Dan Kegel wrote:
I dislike the idea of adding even more rating levels (diamond, etc.); that just adds to confusion.
I agree. I also think that most Wine enthusiasts are on crack when it comes to ratings.
The fact that an app works well for *my purposes* does *not* make it Gold in my not so humble opinion.
If multiplayer support is broken, how on earth can a game be considered anything but bronze? A huge chunk of the functionality is missing!
This has long been a pet peeve of mine. I remember a post to Slashdot long ago where someone claimed: "Microsoft Office works perfectly!" The reality was that if you installed it on Windows, copied the files (including a bunch of Windows DLLs), hacked the registry and a bunch of other things, you could get it to start. But then if you typed anything or tried to save a file or did anything else, it crashed and burned. Perfect? Yeah, right.
I hate to yell at people for being too enthusiastic, but setting expectations high is a recipe for failure. Setting them low gives you room to exceed expectations.
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Cheers,
Jeremy