How does CorelDRAW.com compare to Illustrator community websites?
I have been so turned-off by the conduct of the 'experts' at the Adobe forums that I was afraid to venture onto their community site.
Is it a onetime incident, with one 'expert'?
Any poor fool who blunders in with a question, legitimate or not, is crucified for the entertainment of the assembled sophomores. If you post 'incorrectly' a dozen people will chime in and tell you how stupid you are. If you post correctly few people will help you. Everyone will point you to a FAQ regardless of whether the answer lies within or not.
The few times I have posted, correctly, with full information, I have received no answers. Eventually, I find them on my own or discover them for myself. I always go back and post a never mind, solved message. Then I get emails from timid people afraid to post, begging me for the solution.
God-forbid you post from a NNTP group software. You better be using the web interface or else you will be chastised for not reading the FAQ pinned to the top or doing the web search for the answer first.
Typical Adobe Newsgroup responses:
"This has already been answered"
"Turn off your autoquotes"
"Empty Response"
Thank you Rick,
It seems you are the only member in corelDRAW.com who participates in Adobe forums. Thanks again for sharing your experience :)
If I ever come across a positive word better than shoot or expose…, I'll let you know.
let's be honest, this forum is pretty forgiving of posts and how they are presented. it's obvious people from around the world are participating in this thing so language issues become factors. also anything to do with Corel products tends to be underfire from the outside and putting a better, more friendly face on it helps to promote it's overlooked value. Adobe is king of the hill, and many users of the products tend to be self righteous and condescending. i don't see Fireworks or Dreamweaver as quite Adobe yet, they still possess the same feel of the Macromedia UI style and process.