On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Mark O'Neill wrote:
Curiosity killed the cat, but...
Why are people still using RB5.5.5 (and below)
instead of RB2006r2 and, more aptly, write here to
complain that certain features don't work in their
old version of RB?
Some reason people have given include :
- the RB 5.5 IDE launches and executes quicker than RB 2005/2006 on
the same hardware
- compiles in 5.5 are faster
- the IDE itself. It has floating palettes for controls which
people with multiple monitors prefer
- the debugger lets you modify values as you debug (2005/2006 doesn't)
- stability. The 5.5 IDE rarely quits or crashes and the 2005/2006
IDE did so more frequently (although I find them reasonably stable)
- don't need the new features of 2005/2006 and associated new bugs
& issues
- support for older Mac OS systems (which is why some people are
still using version 4 and 5)
and I'm sure there are some I've missed.
Personally I've been using 5.5 and 2005. I have not moved any
projects up to 2006R2 yet as my client is about to release.
2006R1 was not usable for them because of a few bugs and 2006R2 hit
too late in the cycle to move up to it before release. That may
happen after release as there are a number of bug fixes in 2006R2
that they could use.
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