----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Wharton <jwharton@...>
To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [IBO] Starting out. (Was:Re:The Services API - corrections)


> 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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