Call for Community help: Sorting priorities
Given that we are a large group of people, doing very varied work – lets get the gist of where we would like to see EMBT have the technical focus for the coming versions by doing a poll.
We do the poll with a proper anonymous polling tool and publish the results, so that noone feel they have to give up their privacy or vote with the party line. Suggestions for a good, reliable polling tool that can’t be manipulated, are welcomed.
I request that we stay away from SKU definitions, prices, upgrade policies, and everything else that reeks of pointy haired boss.
This is where I need the community spirit!
We should try to keep the poll relatively short – so we need to limit the options.
My suggestions to get the discussion going:
1. My primary Delphi use
ISV, Corporate dev, Contractor, Hobbyist, …?
2. My current SKU
AppMethod, Starter, Professional, Enterprise, Architect
3. What do you write in Delphi?
Categories: Components, Libraries, Utility UI, CRUD UI, Data crunching, Reporting, Games, Graphics, Web, …? Can we manage to keep this list down to a managable number?
4. Where do you use Delphi?
Platforms: Win32, Win64, Android, iOS, OSX
5. What is your biggest challenge?
IDE Stability, Debugger Stability, Compiled Code Quality, Library Quality, Lack of API support, Lack of platform support?
6-n. What do you want in the next Delphi versions
Here I think we need to create sub categories, such perhaps broken down by the previous options. Is it possible to make a poll that lets the votee prioritize the options?
Should some of these sections go? What else should be in there? Let’s spend a couple of weeks refining this, before we create the poll and spread it as widely as possible. Note that I am not a poll making specialist – so keeping it sane will require the effort of the group.
#LightACandleAndBurnDownTheHouse or some other inspirational quote here.
Lars Fosdal oh yes, well that’s also because the mail parser is bit “crummy”, and the G+ UI bundled in the mail has a tendency to freeze. Firing up full G+ Android client is kinda cumbersome, and I personally do not like the way everything is ordered differently depending on the device (home page on PC, smartphone and tablet is always different, for the same account).
If the mail reply was working better, I would use it in place of the G+ UI.
I use both the iOS app when posting quick replies (hence, sometimes my replies “seem” terse). I use desktop browser to post longer replies.