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Re: Launch any browser/OS right from your desktop with Sauce for Mac

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Post by lancefisher »

admc wrote: post #34
beatpanda wrote: post #21

-1 for forcing me to use the Mac App Store — the copy on the landing page you sent me to made it sound like there was a way to download it directly. Before I could download it I was presented with multiple alerts and pages of bullshit regarding my Apple ID and the App Store terms of service. Not a good experience. -1 for not having a link to create a new account from the first dialogue box in the app. I can either lo…

Sauce for Mac is my project, and I totally appreciate the feedback. Fixes for all those comments are going directly into the queue. FWIW - it's an open source project and you can always directly get the latest download from github here: https://github.com/saucelabs/sauce-for-mac/downloads We realize the signup flow is a nightmare, the rules of the app store are not nice :-(

I would suggest making it available outside of the app store. I work for a large company, and we simply cannot use software from the app store since it is tied to an individual Apple ID, and the company has no procurement process for app store software. In addition to that, there are many people who would prefer to install software without having to use the app store.

Re: Launch any browser/OS right from your desktop with Sauce for Mac

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Post by talmand »

BryanB55 wrote: post #50
Cushman wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let this be your lesson that presentation does, in fact, matter. Whatever your intent, your post reads as an excessively negative scorecard. And nobody wants to read excessively negative content, man. It's a drag.

I got the same feeling. Although I agree with some of the points made I think it was the way it was worded and the "-1's" that came off as really distasteful.

Didn't bother me, got the point across rather well I thought. At least he didn't put the negative ones in red because that would have really hurt someone's feelings.

Re: Launch any browser/OS right from your desktop with Sauce for Mac

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Post by Cushman »

talmand wrote: post #62
BryanB55 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got the same feeling. Although I agree with some of the points made I think it was the way it was worded and the "-1's" that came off as really distasteful.

Didn't bother me, got the point across rather well I thought. At least he didn't put the negative ones in red because that would have really hurt someone's feelings.

Easy there, killer. This isn't some feel-good bullshit about maybe hurting someone's feelings; it's about the atmosphere we want our community to have.

We're all social creatures. Super negative comments bring everybody down, not just whoever they're directed at-- and it's easy to be both honest and pleasant to read.

Re: Launch any browser/OS right from your desktop with Sauce for Mac

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Post by talmand »

Cushman wrote: post #63
talmand wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't bother me, got the point across rather well I thought. At least he didn't put the negative ones in red because that would have really hurt someone's feelings.

Easy there, killer. This isn't some feel-good bullshit about maybe hurting someone's feelings; it's about the atmosphere we want our community to have. We're all social creatures. Super negative comments bring everybody down, not just whoever they're directed at-- and it's easy to be both honest and pleasant to read.

The point I was trying to make is that his statements didn't bother me and I fail to see how it would any other, I admit just my opinion though. I didn't find them to be "super negative" so this is just a disagreement over how "mean" he was being. Therefore my comment red and people's feelings. I feel that a complaint over his negative ones is overblown and doesn't drag every one down. You may disagree with me but if someone feels bummed about negative ones preceding a statement then I have to feel they are easily bummed out I guess, since easily offended doesn't fit.

I agree that it's easy to be both honest and pleasant to read but there can be disagreements over the definitions of both of those. Plus, sometimes being honest doesn't lend to being pleasant.

Re: Launch any browser/OS right from your desktop with Sauce for Mac

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Post by dmbaggett »

nicholassmith wrote: post #58
beatpanda wrote: post #29

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Folks, this website is not called "internet love fest". Please stop downvoting me for giving honest and complete feedback of my experience with the app.

Feedback is great! Everyone loves feedback, even if it's negative, it lets us improve and move on. How you presented your feedback was completely and utterly terrible, and turned it from constructive criticism to a situation where you looked like a bit of an ass.

Irony: feedback on the feedback is unwelcome.
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