Question, is it possible for a few polls to be created so that we as a customer group can begin to define exactly what we all want to see happen as a cogent specification? We can start very broad and simply using 50,000 foot view issues and work our way down to exact details and by using polling, we can ultimately all agree on.
Since Xojo leadership refuses to offer their plan for remedy, we need to do this for them; as nobody knows the customer needs better then the customers themselves. Once we have a solid answer to the most pressing questions and a clear and undeniable consensus on the new priorities, specification and methodologies needed to make good, we can deliver this official demand with a unified voice and with no ambiguity, and THEN shove it down their throats until they relent.
It would be helpful to have actual polling, rather than just forum likes, because of anonymity always allows people to be themselves, but any system of consensus will do. We should tackle each question progressively and not proceed to the next until we have a clear consensus or the timer runs out. Also a dedicated thread for suggestions, ideas and the next question must be opened to solicit the customers as to their needs, both individually and as a whole. There needs to be a hard limit on time, both for each poll question and for completion of the entire consensus specification so that it can be acted upon quickly both by the customers and leadership.
For example, a poll question could be:
"Should Xojo place a temporary moratorium on new feature development and implementation in order to direct engineering resources to the most malfunctioning areas of the API?"
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No, Xojo should not do any of this.
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Yes, Xojo needs to dedicate the next release exclusively to addressing outstanding bugs.
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Yes, Xojo needs to dedicate the next 6 to 12 months exclusively to addressing outstanding bugs.
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Yes, Xojo needs to dedicate the next 12 months and beyond until the outstanding bug count is reduced to under 25% of current total and that no known showstoppers have been reported in the prior 6 months.
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Yes, Xojo needs to address bugs for the next 2 releases with only the required Apple Silicon updates being considered during that period.
Above is just an example not an actual poll question, but you get the point. We need to start acting in the way that will have an impact, not only issuing complaints. (although that is very important too)
First few actual questions should be procedural in nature I think, like “How long a time period for each poll question to remain open?” and what percentage exactly defines a reasonable consensus?, finally what would be the deadline date? Then we can get going on a serious push for the change we all need.
What do you think?