Hello Miles, On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:54:38 -0500 GMT (01/02/03, 09:54 +0700 GMT), Miles Alexander wrote:
> Effing fun eh? I don't understand your sentiment. You use a beta version and are surprised that something doesn't work yet? A beta version is an unfinished version that is being tested. When you use it, you become a beta *tester*, and it really makes no sense to *not* read the beta list in such cases. Sorry for my outbreak. I have met just too many people on mailing lists recently who download beta versions and have no idea what "beta" means. This is not against you, but a new kind of mentality out there in cyberspace. To make it clear: "beta" does not mean "the latest". It means it is the "second unfinished version - please test for bugs" and any software developer will confirm to you that a beta version of any software *will* contain bugs. That's what beta testing is for: to find these bugs. It makes absolutely *no sense* to use a beta version and not at least monitor the beta list (beta lists for beta communities about the size of TBBETA, other options for smaller/larger groups). Then to fix these bugs, and when everybody is happy, send out a release version that is fit for the general public. Your comment above was therefore inappropriate. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/5 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
