I hear that dlk30341. I too deal with this daily. John are you going to avoid my questions about beta testing methods? I am not attacking you but curious as to what the beta testers do. What is the procedure? Were you able to make new plant species and save them? You said you were a beta tester openly so I feel it is fair to ask you. If you didn't want me to ask then why say you were a beta tester at all?

John, why didn't the beta testers say anything about saving new plant species? Did you not even make a new plant species and save it? Did you not even noticed the misnamed materials for the plants?

We can't report it. The site is down. And what about saving new plant species? Why did you avoid that serious problem?

The pines are not what I was asking for. I wanted pines that worked.
Pines with their correct name for their leaves and trunks. (By mislabeling them it shows a rush job or a worker who doesn't care)
Pines that could render over a network.
Pines with the correct handles.
Pines that could be modified and saved as different plant species.

No one said it was deliberate but nonetheless it is.

The whole thing seems half-fast and half-baked. If they need beta testers than HIRE beta testers. Give incentives and Bonuses to your workers so they do their best. Don't hire interns to do important work and then blame them when fault occurs. We all know those in charge of the interns are the ones to blame not the interns. In other words learn how to run a company well and not into the ground.

We had every right to ask when is Cornucopia coming because they told us about it yesteryear. I don't blame the age we live in but blame e-on's head of sales or the the board that is in charge of it. E-on should take full responsibility for their misdeeds.

But why would be able to save plants bought from the e-on site and not the corucopia site? That makes no sense.

The trees are $10.00 from both site. The editor would be useless for trees bought from Cornucopia since they can't be saved for later use.

Logic tells me this can't be so. I pray it is not.

If e-on thinks pirates are hurting their sales they are wrong. E-on is hurting their sales. How can we take this software seriously or professionally?

Dale, who said the customer agrees to be an unpaid beta tester?

I expect tested products when I buy without me being the tester.

This is a bad experience turned to a nightmare. Why would e-on launch a bad web site, with bad items, drive their customers mad, and go promote themselves at Siggraph show? Are they that bad of planners? Apparently, from their weak history.

Message edited on: 08/03/2005 18:04

Sorry for being a lame brain but is this post saying that past plants we bought from vue can be saved but plants bought from Cornucopia can't and will never be able to be saved as new plant species?

Message edited on: 08/03/2005 17:42

It seem everything with e-on is beta. I find it not professional at all no matter what excuses are given. If it is not ready than wait till it is. The new plants have multiple problems as if they were never tested at all as does the site. I wasted a lot of time figuring out why these plants don't work fully. I can let a few things slide but for a company that claims to be professional the exact opposite is presented.
It comes down to: Quality Control is not what it should be at e-on. When I make something for a customer I check it every way I can so the customer doesn't become frustrated. The customer is not my beta tester.

I am having problems too with everything I bought. So far it has been a bad experience.

Wow, that will help me out much next time I tweak a color that doesn't seem able to change. Thanks

Message edited on: 08/01/2005 10:56

Agiel, I forgot to thank you for the bubble technique. Thanks a million.

1. It would be nice to focus on lighting and framing.

The blog is spot on.

Great.