Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > [v2] will only contain a completion of the feature set we're already > testing for that release and /possibly/ a gesture in the direction > of customisable toolbars.
In an interview with Stefan Tanurkov published on your web site at http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/interview.html, the author himself announced the following features and the imminence of the first beta release (that was in January 2000). Let me quote: "The general concept will be absolute flexibility in interface customization" "Version 2 will have an alternative editor which will be fully compatible with Windows editors, but it will have extra features like optional virtual space. It might even just be a plugin." "We are planning to make the Linux version when Delphi for Linux will be available (this year, as promised by Inprise, Inc)." Plugins: "Yes, that is true. It will be possible to extend The Bat! using DLLs AND scripts." "Almost everything will be plug-in/script driven (menu items, toolbar buttons, macros, filter actions etc. included)." Non-fixed-width font: "Yes". Redefinable shortcuts: "Yes". PGP: "PGP messages will be handled in a completely different way :-)" (whatever that was supposed to mean). Encryption of attachments to encypted e-mails: "Yes". Newsreader: "We still have not decided on what it will look like - as a plug-in or as a built-in function..." Scripting: "I guess, we will end up making it possible to add a script language plug-in so users can choose what scripting language they'd like to use :-)" Hooks for virus scanning: "Yes". Improvement of IMAP 4 support: "Yes". Words, of course, are cheap. If version 2 can be defined from the above, we are still very far from v2!... I am not running the current beta, so I may be missing a few things, but all in all it looks like TB's development is not following any well-defined path and the "revolutionary" V2 will be a mere offspring of v1.53 with a few gimmicks, including (lo and behold) a calculator and a scratchpad! > The truth is that 1.54 is almost certain to be released as the first > V2 early next year. Strange. V2 had been announced as being built from the group up: ------------- Q: v2.0 is rumored to have been built from the ground up (not from version 1.x), is this true? R: Well, almost. There are only a few things that will not change too much. ------------- > There is a credibility issue in saying "This is V2", I would concur that there is a general credibility issue with the development of version 2. The more so since the first beta was supposed to see the light of day in February 2000: ------------- Q: When will the beta be released? R: Do not know yet. Soon, I hope :-) I suppose (but not promise) that it will be February of this year. ------------- That was nearly two years ago... I rest my case. Kind regards, R�mi Pach -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
