In reply to Hugh Lashbrooke.

I can guarantee you that the core development team is always open to *constructive* feedback.

@Hugh, @Jeff,

That evidently depends on what the development team chooses to deem "constructive."

You see, I am not talking through lack of experience. After a year or so of using WordPress, I started to realize that some of the issues I was experiencing could not be addressed by the support forums for themes and plugins on wordpress.org, so I Googled for further information.

My Google searches took me to Trac and Make, where I saw non-developers like me getting repeatedly trashed by developers -- and especially by core developers. I was appalled. (And, frankly, of the core developers whose names I know, there are only two whom I haven't seen engage in that sort of conduct.)

But my Google searches also brought me to the Tavern, where there appeared to be genuine discussions about WordPress issues. So that's when I started commenting here. And I've found a number of people who are clearly experiencing the same frustrations as I do.

Apparently, though, I should take my medicine on Trac and Make and the like, and be abused just like those other poor devils before me! Catch 22 comes to mind.