JediSpectre117 opened this issue on Dec 24, 2018 ยท 40 posts
BabaBozo posted Fri, 11 September 2020 at 7:39 AM
Thanks, I'm definitely going to try that method. Now let's make it even easier...
Rendo should pick ONE way of installing purchased content, and then discussion of other methods should end. New users are getting confused because threads on this topic go all over the place. I just started a thread on this topic myself, and it went all over the place. There's this, there's that, there's something else, let's do it the hard way, or this easy way, or some other easy way, and you need to remember this, and don't forget to do that, put this in to here and that in to there, or something else, and runtime this and runtime that etc etc. Yada, yada, yada etc.
The problem is not users. It's muddle mindedness on the part of the developers. Muddle is not a smart way to run a content store because the more folks are confused the more likely they are to quietly vanish, taking their money with them, never to be seen again. Here's an example...
I tried DAZ for 3-4 months awhile back. It's free, so it seemed the sensible place to start at the time. And then I learned DAZ software is worth what you've paid for it. And then I tried to make a purchase. The resulting file structure interface FUBAR was such a confusing mess that I threw in the towel and vanished, never to return. Last purchase from the Daz store.
That's the price Rendo will pay for install muddle. Typoholic crackpots like me will make loud honking sounds on the forum. :-) But most confused people will just quietly vanish. Rendo won't even know they are confused and vanishing, because the vanishing users won't bother to tell anyone.
Example Of The Right Way: Look at the installer that one uses to install Poser on your computer. It doesn't come with 32 options. It doesn't really need to be explained. You click the install button and the software is put where it needs to be.
The goal here should not be to educate and lecture users on how to do it the hard way. The goal should be for installing content to be as simple as installing the software, so that no one needs to be educated or lectured.
The business model of Rendo is to sell content. Thus, the point should be to make it as clear, simple and easy as possible for customers to do what Rendo wants them to do. If anyone has to start a thread asking how to buy from Rendo, the interface is failing and needs upgrading.