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lethargy
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 Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject: yellowtab update
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I was just wandering around, wasting time, when I noticed that there seems to be a big update underway over at Yellowtab, including a "shop".
Could this be sign that things are finally about to start happening?
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jeanmarc
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 10:39 pm Post subject:
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Wahoo, I can't wait until the Cebit.. 
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jefro
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 11:45 pm Post subject:
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Ohhh, Ahhhhh, pretty site.
Darn it all, the shop button is still a do nothing button.
If the Zeta bible is like the BeOS bible that Scot put out with all the updates for what I hope will be the dano version then yep! I'd buy that. I guess just an update for networking and usb would be helpfull too.
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misza
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:47 am Post subject: Re: yellowtab update
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| lethargy wrote: |
| Could this be sign that things are finally about to start happening? |
Nope 
I am still appalled at the atrocious spelling mistakes on the site and the bad grammar, it makes me think yellowtab is a pseudo-business. Don't they know how to use http://www.dictionary.com ? Here are some examples...
"Frequently Asqued Questions" http://www.yellowtab.com/support/
And this FAQ
"What is Zeta based on?
To give an answer to that question it is really difficult. Zeta is not R5, Zeta is NOT Dano, Zeta is not OpenBeOS.
Zeta is much more. But the most important thing is that Zeta is a legal update of BeOS to BeOS R6 so developers
can develop software for a legal operating system and can get support from a company behind it. "
You don't say this is a hard question!!! It makes you look stupid, like you have no idea what you're doing. How about telling us what it IS instead of what it's not. Hell, it sure looks like Dano to me, there has to be some bits from Dano in there somewhere. Let's look at some more non-sensical bits shall we?
Want some bad grammar again?
"Will the SVG Tracker be Zeta-only, or will you release it open source?
For the moment, yes. We have added to much new and own things that it is simple impossible to opensource it. "
Sure, you can get the general idea but it's a pain to read.
This is a professional gem of wisdom too
"I heard that Zeta is using some leaked (illegal) DANO code. Is this true?
No. Everything yellowTAB is using, yellowTAB is allowed to do. A business company which is working in that
sector of business would get
bankruped in less then 4 weeks IF it would work that way."
If they can't get the website right, with spelling and grammer, then I can just image the OS itself will be rife with such laziness.
Oh, and the "Assume the Power" slogan is lame. I think, I might, I probably, will have the power, if I ever get released. The Assume is out of context, sure you can assume power (e.g. like a dictator), but "Assume the Power" comes across as "you can assume that our os is powerful, especially since we don't even know ourselves what it is based on". Something like "Seize the Power" would make alot more sense.
Here's some more bad grammar and false promises...
"The GCC compiler is at
your disposal for instantaneously passing your projects along. Zeta gives GUI
programing a new start. Never has it been so easy to program operating system close.
With CodeLiege, you get an IDE tool at your fingertips that hardly leaves any
wishes open. Moreover, you get the important aid of making your Applications
MultiLingual without the need of paying one Cent for it."
COOL! I can "instantaneously" port apps from MacOSX or Linux???? Please. And I can have Multilingual capabilities without paying one cent for it? phwooooaaaa!! I think I paid more than one cent for zeta!
I can't wait to have Zeta "fully configurated" on my system, so I can speak engrish all day long.
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aphex
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:17 am Post subject:
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I think it looks stupid. It's filled with spelling errors and the graphics is blurry and ugly. Also 70% of the site seems to contain the MacOS X SVG icons. 
Yellowtab has to do better than that. PLEASE?! 
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jefro
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:17 am Post subject:
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Ouch! In all fairness they were asking for a webmaster a few months ago. It may be that the web translator is not an English major or a native English speaking author. Very few technical workers can write technical papers well. In the modern world the sale is the image not the product. They ought to edit their work based on the observations of the BeOS users. They do have a forum on the site and a webmasters address that may help in promoting Zeta.
