Quote: Originally Posted by
DAE51D 
Clearly they're not working.
Sorry, but most of the "bugs" you list are not bugs at all...and I can't understand why you aren't able to differentiate between a program bug and a feature that you desire/personal preference, especially given your resume. Bugs are reproducible errors that prevent the stated features of a program from operating as intended...many of the items you list instead reflect interface design changes/feature requests you would like to see implemented:
- the size of the mute text
- the width of the buttons
- the number of buttons
- QWERTY keyboard display
- on screen buttons that change in response to keyboard keypresses
- preference for additional information on the now playing screen
- preference that SD always returns to the pre-hibernation screen post-resume
Each of the program elements listed above functions exactly as intended...which means they are not bugs. Furthermore, SD is available as a fully functional evaluation download, so you should have known about the interface limitations (as you see them) before you ever purchased the product. You still have the right to complain about/ask for feature improvements post-purchase, of course, but it seems that you probably should have evaluated the product a bit more critically before you bought.
Additionally, Red is correct in stating that every (or even most) feature requests by end users can't be implemented. In fact, a good software engineer
must implement new features sparingly to maintain functionality and usability of the program. Adding features that only a minority of users may ever find useful complicates the program for the majority of users. A good, practical example of this is the feature set of the iPod. Even though there are many other mp3 players on the market that are both less expensive than and have a larger feature set than the iPod, the iPod is successful because the features that it does have are so well implemented the interface is intuitive and requires no real training to use.
However, the beauty of SD is that
you can tailor the program interface however you'd like to reflect even the smallest personal preference...and if you don't want to invest the time to do so, then perhaps you should reevaluate just how important the feature that you're requesting actually is to you.
That said, there are quite a few actual bugs in the program that I don't feel have been adequately addressed with subsequent revisions. For example, I
still can't play a DVD from within SD, even though I have all proper codecs installed and can play the same video from within WMP...that bug has been there since 0.7.something, and is widely reported on this forum.