Topic       : Documentation for Thing
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View Ref-FileThanks!                                                               Thing

By Arnol Welzel

I'd like to thank some people without whose assistance, suggestions, 
support etc. the implementation of Thing would not have turned out so 
nicely (in alphabetical order):

  Thomas Binder
    For TOS2GEM and his helpful tips and suggestions with MiNT and MinixFS 
    and ongoing Thing development beyond v1.0.

  Stefan Brusch
    For his outstanding UUCP software, without which the combined beta
    testing effort over the Internet would have been a lot more hassle!

  Volker Burggräf
    For his assistance 'transferring' files between Augsburg and Oldenburg 
    and beta testing.
 
  Joe ConnorInterActive UK Support

Joe Connor
65 Mill Road
Colchester
CO4 5LJ
Engand

Email:
jconnor@cix.co.uk
 (InterActive)
    For this English translation and support for English Thing users via 
    InterActive.

  Thomas Künneth
    For making available the XIMG loading routines for displaying coloured 
    background images

  Erik Meltzer
    For the production of a TeX handbook and helpful TeX & LaTeX tips.
 
  Hartwig zur Nieden
    For his helpful information about the AV Protocol and the excellent 
    file search tool ParaFin which works outstandingly well with Thing.

  Thomas Schulze
    For the MiNT/MultiTOS documentation in ST-Guide format and the 
    'Dcheneva' fonts for Thing.

  Holger Weets
    For his genial ST-Guide hypertext system and PacShell which since
    v2.58 supports the AV Protocol and Drag&Drop allowing it to work 
    superbly together with Thing.
 
    Holger is also one of those 'pernickety' beta testers with a natural 
    instinct to find new bugs and remember all the things I 'forget'!

I'd also like to thank all the other beta testers and every registered 
user, happily already too numerous to mention by name, for your patience, 
suggestions and the faith you have expressed in my work!


By Thomas Binder:

I too would naturally like to thank a number of people who are or were 
helping me to drive further development of Thing forward (like Arno also 
in alphabetical order):

  Arno Welzel
    Most especially for Thing and his trust in transferring further 
    development of Thing to me.

  Mario Becroft
    For his parameters substitution function, which has at last made it 
    into Thing.

  Joe ConnorInterActive UK Support

Joe Connor
65 Mill Road
Colchester
CO4 5LJ
Engand

Email:
jconnor@cix.co.uk
 (InterActive)
    For continuing the translation into English and the support for Thing 
    in England and other countries.

  Jens Hiescher
    For the MultiTOS-compatible operating system N.AES for MiNT.

  Dirk Klemmt
    For the new 3D-look and his help, specially at the ATARI-Messe 1997 
    and for the optimistion of the Thing code.

  J.Kock
     For undertaking the registration process in Sweden.

  Thomas Künneth
    For the XIMG loading module ThingImg.

  Andreas Kromke
    For MagiC and his comments in Atari.Soft, where I often don't know 
    whether I should just laugh or really get annoyed ...

  Rainer Mannigel
    For the continued development of N.AES.

  Milan Computersysteme GbR
     (and naturally also all others participating directly or indirectly 
     in developing the Milan computer) for the Milan, and for the decision 
     to use Thing (even if under the name Ming, which you can blame me for) 
     as the desktop for the computer.

  Peter West (TransAction)
    For the translation of ThingIcn 1.10 and Thing 1.2x into English (based 
    on work by Joe Connor for previous versions). If all goes well, the 
    English version of Thing 1.27 should appear this time only a few days 
    or weeks after the German.

  Woller Systeme
    For the continued commercial distribution of N.AES

Naturally also thanks to the various beta testers not named here, some of 
whom have done really sterling work, and to the users who have remained 
faithful to Thing till now despite serious new competition -- some even 
paid for the update at the ATARI-Messe although Thing 1.20 was not yet 
available there (thanks to the enormous workloads that I had imposed on 
myself).