lol. well maybe it will be ready for download by then? I hope nothing bad has 
happend to it. I would hate for the state to have wasted all this money on me 
for nothing. That would suck. and I more than likely would have to give 
something back.

GF


On Jun 19, 2010, at 1:04 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote:

> Not at all, man. We're cool. Karen and I go back a long way, maybe twenty or 
> thirty feet. No heat y'all.
> 
> Regarding the way Pro Tools is developed, many departments work on various 
> aspects of the application and versions are tracked by user and group. At any 
> given moment, there could be dozens of versions on the server. At various 
> points, changes are incorporated into the master version. thing is, at 
> absolutely any point in the process, if, for example, there are inexplicable 
> problems and the development team suspects that certain groups or programmers 
> made some errors, the features could be peeled back.
> 
> Actually, the changes to the UI to support VoiceOver were originally supposed 
> to be incorporated into version 8.0.3 but, for whatever reason, it didn't 
> happen and it was rolled over to 8.0.4.
> 
> There's no specific reason to think that the stuff didn't make it in but, 
> hey, like I said, independent verification would be nice. I'll be away until 
> Monday. Maybe I'll get a chance to download.
> 
> Slau
> 
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:21 PM, clarence griffin wrote:
> 
>> wow, I can't believe that we are getting in to this heated debate like this. 
>> lol Kind of funny. I just wish they would hurry the hell up and drop this 
>> thing so we all can play with it! F**k all that BS you guys are talking. lol.
>> In my experiences as a beta tester, Programmers don't want to do extra work 
>> to take something out of a 99.9 percent completed program. If the last beta 
>> was accessible and avid was directly in touch with blind people for their 
>> input, what would make anyone think that they would strip all that work out 
>> of the final product? that would realy mean undoing pretty much everything 
>> they did over the last months.
>> How smart would that be?
>> Just my thoughts.
>> 
>> GF
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
>> 
>>> Karen,
>>> 
>>> First, please call me Slau.
>>> 
>>> Second, Digidesign never guarantees that anything in a beta will appear in 
>>> the final release. Now, listen carefully: I have no reason to believe the 
>>> changes were not implemented. I have every reason to believe they are. All 
>>> I said was that, until someone confirms it with the commercial release of 
>>> 8.0.4, we can't say with absolute certainty that everything is as we've 
>>> expected. What did you learn as a journalist? Check your facts. That's all 
>>> I'm suggesting. Once again, all I'm saying is that we're talking as if it's 
>>> a done deal but I have yet to hear that someone has installed 8.0.4.
>>> 
>>> slau
>>> 
>>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jerry,
>>>> A beta release as you just noted, is *not* a commercial release.  to my 
>>>> mind commercial releases are official.
>>>> If digi backs this, then why have they not told you, firmly, that the 
>>>> changes exist?
>>>> 
>>>> Karen
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Slau Halatyn wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Karen,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm not sure what you mean by "official release." Of course, it's 
>>>>> officially a Pro Tools release. If you mean, whether it has the changes 
>>>>> implemented in the beta, again, I don't mean to alarm anyone but I have 
>>>>> yet to hear of someone downloading the update, installing it and 
>>>>> confirming the changes. I'm cautiously optimistic.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyone? Just asking again. If I have a chance on Monday, I'll try to 
>>>>> confirm.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Slau
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> So, this is not an official release yet?
>>>>>> This is why I am waiting.  until its officially out, anything can happen.
>>>>>> Karen
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, clarence griffin wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> no upgrade to get yet.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> GF
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It's not a dumb question at all. Here's a very important thing to 
>>>>>>>> note. While the accessibility improvements were clearly featured in 
>>>>>>>> the beta release of 8.0.4 HD, LE and M-Powered. Until someone actually 
>>>>>>>> confirms it with the commercial release, there's no way to guarantee 
>>>>>>>> it. By all means, we're all quite confident that the improvements were 
>>>>>>>> implemented but I have yet to hear from anyone that they've downloaded 
>>>>>>>> and installed the commercial version. I'm still on the beta and have 
>>>>>>>> not yet gotten around to doing the upgrade. Has anyone else?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This may sound like an extremely improbable thing but, it's possible 
>>>>>>>> that things might've changed before the release. That's why most 
>>>>>>>> companies ask testers not to talk about beta versions. In case 
>>>>>>>> something happens and a feature must be shelved until a future 
>>>>>>>> release, they don't want people to have expectations.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Again, not to alarm anyone but, frankly, I haven't heard of anyone 
>>>>>>>> installing the commercial version yet. Anyone? I personally won't have 
>>>>>>>> a chance to upgrade my HD system until a week from now, at best.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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