On 6/25/10 8:23 AM, "Mike Haynes N4ZNV" <[email protected]> wrote:
> One approach for Mac testers could be to set up another account on the Mac > that is used for testing only and keep the main account for stable releases. > Mike, Your suggested approach will work; however, I prefer to test each new release by using it the way I use it everyday. When I was in the software business, I had a saying that the enemy of good was better and the test of any new software update was that it needed to allow users to do what they used to do and include some new and/or better features they may want to try. In the case of 3.21.0AF to 3.20.17 I got burned by just installing the newer version. This was the first time since becoming an fldigi alpha tester I have encountered xml incompatibilities. It is best for the alpha testers to encounter the incompatibles rather than having them show up after a release. I have now started over as new user with fresh fldigi_def.xml file. It has been a pain to remember and reset all of my personal preferences. This is not a bid deal for an alpha tester and is a good refresher for what new users experience. I just sent Dave another tip that he may want to consider for the some future release regarding the transmitter ID or Video Preamble for CW, PSK31 and RTTY. Starting over caused me to find something that Dave may want to change on one of the default configuration panels. Dick AA5VU _______________________________________________ fldigi-alpha mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fldigi-alpha
