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Mac/Linux version of Fluency | Failed to launch Fluency Now on Xubuntu

Dmitriy Gromov — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:39:00 +0000

Forum: Fluency support
Topic: Mac/Linux version of Fluency
Poster: Dmitriy Gromov
Post title: Failed to launch Fluency Now on Xubuntu

I have installed Fluency Now on Xubuntu 15.04

It fails to launch, showing an error message.
Now I'm trying to discover the package name to uninstall and then, reinstall it.
Wrote to support, waiting for reply.

Mac/Linux version of Fluency | Reason for asking for your phone number

Dominique Pivard — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:12:00 +0000

Forum: Fluency support
Topic: Mac/Linux version of Fluency
Poster: Dominique Pivard
Post title: Reason for asking for your phone number

[quote]FarkasAndras wrote:
Asking for a phone number is odd[/quote]
Not odd at all, given that Western Standard's salespersons are known to place unsolicited phone calls to prospects and try to force a sale during the conversation. If you want to avoid that, not only should you enter a bogus number, but also a fake name and disposable e-mail address, lest they may try to get your phone number from other sources.

Mac/Linux version of Fluency | Arrogant?

FarkasAndras — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:39:00 +0000

Forum: Fluency support
Topic: Mac/Linux version of Fluency
Poster: FarkasAndras
Post title: Arrogant?

I see nothing wrong with asking for contact details for a beta test. Asking for a phone number is odd but the email address is pretty much essential. The whole point is to get the software tested, so they need to be in contact with users: ask whether they are getting certain bugs, let them know about workarounds, new versions, features they would like people to test or just ask them if the software is working well for them.

Whether it makes sense for a translator to participate in the beta is another question. If you are interested in the software and are willing to use it while always keeping a backup option open for rescuing jobs in case of trouble, why not?

[Edited at 2014-12-20 19:39 GMT]

Mac/Linux version of Fluency | Direct download links

Dominique Pivard — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:48:00 +0000

Forum: Fluency support
Topic: Mac/Linux version of Fluency
Poster: Dominique Pivard
Post title: Direct download links

[quote]esperantisto wrote:
requesting to input personal data in order to download a beta version is, IMHO, quite arrogant of them. [/quote]
Look, direct links, no personal data needed ;-)

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Incredibly slow downloads, btw.

Mac/Linux version of Fluency | I won’t bother…

esperantisto — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:00:00 +0000

Forum: Fluency support
Topic: Mac/Linux version of Fluency
Poster: esperantisto
Post title: I won’t bother…

…because it’s still beta (bugs possible) but requires Java 8 (even more bugs possible). And requesting to input personal data in order to download a beta version is, IMHO, quite arrogant of them.

Mac/Linux version of Fluency

Dominique Pivard — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:43:00 +0000

Forum: Fluency support
Topic: Mac/Linux version of Fluency
Poster: Dominique Pivard

Just learned (here) Western Standard has released (Java-based) Mac & Linux versions of its Fluency tool. Funny they didn't even bother to announce it on this forum, btw. Has anyone tried it?