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[Thomas Pfeiffer]

> -----Original Message-----
> I've explained this to Kim a while ago when she asked why my computers
> are
> always "broken". It's because I develop software, if the software was
> complete
> / bugfree / finished, I wouldn't work on it. In our special case,
there's a
> big overlap between what we use daily and what we work on, that's
> positive
> because we eat our own dogfood, but can be annoying if you just want to
> be a
> user for a while. I have separate tablets for that, one is running PA1,
> another one is running development snapshots. That makes it easy to
> compare
> and gauge progress, but also gives me a usable device when I need.
(There's
> of
> course always this nagging feeling that many bugs are already fixed when
> you
> run stable, but that's just the price to pay for stability -- it's not
> bleeding edge.

I only have one tablet and I use it for everyday stuff so that increases
the frustration when it does not work, but that is my personal problem. I
cannot  expect a development snapshot to be ready for productive use. But
I cannot give feedback to the UX side of recent developments if I cannot
see them in action because they don't work.

> It's like asking a painter why he stares at unfinished paintings all day
long.

To pick up that analogy: I wouldn't ask a painter if he stares at an
unfinished painting. I would ask the painter if he mixes colours on the
canvas instead of on a palette, though.