Sorry for wording it as I did, you’re right. Thanks again, Daniel. And thanks for the work you do put in on all your products. You DO do a great job. Thanks.

vc27 was probably just challenging the tone of your comments, not the substance. There’s a substantial difference between telling somebody “I found another tool that works better for what I need” and “I dropped your software like a hot potato.”

Just because many developers do have a thick skin, it doesn’t mean they particularly like having it rubbed with sandpaper ;)

I was not trying to be non-constructive. What I was saying is that people use the tools and if they don’t meet their needs, they find something that does. I asked for multiple flickr account support well over a year ago, and it never came. Then blogo came out and made that request irrelevant.

Would you rather I didn’t provide my reasons for switching to another product, and just left and said nothing? I’m not attacking Daniel personally. I think he does a great job. But that doesn’t mean that his product currently meets my needs anymore.

I think Daniel knows that software developers do have thick skin. As someone who’s deployed web apps to people, I know what it’s like when you work hard on something and all they do is point out what changes they’d like made. But in the end, the customers are the ones who know how they want to use a product. Many a product has been written with a use-case in mind, and it turns out that people take it and use it in a totally different manner than expected. That’s part of writing software.

I guess some people would rather see people switch away and not say why, then let them know exactly what needs in a blogging tool are not being met by the product. Most software developers I know of aren’t that kind of person, vc27.

Naturally, when I put my heart and soul into creating something, it’s easy to get defensive when somebody comes along with comments such as yours that more or less dismiss the work I have been doing. But I have learned to grow at least a thick outer layer of skin, and take the more realistic view that it’s simply impossible to get every feature done for every person.

The things that I have added over the past couple years have been met with enthusiasm and were in answer to the pleas of many users. I realize that there will always be something that I don’t prioritize, or which doesn’t get done to the exact satisfaction of every user. At some point we have to shake it off and keep on trucking.

I do appreciate your interest in keeping an eye on MarsEdit’s progress. Perhaps in the future it will grow into an app that you favor again. If it doesn’t, I sincerely hope that you continue to be happy with Blogo or whatever product best fits your needs.

Daniel

Ultimately, people just want tools that get the job done for them. I think that’s the part about being a software developer that becomes a trap, is thinking that how you use something is how your clients do/should use it too.

Please get MarsEdit up to current standards, and make embedding flickr photos from any source, youtube videos, etc, as easy as blogo and I’ll certainly consider upgrading and coming back. If I’m the only one and you know that no one else cares or has left to wander off to Blogo, then ignore me. But I bet I’m not the only one.

Best regards.