EA for the masses

[Nicole Tedesco]

eliteisv, ribbon aside, they could greatly benefit simply by rationalizing their metaphors, menus, shortcuts and toolbars into something more harmonious, something that makes sense, something more... predictable.

I have been using EA since 2006 and I still have a difficult time funding this function and that in their not-well-thought-out menu structure.

[eliteisv]

after 3 days trying draw a diagram  because still at the start page I see diagram tool box  that's not where diagram go I'm feeling like noob

[B546]

Thelonius, Right on!

...

 I am willing to wait to see what EA Version 9 delivers.  However, I must see:

• More than just a point++ release (to Thelonius' point)
• A much better commitment to community feedback, returning to their roots
  
• Increased visibility into the product road map, and not just hearsay from a few friends who talked to some other friends who overheard some other folks chatting in a coffee shop in Canberra...
• A return to regular bug releases

This kind of behavior from a product company can a sign of financial distress.  The decline of WordPerfect comes to mind.  This could be a sign the product may not be long for this world.  (I really, really hope I am reading the tea leaves wrong.  I am including this titillating suggestion mostly to see if anyone at Sparx is listening, anyone at all... Bueller?  Bueller?)

Exactly what happened to us, too.  Sparx likely missed a chance for a large deployment due to really mind bogglingly poor pre-sales interaction.  

I think we may buy a few copies, but they really missed the boat on this.

I have zero confidence in EA's future if things stay this way.

[qwerty]

• A return to regular bug releases

Ha! I have a couple of (dozen?) open issues with Sparx. Some since many (!) years. Sometimes I report bugs once again since I have no oversight over what I have already reported.

The highly supporting spirit from times where EA had version 3.6 are definitely gone.

q.

[B546]

Yeah... Even if they just upgraded this message board to use the http://getsatisfaction.com/ service, it would be great.

(Has areas for common issues, vote-able suggestions, etc.)

[Kevin G. Watson]

Ribbon did I hear?

Some folkies at sparx was kinda snottily offey at that particular Microsoft innoviation... like they is an open source outfit almost.

Through enterprise rollout seems a tad grand... competitor magicDraw

lets hope yeah... oh and tablet support and ea for winfon
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[eliteisv]

Yeah... Even if they just upgraded this message board to use the http://getsatisfaction.com/ service, it would be great.

(Has areas for common issues, vote-able suggestions, etc.)

the pricing model is highway robbery
I seen it on sites it looks like some that before vbulletin

[jeshaw2]

Quite frankly, I stopped having any interest in EA when it became clear that it had zero support for Aspect Oriented Design notation.  UML is a language, AOD is a methodology.  I do not wish to have my methods constrained by language.  Shape scripting did not help to add that notation.  In my world, the methodology is much more important than the language used to discuss it.