I have seen this sort if comment posted before and I do not understand it at all.
Maybe it’s just me, but most of the clients I deal with are more focused on trying to move their business or organization forward, rather than trying to assimilate a new vocabulary. Typically, they are individual business owners or small non-profits. The closest thing to an "IT" person or department is the Geek Squad at Best Buy. But their goals and aspirations are by no means unsophisticated.
Given that, there is absolutely zero-chance that I’d be able to make many of the clients I have come across comfortable navigating Revo. And at the moment, the learning curve *I’d* need to go up and the tools I’d need to create in order to make *their* learning curve easier is too steep to make economic sense. The slower speed of the manager is one small thing that contributes to this sentiment, particularly as I find Firebug a very useful tool.
What has been done with Evolution is amazing and what is going to be done with Revolution will be amazing - of that I am certain. But there’s a saying that an army runs on its stomach. Or, put differently, an army needs to be careful to not outrun its supply lines. For me, those supply lines take the form of worked examples posted by *very* generous forum participants, tips and tricks found in the archives, and very detailed and ongoing dialogues with *very* generous forum participants. IMHO, the supply lines for Revo are too thin. The generosity of forum participants is not the issue. It’s just that most of the material seems aimed at code ninjas and is not something that I can readily use to help a small business owner. At least at this stage...
On a lighter note, my sister used to manage a group of people who took incoming calls in supporting the clients of a particular business. Not surprisingly, they would get frustrated from time to time. So my sister took a roll of bubble wrap, unwound it and taped it to the wall of a small unused room.
It’s amazing how therapeutic popping bubble wrap turned out to be.
And while it might drive your office-mates nuts, it doesn’t result in concussions
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) and can see that I may have come across more as contributing to a rant than a constructive conversation. For that I apologize - it was not my intent. The part about wanting to be comfortable explaining the ins-and-outs of things to clients still stands.
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