Originally Posted by Rigorous
how is that in any way relavent to the issue?
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It is relevant because I make it so! Actually, consider the fact of how "Fubar-friendly" this very major add-on site appears. It's plastered all over the top downloads, etc. and is clearly visible right on the front page as a "source" for Fubar. Now, if I were CK, which thankfully I'm not, I'd probably want to keep my own PORTAL updated. If you cannot see the logic here, perhaps we can just agree to remain in disagreement. I don't think it's expecting too much for an author's "portal site" to be updated. Is it? I mean, that's more like a "base of operations". Keep it current. God sakes.
Originally Posted by Rigorous
if you use WAU then you can easily see updates. and if you use it daily, you wouldn't need to "try the 2 week old version of Fubar" because WAU should've already updated it.
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Assuming updates fix the problem, this is a perfect solution. However, when updates either 1) further convolute a matter, or 2) fail to address a matter, the simplicity of this process is of no significance. Your statement is incorrect. It should read, "If Fubar updates fixed problems, you wouldn't need to try the 2 week old version of Fubar". No?
Originally Posted by Rigorous
what about the "beta" term? you mean the fact that the updates you often see on WAU are beta? they are...and there's nothing wrong with that. if you are using WAU daily, you have to use it with that knowledge. if you don't, that's in no way the author's fault. i also don't think "the average wow user" is the "average mod user".
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Nope, but the average wow user becomes the average mod user when he/she joins a guild and someone in their guild says "dude, we all use XXX addon from Wow interface, you need to go get it". And thusly, the cryptic process of updating/tinkering begins (especially for Fubar users). While this is not specific to panel mods, you can certainly follow my point here.
Originally Posted by Rigorous
if they want to use it, then they need to learn about it. period. individual mods aren't for people who aren't willing to tinker with their interface and gain some understanding about how it all works. packages like Mazzle are for those people.
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That's a true statement. I'd like to refer you to my previous comment above. The average wow user is referred to sites like these all the time. When that happens, in the example of Fubar (only one example among hundreds), they should not happen upon an outdated mod that they cannot get running properly because they "don't know" it's outdated to begin with.
In any event, there's still a major problem with the two main panel mods not being able to keep current with the game version. Period.