Howard hasn't posted for a while.
We can't presume... he is a
volunteer also and doesn't make much
money out of his books... unless AB
is paying?
It comes down to Tomasz.
Hopefully Herman is talking to
Tomasz.
Herman is very good in that role.
Remember that Herman,
Tomasz and I have worked together before.
We know each other quite
well, in that regard e.g they know I am a
bit grumpy to work with and
Herman knows the way I like to work...I
always wanted to have an open
format.... there was support for a Wiki
Help Manual at the ATP.... in the
workforce I found out that people
can be trusted... if you trust them they
won't let you down.
I used to post my files on the company intranet,
without any
protection, and no one ever did them any harm.
We
should have learnt the lessons from the UKB and now we need to
move on to
markII - I hope it wasn't all for nothing - we are so
close.
It
would be a shame to waste all of it.
brian_z
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"lou" <loulh@xxx> wrote:
>
> This is one post I strongly
agree with. Perhaps Howard should be
brought
> into the discussion
on how to help finance a new book. Perhaps a
guaranteed
> number of
sales or whatever.
>
> PS - The many many good ideas raise hope
that this time a solution
will
> indeed be found.
>
>
lou howard
>
=====================================================
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "sidhartha70"
<sidhartha70@...>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>
>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:57 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Help
Manual
>
>
> > Brian is right that the Help manual is
incomplete and inadequate.
> >
> > I don't buy the argument
that "we shouldn't expect it to be
complete
> > because AmiBroker
is cheap".
> >
> > I know it's just TJ and Marcin, but
that's TJ's choice. I've
stated
> > before, and I'll state again,
I would happily pay $500 for
AmiBroker
> > IF it had great
on-line help manuals. IF it had something along
the
> > lines of
a decent beginners, intermediate and advanced users
guide.
> >
And I'm sure new incremental users would come on board as
AmiBroker
> > becomes more 'accessbile' to the masses.
>
>
> > I took the plunge with AmiBroker, and there is absolutely no
doubting
> > it's a fine product.
> >
> > The
users of AmiBroker deserve to get the same support as they
would
>
> if they chose to purchase one of the C# based alternatives -
namely
> > Ninja, RightEdge or OpenQuant etc. IF they have to pay
more for
that
> > support, then so be it... TJ can hire someone
to work solely on
new
> > user guides for the next 6 months.
Shouldn't cost too much.
> >
> > Let's pretend that Howard
produces a 'beginners' book for
AmiBroker,
> > then another one
for more advanced users, say focusing on the
custom
> >
backtester... suddenly we've got three books for AmiBroker coming
in
> > at $50 each... that's $150.
> >
> >
Personally I'd be happy with either solution. A Howard provided
> >
alternative that costs $150, or an in-house AmiBRoker one that
adds
> > $150 to AB price.
> >
> > But let's at
least have one of the two alternatives.
> >
> >
> >
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"Steve Dugas" <sjdugas@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Jeez
Brian, even TJ admits that everything is not perfect, but
there
>
> are
> >> only 24 hours in a day and how much harder do you
think he can
work?
> > He is
> >> human like the rest
of us, if you spot an error or ommision, just
> > report it
>
>> so he can fix it.
> >>
> >> Steve
>
>>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From:
"brian_z111" <brian_z111@>
> >> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>
>
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 7:08 PM
> >> Subject:
[amibroker] Help Manual
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> >> > There are far too many Help Manual questions posted
in this
forum.
> >> >
> >> > This takes up
our valueable time answering questions that
should have
> >>
> been answered by AmiBroker.
> >> >
> >> >
In fact they waste far more time than OT posts.
> >> >
>
>> > Our precious time would be far better spent answering more
interesting
> >> > questions.
> >> >
>
>> > Some of the features in AB aren't explained in the manual,
some things
> >> > are out of date and sometimes the
explanations are a bit
cryptic.
> >> >
> >>
> Example:
> >> >
> >> > Prettify was added
to the Formula Editor in beta version 5.04
> >> > - included in
devlog under version 5.05 Feb08
> >> > - official release v5.10
in June08 which includes manual 5.10
> >> >
> >>
> Ami website PDF manual is still version 5.00
> >>
>
> >> > - Search PDF for prettify == nothing
>
>> > - Search AB manual version 5.1 for prettify == nothing
>
>> > - Use AB site search engine == nothing
> >> > -
Google amibroker.com == 3 hits from devlog
> >> > - devlog
records release but has no info about it and no
> > explanation
in
> >> > the read me
> >> > - searched KB ==
nothing
> >> > - searched UKB == nothing
> >>
>
> >> > The screenshot of the FE edit dropdown menu, in the
Help
Manual is out
> >> > of date (at least it looks
different to my version 5.10)
> >> >
> >> > http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_afledit.html
>
>> >
> >> > The Devlog just says that the Prettify
function was added ...
> > looked in
> >> > the AFL
function list and couldn't find anything... is it a
> > function
or
> >> > a function()?
> >> >
> >>
> New features should be explained in the official help manual
that
> > comes
> >> > out immediately after the
beta inclusion.
> >> > We should not have to search elsewhere
but even if we do we,
in this
> >> > case, we still find
nothing.
> >> >
> >> > It shouldn't be up to
volunteers to explain help manual items
in this
> >> >
forum, or the UKB, or anywhere else.
> >> >
> >>
> It saves AB some effort if they don't have to keep the manual
up
to
> >> > date but the effort is transferred to the volunteers,
who have
to
> >> > answer it scores of times, instead of AB
answering it once.
> >> >
> >> > If we all took
the rationalist approach, that some people are
> >> >
advocating e.g. "users should have skills or lower their
sights or
pay
> >> > Graham", and charged AB for the time we spend
providing AB
support
> > then
> >> > the program
would cost thousands of dollars and wouldn't look
so
> >
cheap,
> >> > up against other software, afterall
>
>> >
> >> > brian_z
> >> >
>
>> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> ------------------------------------
> >>
>
> >> > Please note that this group is for discussion
between users
only.
> >> >
> >> > To get
support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
> >> >
SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
> >> >
> >> > For NEW
RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check
DEVLOG:
> >>
> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>
>> >
> >> > For other support material please check
also:
> >> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>
>> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >> >
> >>
>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
>
>
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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>
>
> > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly
to
> > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
> >
> > For NEW
RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
> > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>
>
> > For other support material please check also:
> >
http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
>
>
>