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Dec 1, 2002, 7:30am

Why don't you just release the public versions build by build instead of
building up a whole bunch of builds untill you get a new version. You could
create a new build with some improvements, alpha test in within the company
then release the build to be beta tested then release that build to the
public. it'd make feature additions more frequent so more wishes could be
satisfyed and it'd make old problems eaiser to fix

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Dec 1, 2002, 10:32am

Its all intertied, if it was released as it is now, you would still need the features they are still implimenting to utilise the origional 1s.

- Mark

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Dec 1, 2002, 5:30pm

well, it obvousally wouldn't work if implimented during a current beta but
what I'm saying it add everything you need for that feature or fix then beta
test it then relase it then if there's something wrong fix it in the next
build not the next version.

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Dec 1, 2002, 11:28pm

That's what they're doing. This is how long it takes. try having a little
more patience or go find another company to patronize.


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Dec 2, 2002, 9:40am

I'm in the beta program and I have no problem with waiting. What their doing
is version by version not build by build we're up to build 446 and 3.3 is
build 419.

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Dec 4, 2002, 5:07am

If they released any of the builds 420 through 446 to the public, they would probably have more complaints through e-mail in a day than they could possibly read in a month. Some new versions will naturally have more new features than others. I'm sure they would not want to be expected to put anywhere near as many new features into most new versions as they have added into the one we are currently beta testing. This one has an unusually large number of new features, and weather they release it too soon or at the right time is likely to make all the difference in the world between it ending up being the most hated new version ever and the most loved new version ever.

Fact is, if they sent out a new build to the beta testers that turned out to be liked by all the alpha testers and all the beta testers, as is, and no bugs were found within a reasonable period of time, they would probably slap a new splash screen on it, and send it out as a release version. That's not likely to happen, but it is theoretically possible... and a nice wish. :)

TechnoZeus

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Dec 4, 2002, 5:12am

I should clarify what I just said, because I just realized I didn't word it as I had intended. The way I worded it, actually "does" happen, but generally with a "release candidate" build. What I actually "meant" was, that it's not likely that an early beta build which is "not" a release candidate would be so well liked and so bug free that they would just put in a new splash screen to make it no longer say "beta" when you start it, and release it to everyone... but it is still a nice wish. :)

TechnoZeus

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