Dear Bill,

@2-Apr-2005, 13:43 -0600 (02-Apr 20:43 UK time) Bill McCarthy [BM] in
mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to TB:

W>   Current beta is 3.0.9.12 Return

Correct. That is the version we are all engaged in testing right now.

W> Should it not say:

W>   Current alpha is 3.0.9.12 Return
W>   Current beta is 3.0.2.10

No. 3.0.2.10 is not the current beat version. Sure, it was the last
stable beta we saw, but any beta test reports on that version are
worthless to us here or to RITlabs. I accept that the 3.0.9 series is
the least stable beta series ever brought to air in the history of TB
betas. But it is a radical set of changes. It is also improving with
every iteration. I now find it very usable with only a few quirks and
discomforts.

W> Also, it is getting more difficult to find beta posts in the maze
W> of alpha posts that fail to identify themselves. Perhaps using the
W> term alpha in the subject line would not be too much to ask?

W> That way it would be easy to filter those emails to trash.

I don't understand this point at all. Either you are taking part in
the testing of new versions as announced on the TBBETA list (whether
they are described as alpha, pre-beta or whatever) or you only want to
use stable / released versions.

The use of the phrase "pre-beta" is nothing more than an
acknowledgement by RITlabs that they have (being put under pressure by
an impatient beta test team) released this series a little earlier in
the development process than they might have wished. That doesn't mean
it's not a beta. Quite the contrary.

-- 
Cheers --  //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user
TB! v3.0.9.12 Return on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
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