On the up-side of this perspective, we are weeding out the "faint of heart"
developers. IBO will keep and retain the brave, the bold, the truly
talented, the ones unafraid to tame a wild beast.
<g>
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aage Johansen" <aagjohan@...>
To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: [IBO] Starting out. (Was:Re:The Services API - corrections)


> Art wrote:
> -------------------
> ...
> 1. I usually read the marketing materials, not the help file.
> 2. The IBO helpfile is NOT useful to someone starting out. Perhaps the
> Getting Started Guide is. Perhaps the sample programs are. But NOT the
> helpfile.
> ...
> -------------------
>
> I think that when your average user looks at IBO for the very first time
he
> (or she) needs something that shows how to get a simple app up an running
> STEP-BY-STEP. Like: Put this component here, set those properties so and
> so, then place that component and so on.
>
> If a new user struggles for a couple of hours (and don't succeed) in
> setting up a master-detail relationship (and he found IBX to be simple),
> IBO needs something to help those users.
> Maybe GSG provides an answer, but will they spend the USD30? My guess: at
> this point - hardly.
> After the first app, I think the user won't mind having a few well filled
> tabs with components to explore.
>
>
> Regards,
> Aage J.
>
>
>
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