do not have them so please do not 'troll' or 'flame'. Just look upon what you've done since you started using Purebasic. If you're in the clear then great! But please do be honest with yourself and with the pb community.
We all try very hard to get along and help one another. If you are new and having a problem, try posting it in the question forum before immediately reporting a bug. You may have something not quite right or may not be aware of a quirk in Purebasic that is there by design.
Thats all I have to say on this subject. I hope this gets put somewhere where it can be seen and valued for whatever its worth. Good luck to all you new Purebasic developers! I look forward to seeing what projects you are all able to create and hope you find useful some of the many free and open contributions that I and the others have given to the Purebasic community.
Please note this: BEFORE POSTING USE THE SEARCH
Chances are something you've discovered has been previous discovered before!
Now thats over with, I would like to say that the pb community has been amazing the past year and a half since I've been using this language. I really think its been growing well and respectfully since I arrived. Lately some posts have been made by relative newcomers that disturb me because they are one of the following:
1. Rude - This kills me. People are new here and are already starting to post DEMANDS about what needs to be done in Purebasic. Make no mistake newcomers, we welcome you and wish you the best with Purebasic. However Fred and his development team are small, and are human too. This is no Microsoft where you need to report something 50 times to get it to be noticed and addressed. If you make a respectful post of a bug or a well thought out feature request it WILL be read by the Purebasic team. If they don't respond don't take it personally and do not start insulting or demanding things of the team. Please realize that while updates are free, this does not ENTITLE you to updates. Fred and the Purebasic team could easily start a new product called "Fredbasic" and charge you all over again. They could create "addon packs" and charge you for those. They DON'T do this because there is a certain honor and respect among Purebasic users and the devs.
2. Frivolous - Goes hand-in-hand with the statement at the top. Please don't double or triple post. If you post something in the wrong section please ask for it to be moved. Don't post something that's been found before. Instead just reply in the old thread.
Now, there are many of you who fit right in here, and I don't mean this to be an attack on newcomers to Purebasic. Far from it, I just want you all to settle in nicely, and help the few who are having difficulties realize how to correctly fit in with the great community here in the forums and on IRC. The more people using Purebasic the better!
I hope all you newcomers will not take offense at this post, but instead use it in self-reflection to what you've done since you arrived. Some people here have been using Purebasic since it's inception and you should be respectful to them. You should be respectful to all people in the community regardless of experience. We do not like flamewars here and typically do not have them so please do not 'troll' or 'flame'. Just look upon what you've done since you started using Purebasic. If you're in the clear then great! But please do be honest with yourself and with the pb community.
We all try very hard to get along and help one another. If you are new and having a problem, try posting it in the question forum before immediately reporting a bug. You may have something not quite right or may not be aware of a quirk in Purebasic that is there by design.
Thats all I have to say on this subject. I hope this gets put somewhere where it can be seen and valued for whatever its worth. Good luck to all you new Purebasic developers! I look forward to seeing what projects you are all able to create and hope you find useful some of the many free and open contributions that I and the others have given to the Purebasic community.