>>I am getting hopelessly lost and confused regarding what the current >>version >> of which programme is the latest and which platform(s) it runs on. >> >> Would it be an idea to include a Software Updates Page in the >> QUANTA >> Magazine listing all the popular applications, what their latest >> version >> is, >> the platform(s) it runs on, where it's available from and how much >> it >> costs? >> Clearly this will mean some regular correspondence between the >> "tinkerer"(s) >> and the "editor" but may help a number of people who do not have >> www.access >> from their Black box QLs and therefore rely on hard written >> publications >> to >> keep their interests alive. >> > > A fine idea in theory, but I suspect it will not work in practice. I > am now > writing my third news section for QL Today, and have discovered > there are > only a handful of people who send their news items to the magazine. > At one > stage I thought I would have to make up the news for the last issue: Another problem faced by people like Marcel and myself I suppose is that we release frequent updates, the frequency combined with printed magazine lead times that news is often old hat and out of date by the time you get to read it (not a dig at Quanta or QL Today in any shape or form).
I don't routinely keep a list of what versions of all programs I'm at, but I'm sure given a day off I could come up with a list of my software versions. Either organisation's editors are of course welcome to grab news off my website - keep an eye on the 'List of recent updates' page accessed via the link at the bottom of my home page, or go direct to: www.dilwyn.uk6.net/history.html where I make brief notes largely for my own reference of what changed on what page of my website on what date. I stopped putting a news page on my website as I wasn't able to keep it up to date enough! -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.8/260 - Release Date: 14/02/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
