Respect?? i fail to see what respect has to do with publishing a list in advance of new features/fixes to be added
If a feature gets added to some public "to-do" list, it will indicate to people that Khaled considers it significant and plans to implement it in future. Users won't have to waste their time scripting it, posting into "Feature Suggestions" or using the "Search" feature. Saving customers' time is a normal sign of respect; have I said anything new?
And where, pray tell, might i find a list of those things for all MS/secure/ adobe/symantec/zonealarm products please? How about all the hardware/electronics products?
I once compared the mIRC development model with that of commercial software. There was a choir of cursing voices. "mIRC is a personal project, the laws of nature don't work in this case". Let's not speak about software giants like Microsoft here, as mIRC's promotion would look VERY unfavorable on that background.
grocery... manufacturers... my fav coffee...
Do you fail to see the fundamental difference between mIRC production and coffee production? Or was it a cheap psychological trick with "exchange of ideas"?
Have you perhaps not noticed over the years that new versions add/change things users request?
Yes I have.
I have also noticed that Khaled often added/changed things that users were against adding/changing. I have also noticed that things tend to get changed unexpectedly, which breaks many people's scripts and plans.
Have you noticed over the years that people DO want to keep in touch with mIRC progress, preferably more often than once a year? Oh wait, does it even matter what people want?