[Opera-users] Opera bug list

[James Card]

6/14/01 11:43:25 AM, Rob Cunningham <rob.cunn at btinternet.com> wrote:

>This is the single most lame reason I've ever seen. I don't blame you, 
>Sue, but it seems like a sensible thing to have. Unless Opera is lame 
>enough to be afraid that a public list of bugs could scare potential 
>new users...

Here are some more reasons I can think of:

* You don't want competitors to see that information.

* You don't want to commit the resources necessary to maintain an 
  "official" list of verified bugs. It is not a task that is easily 
  automated.

Frankly, I'd rather have them FIXING bugs than cataloging them. Yes, a 
publicly-available list of known bugs and possible work-arounds would be 
a definite benefit. But if resources are scarce, pay for competent 
developers to fix the bugs rather than for clerks to make lists of them.

Perhaps some of us -- the users of the mailing lists and newsgroups -- 
might develop our own unofficial list of known bugs and work-arounds. Oh 
wait, we've sort of got that already at 
http://www.searchengineworld.com/opera/, and probably some other sites.

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