Forum: XTM Cloud support
Topic: Neverending Problems With XTM Connection and Other Issues
Poster: Xaenor
Sometimes I face the misfortune of reviewing large projects in XTM. Several thousand segments, most of them repetitions that still need to be checked in case a TM substitution was erroneous somewhere. So there I go, scrolling through with Alt+Down in a large document - a simple method that works perfectly fine with MemSource, Trados, MemoQ or any number of smaller proprietary tools that I used in the past.
But not XTM - never XTM!.. Every 7-8 segments, the same message pops up, the dreaded "There appears to be trouble with the connection between your browser and the server."
Now, even if this were true - even if I did have a spotty Internet connection - it would be quite alright to only warn me once. However, every other tool, stream, web-site, ping and tracer to any domain show that my connection is perfectly fine. I actually had to switch ISPs at some point in the past and used a number of different PCs and a laptop for a good measure - but nothing could conquer the stubborn XTM in its desire to remind me that something was wrong.
This issue adds to the pile of other unrefined and undercooked "features" that XTM suffers from. For instance, when I switch to a new segment, is there a reason why my cursor is always placed at the very end instead of the place where I actually clicked? Sometimes it gets ridiculous - I click a word in a new segment that I want to edit, the system waits for a second or so, making me think that the cursor will remain in place - and only THEN, after I start typing, it decides to shift me to the end of the line. Why?!
Why am I not allowed to mass-select and approve multiple segments at a time? Why is the main window limited to show only 300 segments and not more? Why can't I insert a term translation by a simple left-click and instead have to either use a three-key combo or right-click the term in the suggestions window and only then choose an option to insert it? Why, when searching concordance, does it default to a Target view instead of the source? Concordance primarily exists to look up past translations, does it not? At least that's how I use it 99% of the time, but there is no option in XTM to customize this behaviour.
XTM is, without a doubt, the worst system I have ever worked with. I wish customers avoided it. I would certainly never use it of my own volition. I highly doubt that anyone on the XTM development team actually tried to translate or review large projects as part of testing. I feel nothing but frustration at XTM and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Topic: Neverending Problems With XTM Connection and Other Issues
Poster: Xaenor
Sometimes I face the misfortune of reviewing large projects in XTM. Several thousand segments, most of them repetitions that still need to be checked in case a TM substitution was erroneous somewhere. So there I go, scrolling through with Alt+Down in a large document - a simple method that works perfectly fine with MemSource, Trados, MemoQ or any number of smaller proprietary tools that I used in the past.
But not XTM - never XTM!.. Every 7-8 segments, the same message pops up, the dreaded "There appears to be trouble with the connection between your browser and the server."
Now, even if this were true - even if I did have a spotty Internet connection - it would be quite alright to only warn me once. However, every other tool, stream, web-site, ping and tracer to any domain show that my connection is perfectly fine. I actually had to switch ISPs at some point in the past and used a number of different PCs and a laptop for a good measure - but nothing could conquer the stubborn XTM in its desire to remind me that something was wrong.
This issue adds to the pile of other unrefined and undercooked "features" that XTM suffers from. For instance, when I switch to a new segment, is there a reason why my cursor is always placed at the very end instead of the place where I actually clicked? Sometimes it gets ridiculous - I click a word in a new segment that I want to edit, the system waits for a second or so, making me think that the cursor will remain in place - and only THEN, after I start typing, it decides to shift me to the end of the line. Why?!
Why am I not allowed to mass-select and approve multiple segments at a time? Why is the main window limited to show only 300 segments and not more? Why can't I insert a term translation by a simple left-click and instead have to either use a three-key combo or right-click the term in the suggestions window and only then choose an option to insert it? Why, when searching concordance, does it default to a Target view instead of the source? Concordance primarily exists to look up past translations, does it not? At least that's how I use it 99% of the time, but there is no option in XTM to customize this behaviour.
XTM is, without a doubt, the worst system I have ever worked with. I wish customers avoided it. I would certainly never use it of my own volition. I highly doubt that anyone on the XTM development team actually tried to translate or review large projects as part of testing. I feel nothing but frustration at XTM and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
