Bryan Anderson wrote: BA> But....what has happened? I buy the software, install it and sign BA> up to the mailing list only to discover dissent in the BA> ranks....what is the score with the licence and why are so many BA> people unhapy with the new version?
I think there's a feeling that a lot of features were promised for 2.x. With the sudden announcement of 3.0 before these features were fully implemented folks feel they are being forced to pay again for features they already paid for. And, it's easy to argue that the major version bump and upgrade fees were purely a marketing move, unwarranted by the feature set. There's also been growing dissatisfaction on the beta list with Ritlabs' development process. They appear to ignore existing bugs to implement new features. Also, the releases, both beta and official, are getting sloppy. BA> Have I made a guff in deciding to stay away from Outlook and stay BA> with/invest in The Bat!? It depends. Go into it with your eyes open and you'll probably be OK. As I see it, the good stuff is: It's a powerful product. Spend some time learning to use it, and it will pay off. It's pretty safe. It does its own HTML rendering, refusing to download external images or execute code. It'll work hard to prevent you from launching an attached virus. Good support from these lists. This is a great community; treasure it. The bad stuff: The company has a history of poor customer relations. The 3.0 fiasco is pretty much a repeat of 2.0 a year ago. Really bad documentation. It's obviously not a priority, and it'll make you glad these lists exist. Sloppy development. IMO their betas are really alphas, and their releases are betas. What is being pitched as 3.0 is arguably 2.13 beta 10. In fact, I think the 3.0 release version had *no* external testing before release. Don't upgrade as soon as you see a new release. Monitor the lists and learn from the experience of the early adopters. I've tried to be fair here, but to give you some idea of where I'm coming from I'm one of the people who was really pissed about the 3.0 release. I went ahead and paid for it, but in retrospect feel pretty sick about it. Final advice: pay for features, not promises. -- George Using The Rat! 3.0 on Windows XP Pro 5.1, Build 2600, Service Pack 1. ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
