The Facebook button looked like a good idea to get some idea, although I'm aware that not everybody will find this button and not everybody will push it. Yes, there is some traffic here and some in my mailbox, but that does not tell a lot. I have some idea about the number of downloads (~4000/month), but not about the actual user community. The background was actually a different one: I don't have a real metrics about the impact of this project. I'm not taking the Facebook thing too seriously to be honest. Also, an "Update to the latest version button" or a flag to show when a new stable release is available, since I've seen several people running very old versions who don't bother to upgrade because they use it as a viewer and it just "works" (but therefore they miss important new features in upgrades).Īnyway just some thoughts, but don't get discouraged. Maybe a "Like" button in the software itself? A small icon in the "File/Edit/View/." bar next to Help, or something. I know plenty of users that just use KL as a viewer and thus don't come on this website (because, they don't have problems to solve - they just open and view layouts with it, and KL just "works"). I clicked it, but have to say I don't use facebook more than once a year. I will make more effort to answer posts on this forum though, to help make it more a community thing rather than just ask-Matthias-a-question.Īnyway I just wish the Facebook button was a better indicator of how great the tool is. I wish I was a true coder too so I could help with KL, but alas that's not my training and all I can do is write scripts in Ruby (which I learned exclusively for the purpose of KL coding, and having had a small amount of PHP experience but not much else). In that regard I think having just one coder has been a huge boon for the simplicity of KL. You've done everything properly, unlike large companies with hundreds of coders that are all getting tangled in each other's code and all at odds about how to design the user experience. KL is the best software I have found in years and I use it daily. No need, for me at least, because I already have all the functionality with Ruby.) Mostly because almost everything I do needs to be scripted due to its complexity, and ruby is a beautiful 'gem' of a language. By now I've tried them all (well, all the big ones at least: "C", "L", "MGP") and seriously nothing beats the speed that I can lay out complicated layouts with KL. :-)īut you have created a tool that is truly lasting and I see myself using it for years to come. The next guy would film another kitten video tomorrow and get another million likes, and your kitten video would be forgotten in a matter of days or months. A stupid kitten video might give you a million likes, but it's not lasting.
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