Re: FRONTPAGE 2002 BUG REPORT: FIND has a 3rd BUG

From: Kevin Spencer (kspencer_at_takempis.com)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:45:19 -0400

I don't need to correct you, Jim. Just hire a lawyer and ask him/her. 

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.
"Jim Carlock" <anonymous@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:e24eZpKTEHA.2988@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Kevin.
>
> I see NO design feature. I wanted to search through
> selected pages, and Microsoft provided a way to do it,
> but it instead searches through thousands of other pages.
> That is NOT a design feature.
>
> There are 3 selections to search through... They are labeled
> as follows:
>
> Find where:
> * All pages
> * Selected page(s)
> * Current Page
>
> Now when I select ten pages, and I select the radio option:
> * Selected page(s)
>
> And then the first time I search, the search goes through the
> * Selected page(s)
>
> And then subsequent searches changes the search behaviour
> to search through the whole website, well, you are WRONG.
>
> There is no feature there except a ludicrous bug.
>
> Please tell me exactly how YOU see that as a feature ? I don't
> think you can answer the question appropriately.
>
> And when it behaves in that manner in doing search and replace,
> it's more like a faulty tire that colleges around the world instruct
> not to put the threads on backwards because the tire could blow,
> and then Microsoft puts the threads on backwards so they can
> sell a new product.
>
> This is a violation of contract and licensing law. You can wish all
> you like, and I can wish all I like but a faulty tire is a faulty tire
> and when it blows, and it blows because Microsoft called it a
> design feature to put the threads on backwards, then I suggest
> you put wishful design feature Firestone tires on all your cars. I
> suggest you buy a Ford and pray and wish that it doesn't catch
> on fire. I suggest you walk outside holding up a metal rod during
> a lightning storm, and design the rod with a copper feature. And
> I suggest you go to George Walker Bush Junior and dance
> naked for him in some Iraqi sand holding up an Israeli flag. If I
> am way off target, please tell me, HOW is it a design feature?
>
> If I am wrong, please correct me.
>
> I thank you for your reply.
>
> -- 
> Jim Carlock
> http://www.microcosmotalk.com/
> Post replies to the newsgroup.
>
>
> "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
> Most cars have doors that open from a hinge on the side. Some cars have
> doors that open from a hinge on the top. Which car has the bug?
Apparently,
> in your case, the one that doesn't function the way you want it to. A bug
is
> a defect. What you are describing is a design feature. Microsoft is always
> interested in hearing any suggestions you may have regarding desired
feature
> changes. Here's a URL where you can suggest away:
>
>
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp?from=cu&fu=%2Fisapi%2Fgomscom%2Easp%3Ftarget%3D%2Fmswish%2Fthanks%2Ehtm
>
> -- 
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "Jim Carlock" <anonymous@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
> news:#MW5W7DTEHA.3224@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > The third BUG with FRONTPAGE 2002 is when you have
> > more than one document selected and you want to perform a
> > global change on the certain text.
> >
> > Even though Selected Files Only is selected in the radio buttons,
> > FRONTPAGE 2002 (XP) automatically changes the selection
> > to All Documents AFTER the action is selected to change the
> > files. These bugs are basic programming stuff that anyone can
> > do and that Microsoft KNOWS how to do. There is only one
> > conclusion left, and that is that MICROSOFT purposely put
> > these BUGS in place with FULL KNOWLEDGE that they
> > are bugs.
> >
> > And being that Microsoft employees know what they did and
> > the fact that they sold me a tire that will blow up with full knowledge
> > that the thing will blow up, it is a violation of LAW, breaks all
> > contracts and as such they can not be trusted in any of their
> > contracts and therefore all their contracts and license agreements
> > are invalid.
> >
> > If a Microsoft Legal representative would like to contact me about
> > this, I am free to be contacted.
> >
> > -- 
> > Jim Carlock
> >
> >
> > "Jim Carlock" wrote:
> > ANOTHER BUG REPORT:
> >
> > After I've searched and replaced all the smileys/ ...
> >
> > FIND does not find smileys/ anymore.
> >
> > -- 
> > Jim Carlock
> >
> >
> > "Jim Carlock" wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Don't know where to report bugs for FrontPage 2002. But here
> > is what I see as a "BUG".
> >
> > When doing a find / replace and going through and manually
> > replacing text:
> >
> > I'm searching for:
> >
> > smileys/
> >
> > There are a zillion smileys/ in the document and I have to make
> > sure I'm replacing just the smileys/ not the images/smileys/.
> >
> > What FrontPage 2002 is doing is it finds the "smileys/smile001.jpg"
> > and when I replace it with "/images/smileys/" it immediately jumps
> > to the smileys/ that I just replaced. It should be continuing the search
> > after the replaced text, not inside of the searched text.
> >
> > -- 
> > Jim Carlock
> >
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