Hello TheBat Beta List Members!!! Someday, and that was in evening, Marek wrote something like this: >> So >> 1. GUI - like in v3 upgrade > afaik we can expect huge change in V4, nothing small as themes in V3
OK, but this is still only GUI - maybe big changes but this is still cosmetic thing for me. TB will look nicer. >> 2. Account wizard - it works now? .dsi files hmmm … >> 3. message labels >> For me nothing special. I forgot! I can add: gmail aka theba.net. >> But still for me that is not major version. > do You really expect all features in 4.0? Do You expect major > changes between 3.99 and 4.00? When version change and you must pay for new licence? Yes, I expect really big changes and privately one little bugfix (regression fix) - https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=5690. >> What normal user expect is: >> 1. HTML templates > afaik we can expect them next year in 4.x >> 2. HTML pictures > I hope we will see it in 4.0 already. Why not wait when this two things are ready and then give users v4? >> 3. Account like in OE (example: one Incoming folder for couple >> Accounts) > nice, but I do not expect this. And You can use common filters, do > not You? Yes, I know how to cheat this behavior, but this is not 100% OE style. All wishes from list you can find here: http://thebat.pl/forum/ This is not my wishes. >> 4. Improved backup and folder/message maintenance (.bin files >> problems) >> 5. RSS native support >> 6. better IMAP >> 7. better calendar and exchange support > afaik all were planned for 4.x, but do not expect them in 4.0. For > V4, new Microed with Unicode support is developed, as I expect, it > will be introduced in 4.x too. We can not wait? Or RITs can not wait to add really big changes and then go to v4? Major version comes with major improvements/changes. From this list for me (Im moderator on polish TB forum) it is very important number 4. There is very big problem with .bin files. When in normal TB installation we can try to import messages from this files, with OTFE it looks like mission impossible. For me this looks like huge problem, and I really do not want once again answer users to question about .bin files. >> 8. Linux version > I do not think, we will ever see The Bat! under Linux, if will be > developed in Delphi. And really do not think, You can do business in > this platform, nobody wants to pay for apps, because everything is > free. I will be first that pay for The Bat when it will be on this platform. BTW I paid for v2 and v3. Now I will consider to buy v4 in one polish newspaper (Komputer Swiat) that offers TB full license (without update) for 2,5 Euro. List with full versions are here: http://www.ks-ekspert.pl/archiwum/info/pne/index.html -- Thanks and best regards, Sebastian Murawski ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.99.24 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
