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On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:39:37 -0800, Reid wrote:

> I come from a Delphi background and am spoiled I guess when
> it comes to newsgroup postings.  In the Delphi forums people
> seemed to be a heck of a lot more involved.
> 
> When you posted a question,  if the question was somewhat
> basic you could expect a response usually within hours.
> 
> If you waited two days you were being disrespected. ;)
> 
> These jBuilder forums are considerably sloooower.
> 
> I posted a simple question about a combobox's drop down
> canvas being offset and not displaying correctly in an
> Applet and have had no response.
> 
> I searched the few books I bought with no clue.
> 
> Support is an important part of learning a language.
> 
> When your peers are not involved it makes learning almost
> impossible.
> 
> I just started with java and am already losing faith ...

Let me make a few observations:

Your problem has to do with Swing Applets.  I would guess that most 
people here do not do Applets, and most of those who do Applets do not 
do so using Swing.  As Rich Wilkman pointed out, starting Java with 
Applets is probably not a good idea.

You might try your code in an application rather than an Applet, and 
see if you have the same problem.  If you do, you will probably get a 
much better response.

You are right that the volume in the JBuilder groups is less than that 
in the Delphi groups.  There are also more Delphi users and more Delphi 
TeamB members.  I would expect a slightly slower response as a result.

There are many Java related newsgroups on the net, and fewer Delphi 
newsgroups.  So it is not surprising that the the Delphi groups here 
are very active.  But while there are many other Java newsgroups, those 
that I have seen seem to be full of spam and trolls.  These are by far 
the best I have found, probably because they are moderated.

You posted your question in the middle of the holidays, when many 
people are off doing other things, and there are quite a few less 
people paying attention to these newsgroups.

Most of your messages seem to have gotten a response within a day, and 
some of them seemed pretty helpful.  Both Stephen De Rudder and James 
Shulz caught your semicolon problem (which I missed, sigh), and Rich 
Wilkman provided some good advice as well.

This is not bad for free service provided by volunteers.  If you are 
willing to pay for the service you may get a quicker response, but I am 
not sure the results will be better.

Given all of this, I do not think the fact that you were not happy with 
the response is an indication that people on the JBuilder groups are 
less involved.

-- 
Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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