Soon | Tomororw | Later | Ambiguous Inferences

Soon is what we are told, soon we will release the bug fixes. Soon has no end, no time, no destination and no arrival. Soon does not exist, and is a farce in its presentation. Some time in the future is soon. Dictionary reference [dot] com states it as this:

1. within a short period after this or that time event

2. before long: in the near future

3. promptly or quickly

Well as is the case at times here with boonex, there are language barriers and those have presented a challenge in many ways. When announcing dates of software release, using the term 'soon' is really unacceptable.That appears to be a way of dancing around the answer. Essentially revealing the fact, that you have no plan. No plan leads to disaster.

When deciding to make a public announcement, there should be a fact-gathering session, and a schedule of events exacted so as to not leave the door open, and inquiries unanswered.

I am happy that BoonEx is able to develop Dolphin 8, but what is annoying is that those who have paid for the branding removal, are not being considered at all in these rash judgement calls to abandoned what is currently incomplete. It is incomplete because the method was allowed.

Starting new and fresh is what should have been done for Dolphin 6. it was clear that the approach with Dolphin 5 was incoherent. Then in the light of getting something released, the bad coding was built upon, without cleaning it, and when it was mentioned or asked why there was so much dirty code left in the files, it was expressed that it would take too much time to clean it up. Yes, that is evident, and if you pile trash in the same corner, you eventually have a corner of trash.

Dolphin 7 needs to be completed. That is the bottom line, though it has no more glitz or glamour to offer, it needs to be completed and be as near bug-free as one can get it. And while you are in there clean up the trash. yes it takes time, and it takes those of this community time, to dig through and find the trash to get it reported. so in essence, it seems that at times, you consider your time more valuable than the communities time.

Complete Dolphin 7. Work on Dolphin 8 in your spare time. It is not essential to get Dolphin 8 released, it is essential to complete Dolphin 7, so that its usable in the state that you presented it on your front page.

Andrew, it is understood, there is no way to provide a system that would agree with 100% of the members 100% of the time. Your objective should be to develop a solid core, and structure it so that it is modular, and all addons | plugins | widgets | gadgets are totally independent. You have a good start at a foundation, and that is what dolphin is when its installed, is a foundation, its a starting point. its not an answer to any single idea for any member at any time. but in releasing your software, you should at least know that all of the functions are in fact functioning.