Post by joefiesta » 11 Mar 2018, 15:38
I didn't realize there already was such a forum. Okay, I went out and looked at a few things.
Let me say first that I do not want to offend anyone. I understand than many AHK users have never been programmers and many are ahk novices.
The fact of the matter is, however, that many people are going to find my words offensive. Sorry. Stop reading right now then.
The first example I looked at I found ridiculous.
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 74&t=44882
Not sure what the author is trying to do, and it certainly is primitive at best. Looks like it should get deleted!
So what? Well, by having some "rules", you insure that a forum is proliferated with useless and cryptic stuff.
The second example was the opposite. It was so long and complicated that it would take me an hour to figure it out and gather all the pieces together. But, don't get me wrong. MANY people liked it and found it useful. The problem I had with that example is all the discussion. There are 5 pages of responses. If I wanted to use it, it would take me hours to wade through all the discussion. However, I must admit that it was about 15 minutes to get the example to work. That example is:
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=4588 Additionally, I have to go out to github to learn more about it.
The third example was in between. It was fairly short, and seems useful by it's description. It is:
HTTPS://AUTOHOTKEY.COM/BOARDS/VIEWTOPIC ... 74&T=38109 But, the code is not even correct! And, it gives me NO IDEA how to use it. Basically, I have to read all the code to discover what it does. And, what is it's point? Why is it any different than STRINGUPPER? And, as is typical, there are pages of variations and alterations offered by other readers. Where is the final, finished well-honed end product?
So, essentially, I found these 3 a waste of my time (the 2nd, however, was just something I have no use for). Sorry, but that's how I see it. I think rules could fix these problems.
I didn't realize there already was such a forum. Okay, I went out and looked at a few things.
Let me say first that I do not want to offend anyone. I understand than many AHK users have never been programmers and many are ahk novices.
The fact of the matter is, however, that many people are going to find my words offensive. Sorry. Stop reading right now then.
The first example I looked at I found ridiculous. https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=44882
Not sure what the author is trying to do, and it certainly is primitive at best. Looks like it should get deleted!
So what? Well, by having some "rules", you insure that a forum is proliferated with useless and cryptic stuff.
The second example was the opposite. It was so long and complicated that it would take me an hour to figure it out and gather all the pieces together. But, don't get me wrong. MANY people liked it and found it useful. The problem I had with that example is all the discussion. There are 5 pages of responses. If I wanted to use it, it would take me hours to wade through all the discussion. However, I must admit that it was about 15 minutes to get the example to work. That example is: https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=4588 Additionally, I have to go out to github to learn more about it.
The third example was in between. It was fairly short, and seems useful by it's description. It is: HTTPS://AUTOHOTKEY.COM/BOARDS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=74&T=38109 But, the code is not even correct! And, it gives me NO IDEA how to use it. Basically, I have to read all the code to discover what it does. And, what is it's point? Why is it any different than STRINGUPPER? And, as is typical, there are pages of variations and alterations offered by other readers. Where is the final, finished well-honed end product?
So, essentially, I found these 3 a waste of my time (the 2nd, however, was just something I have no use for). Sorry, but that's how I see it. I think rules could fix these problems.