Thanks for your opinion. It is definitely not my job to moderate this forum but I hope it is OK to write this here because it might help to have an opinion from somebody who is not a moderator. Feel free to remove if not appropriate.
I think you have made the right decision for you.
As a bystander I can see that you will only continue to get frustrated participating on this forum.
Perhaps if you have the time you should have a look at the way that the discussion has been conducted. Again as bystander (not a developer or moderator but a keen user and informal tester of the software) I could see a regular pattern in the dialogue, where every time somebody had an opinion that differed from you, you would immediately hurl insults at them. Almost without fail. Just have a look at what you have written. This really makes it difficult to have a constructive dialogue. Despite that people still tried to help you.
The moderator eventually had to pull you up and I believe this was done in a fair way, in no way insulting you but pointing out what type of behaviour is unacceptable.
As has been pointed out, all of this work is done in people’s spare time, they are just kindly sharing their endeavours for other people. As a result, they will focus on what interests them, and sometimes there may be parts of the software that seem not quite so polished or obvious features missing. Usually this is because they have jobs, kids, elderly relatives etc and all the other stuff in life that means you don’t get round to doing things. When you you consider this, it is pretty amazing what has been produced.
You certainly had some valid points to make, but just think that if you want somebody to give up their free time to do something, then the following tends to work better:
-Suggestions rather than demands
-Not insulting people
-Telling people that the ‘correct way to do something’ (ie how Adobe does it)
Just try and put yourself in their place and thinking ‘would I take time out to do this if somebody asked me in this way’
I have found this forum an exceptionally helpful and friendly place and I have often made suggestions to Alberto who has been incredibly friendly and helpful. I have found that he will do one of the following:
-Implement it at some point (often within a few days)
-Explain that he is not interested in doing it and suggest a workaround.
-Occasionally not get back to me because he is busy which is fine by me
With this friendly and civil way of working I have seen ART make incredible progress over the last few years.
So, like I said we are a friendly bunch. I am sure if you can conduct yourself in a civil manner you would be welcome to contribute to the discussion.
I have tried to be constructive here. If you have a constructive reply to make back that is fine, but please keep it civil.
I wish you all the best.