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Originally Posted by rgleason
Dear Jon, Sorry you find it difficult. If you would please take a moment to explain where you are finding difficulty, I can assure you that you will have our attention and help. We would like to have this easy to install, and your help will help others who follow. Computers do not have to be difficult |
this is the kind of attitude that i appreciate. thank you for understanding my plight. now for my rant:
i have never found anything as frustrating as
computers. they allegedly can do all sorts of neat stuff, but never is it as easy as the gurus say. i have met so many dead ends in computers that i quit as soon as i find a blockage. why frustrate myself? i tried for over a year to install a
music software package, complete with an active forum, only to end up frustrated every time i tried. i have never been back. winduds is the worst,
linux better and mac the best, but i failed to install
open cpn on mac.
whats the line in the instructions about experienced users will know where to store the
charts. why doesn't it store them (and remember where) for me? why is it so often that the makers of software think that the users can or want to fiddle with the programs? car manufacturers don't demand that i be able to or assume that i want to wrench on the motor! they assume that i just want to drive the car that they are producing! and then the instructions say that the
screen will say this and that, but MY
screen doesn't have those GUIs. so what am i supposed to after trying it several times and getting the same results? bang my
head against the wall or quit?
why doesn't
open cpn ask where i will be sailing, and then get the charts for me, store them for me, organize them for me, so i can get on with sailing? thats what i want to do, not fiddle with some exasperating computer program.
navionics does that. it certainly is worth the nominal extra cost not to have the hassle of open cpn. i'm certain there are those that want the have the "flexibility" of configuring a program like open cpn, fine! but why aren't there warnings for those of us that don't want to fiddle with the computer? "WARNING! Advanced skill level required for this program. (Beginning users will just be frustrated..."
rant over
signing out
jon
Re: Help / FAQ
and we actually don't see this as a rant. It is an incredibly instructive and helpful paragraph.
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