Yes, old does not necessarily mean bad; it just means old and unmaintained. This change log list considerable amount of bug fixes since 2011. https://morphometrics.uk/MorphoJ_guide/frameset.htm?changelog.htm.
Software sizes can grow for many different (not just bug fixes), but most likely due to the increase in the bundled libraries that provide new features that weren't available from a release in 2011. On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 10:32:06 PM UTC-7, Paul Penkalski wrote: > > We just want to be able to run it on a G5 with some other imaging and > systematics software that's already on that computer, for convenience. > For example, there is a great DICOM viewer called OsiriX that is > Mac-only (or it was). Now it's commercial, like Landmark Editor, but > the older versions are free and almost as powerful. Old doesn't > necessarily mean worse. Older versions of MS Word are much better than > the latest version. Ditto for Photoshop and some other commercial > apps. > > The 2011 version of MorphpJ was (apparently) around 7 MB in size, > whereas the new version is over 30 MB. That's much more than bug > fixes! > > It's very strange that older versions are not archived someplace. I > can understand the authors not wanting people to use beta test > versions, but it was an official release by 2011. > > > On 7/27/20, Murat Maga <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > Dear Paul, > > > > Apart from having a really old computer to run it, is there any other > > reason you are looking for a version that's at least eight years old? > > > > It has been awhile I used MorphoJ, but I suspect there has been many bug > > fixes since then, some of which may impact your analysis and results. > > > > On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 7:16:10 PM UTC-7, Paul Penkalski wrote: > >> > >> Hi All-- > >> Am still looking for an old version of MorphoJ that run on a Mac G4 or > >> G5 (OS 10.4.11 or 10.5). I think this means ver. 1.05a or earlier. > >> Hugo B. had a slightly later version but it won't run on PowerPC (or > >> needs a newer version of Java than is supported). > >> > >> It would be great of someone has a copy, which would save me having to > >> look up the authors of old papers that used MorphoJ and track them > >> down.... > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Paul P. > >> > >> > >> On 7/22/20, Paul Penkalski <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > Speaking of old versions, does anyone have (or know where are > >> > archived) old versions of MorphoJ, especially for the Mac..? I can > >> > usually find old software myself but cannot find any for MorphoJ. > >> > > >> > So, it may require someone who has kept an old Mac version around. > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance, > >> > Paul P. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 7/21/20, M. Viviana Toro Ibacache > >> > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Morphmet" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/morphmet2/55145845-47c6-4499-895b-dcba9049d959o%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Morphmet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/morphmet2/4a0d2f09-8eff-41db-8664-f4b3f57a1252o%40googlegroups.com.