--jefro searches for new name after finding his TBJ logon canceled--- 
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Monni the Cat
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 5:43 am Post subject: Spelling?
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Yeah... I have noticed months ago that Yellowtab people can't spell things and once I noticed that one Yellowtab related person was telling one non-native 'German writing' user, that was trying to write something in German, that it was so horrible to read that it would have been better that the user wouldn't ever tried.
I could donate my five years old ugly smelling socks to Yellowtab if that would make them better but I and some others have lost hope already long time ago.
PS. I really hope that Yellowtab will prove me wrong some day in near future.
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aphex
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Spelling?
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| Monni the Cat wrote: |
Yeah... I have noticed months ago that Yellowtab people can't spell things and once I noticed that one Yellowtab related person was telling one non-native 'German writing' user, that was trying to write something in German, that it was so horrible to read that it would have been better that the user wouldn't ever tried.
I could donate my five years old ugly smelling socks to Yellowtab if that would make them better but I and some others have lost hope already long time ago.
PS. I really hope that Yellowtab will prove me wrong some day in near future. |
You are not alone... I sometimes wonder how a company like Yellowtab gets permission do continue to develop the BeOS?!It is allmost as I would be happier if Microsoft did it instead.
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Eddyspeeder
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:39 pm Post subject:
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Geez, do you realize how pathetic it is of you to complain about the website's layout or language now?
I mean, have you offered to do the website back then? Don't think so! Did you send YellowTAB a message pointing out where the errors are? No? Well what the fuck are you whining about then?
Oh, so you didn't have time? Well then explain to me why you DO have time now to write whole books about "well I don't like this and that".
By the way, you can read about the webmaster here: http://www.yellowtab.com/company/credits.php. I think the new YellowTab website is (A) way better than the old one and (B) a hell of a job for a 17 y/o German student.
Sorry about having been quite harsh up here, but I thought it was rather sad to read some replies up here. Nothing personal, no offense. And yes, I DID send them a relatively detailed description of what's wrong in a non-whining way, so I have a right to open up my mouth here.
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aphex
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject:
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| Eddyspeeder wrote: |
Geez, do you realize how pathetic it is of you to complain about the website's layout or language now?
I mean, have you offered to do the website back then? Don't think so! Did you send YellowTAB a message pointing out where the errors are? No? Well what the fuck are you whining about then?
Oh, so you didn't have time? Well then explain to me why you DO have time now to write whole books about "well I don't like this and that".
By the way, you can read about the webmaster here: http://www.yellowtab.com/company/credits.php. I think the new YellowTab website is (A) way better than the old one and (B) a hell of a job for a 17 y/o German student.
Sorry about having been quite harsh up here, but I thought it was rather sad to read some replies up here. Nothing personal, no offense. And yes, I DID send them a relatively detailed description of what's wrong in a non-whining way, so I have a right to open up my mouth here. |
Actually, I have offered help.
And I dont think it seems realistic to hire a 17 y/o to do a website for a company who is developing an advanced operating system, that has been in works for the past 13 years!
I do not want to be age-discriminating, but looking at the results, any professional can judge that it looks like a joke!
It might look nice to a couple of BeOS-geeks, found in these forums? But belive me, it does not even look OK for the end-users/professionals. May I remind you that BeOS was developed for multimedia use and not geek use, server use or office use
And besides the website and spelling,
if you look at Zetas different solutions you have,
Home Edition,
Developer Edition,
Deluxe Edition.
Say you are a Pro Webdesigner or a Pro Muscian....
What would you buy? Well, not the home edition, because you are not a home user. Not the developer edition, because you are not a developer. Deluxe Edition? Why should you have 3-4(?) cds filled with free homemade bebits software? Simply there are no solution for you!
Yellowtab seems to focus on the Home market. Just as Be incs BeIA for example. What happend to it? We all now. The whole thing actually seems hopeless in my eyes right now. I had trust and hope in Yellowtab, but now it's all lost...
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