Hello All,

Do suggestions in this Wish List forum actually get into the next generation of AC?

Or is this group therapy?

A moderator decision on each Wish List point or direction to previous links would be useful. I think it would help new users understand how flexible, or conversely how innovative individuals must be to use AC.

Sigmund Chuck

Some do - I actually think you should put it here to get others thinking and then also use the suggest improvement button on AC - that definitely goes to Jon and his development team.

Chuck,

Basically it is group therapy. Little or nothing gets done with the wishes. Even sending them probably doesn't make much of a change.

Now, on some level, I can understand receiving many, many ideas at once can be tough to deal with especially when some CAN'T be done for certain reasons. I have given my program, FAP, to one user, and the amount of ideas in three weeks from that one user has been many. When my programmer is moving in a certain direction, it is hard to incorporate all of them. But, even so, they are welcome.

As a programmer, such as Jon, I would think he would look at them, and then write down the ones he thinks would be helpful or the users are clamoring for. And, the key thing would be to at least post what ones he may do.

On the other hand, although, Microsoft is a company which is hundreds, if not thousands of times, larger than AC, they do not incorporate any new ideas for over six years. You can write them all you want (and they will write back many times), but Outlook or Word will not change from 2003 until they come out with 2007.

As to the moderators, it has only been a month since the moderators went from one to four. And, it is certainly impractical to expect Vinny or any of us to moderate the Wish list and direct anyone anywhere although we do contribute quite a bit to the boards.

The advantage to the Wish list as you kind of point out, is that a lot of users will say to you, "Good idea," or "That has been done," or "Go to this thread to see a workaround."

It is frustrating to keep coming up with ideas only to not see them incorporated. Having said that, it is still a good idea to keep the ideas coming. That is what makes our message boards superior to say, Logician's message boards.

LOL,
Hi, My name is Vicki and I am an AC user
Hi Vicki
I love the group therapy analogy.
This is a great source of support.
Wish there were enough hours in the day to really utilize the treasure trove of information that is shared here.

LOL,
Hi, My name is Vicki and I am an AC user
Hi Vicki
I love the group therapy analogy.
This is a great source of support.
Wish there were enough hours in the day to really utilize the treasure trove of information that is shared here.

Vickie,
Suffering from split personality disorder with those two identical posts in a row???

Group therapy for sure. As well as a place to brain storm together and polish a concept too. But send it direct to the developmemt guys via the suggest an improvement link in AC drop downs for sure if you really want them to see it and perhaps work on it....

I have likened this to watching smoke out of the bishops' meetings to pick a new pope, reading tea leaves or Rorschach tests. We all end up applying all of our own pre-conceived thoughts and feelings into reading what will or will not come out of the belly of the AC development hive....