one great feature of 7.5 will be remote assistants that way if a gw Micro staff member needs to look at an issue there's no need to ship it to them anymore at least when there's an internet connection. Will this remote assistants cost the end user or will it be free?
On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > I can understand why GW needed to make some of the under the hood > changes that Doug talked about in that Blind Bargains interview; those > lay the groundwork for support of programs, including web browsers. But > changing the interface more important than fixing web support? That > one's a head scratcher for me. Sure, there are issues with people and > the present interface. But plenty of people manage it just fine. On the > other hand, with the web, support still relying on msaa, no support for > dynamic html etc, it feels like the priorities got mixed up. Better to > implement the web stuff now and put off the interface change until some > other time. I appreciate that GW is a company that has to make money, > and it has been a long time between paid upgrades. They've put out a > lot of freebees, including 64-bit and support for Win 7. I don't > personally benefit from any of that, because I made the decision to > stick with xp until I really have no choice. I'm sure we'll hear more > in the weeks to come, but from what I heard in that interview, if the > interface isn't a major issue for you, you will see no benefits in > terms of improved interaction with applications. > > Somebody in that interview, I think it was Doug, mentioned IE9, that > the new WE will work with ie9 via ui automation. But if browse mode > hasn't changed and still relies on msaa, I don't understand. I think he > also said we wouldn't see any web improvements this time, so, as I say, > I'm confused. What did I miss? > > Mary > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
