See why this is an unproductive discussion, and both sides just vote? (With your side happening to be less numerous in this thread, pure accident, doesn't mean anything.)
I don't think the original commenter is trying to accomplish anything. It's such a minor issue. Passing judgment isn't about wanting to effect change at all. Judgment is about deciding between say firefox and chrome. (Now this is a minor dimension, so hopefully nobody's using it as a basis for the decision.)
Let me turn the question around. If you want to accomplish something why would you use confrontational language? I'm certain you too realize that and aren't trying to convince anyone of anything. You just need to vent. So, if both sides are like this, what's the point of discussion?
The only thing to do with judgment is to take it in the chin (maybe correcting gross factual inaccuracies) and move on. Anything else sheds more heat than light. If that seems unfair, remember that I have no users in my open source projects, and would kill for someone to try it long enough to judge it. (links in profile)
Yeah, I'm afraid you are right - being a FOSS guy talking to people who want their "product to just work!" is a very tiring thing. They want to pass judgment while I want to discuss the process of their judgment. I don't do it often, but this thread was just too tempting, what with it having an example of the process working as it's main subject. Of course, people still get it wrong and then insist on being right. Very hard to deal with in general.
As for your project - phew, that is miles over my head, sorry. Trust me, though, traction can also be a curse. At a certain level, you start to get people who don't criticize your software or code, they criticize you for their own inability to use it.
I don't think the original commenter is trying to accomplish anything. It's such a minor issue. Passing judgment isn't about wanting to effect change at all. Judgment is about deciding between say firefox and chrome. (Now this is a minor dimension, so hopefully nobody's using it as a basis for the decision.)
Let me turn the question around. If you want to accomplish something why would you use confrontational language? I'm certain you too realize that and aren't trying to convince anyone of anything. You just need to vent. So, if both sides are like this, what's the point of discussion?
The only thing to do with judgment is to take it in the chin (maybe correcting gross factual inaccuracies) and move on. Anything else sheds more heat than light. If that seems unfair, remember that I have no users in my open source projects, and would kill for someone to try it long enough to judge it. (links in profile)