Camino 0.8b is out, which should help put down the greatly exaggerated rumors of the Camino project's death.
The release was picked up by several mac sites. So now the feedback is starting to roll in on each of these sites, which is a mixed blessing. Yes, we want feedback. And people are using it and trying it out, which is great. But the problem is that most people online are 1) stupid 2) rude or 3) both. I'm not saying I want all the feedback to be positive, but a basic level of respect for others wouldn't hurt.
Good: Feature X would be very useful, and I really hope it can be included in one of the upcoming releases.
Bad: WTF is wrong with you?!! A brain-damaged monkey wouldn't make a browser without feature X!!! Every idiot knows that! I've been saying Camino needs it for weeks, and no one has done anything about it! What are you slackers doing?!?! Oh, and it's the slowest and ugliest POS browser I've seen in my life! If you weren't all so st00pid, maybe you could make a something that doesn't _SUCK_!!!!!
I exaggerate (slightly), of course, but plenty of comments and feedback have elements of the latter. Even if we weren't volunteers doing this in our spare time, that would still be very uncool. Given that we are, it's just totally beyond the pale. Yes, I mostly ignore those sorts of comments. But I like to dream of a world where I don't have to start every day with the assumption that many people I interact with are going to to be stupid, rude, and aggravating, and adjust my attitudes accordingly.
So for anyone wondering why I'm an arrogant elitist who thinks he's better than most people, all I can say is: spend some time on the internet.
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