9Val, > So, how some testers have already seen, I've returned at the > beginning of the week. It took a long time to read all messages :-)
Good to see your smiling face. > We are taking course to not-fixed-date releases, which means no > deadlines and no rush. Only approved by your responses versions will > be named releases. Good idea. > Currently main directions of TB! development are: > - IMAP > - Unicode support > - HTML editor improvements > - Customization > - Bug-fixes I noticed the responses so far reflect not too much complaining, and some joking around. It sounds like the list mostly approves. Worthy goals all, I think, including html editor improvements. And good allocation of resources if you have several people to give each task. I don't need unicode, but I know that a lot of people do. This list will bring TB to being a very fine program if given the time it really needs. It would be nice to see things like nntp in TB. But I know how long these things take. I am already an old man. I don't want to wait years for TB to be as good as Agent is with newsgroups. And, I don't think there is any point in doing it if you aren't going to do it right. Forte says they got to the current release version of Agent in 9 years. Maybe RIT could do it in 8. My suggestion for long term goals would be to really focus on coming up with excellent new ideas that nobody else is doing. The world already has a good nntp client, there are several email clients that have added calendaring/scheduling in the past year or two. "Me Too" has limited benefit as a development strategy, although a certain amount of it is necessary. The mail ticker was a great new idea. More of that kind of thing would be the wisest direction to go. I think. -- Gleason Using The Bat! v3.5.30 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Primarily using the Fastmail IMAP server which uses Cyrus. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.31 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
