4.6

[stephen barncard]

I'm not disappointed in the 'lack' of new features. A lot of stuff is going
on 'under the hood'.

Stability and bug fixes are always a big feature. Improvements to mobile
eventually work their way back to the desktop (and plugin and server), as
the team are revising major parts of the engine as they go along, so we
developers can truly 'write once, use anywhere'.

We developers usually work on no more that 2 platforms on a project, they
must do it on 6 now, and they all must be 'perfect' because they are not
just programs, but ones that create a legacy of standards that must be
maintained.

Over the years I've gotten more and more confidence in Kevin and his team in
providing the continuation and expanding of a platform that works for me and
many others. I trust these guys to stay on top of the changing landscape,
and to keep improving the core product.  I see a great future for this
company and I'm here for the long haul.

As we have a big conference coming up next month in San Jose I imagine we
will more great things coming with Livecode very soon. I'll be there.

On 25 March 2011 10:17, Peter Haworth <pete at mollysrevenge.com> wrote:

> I have no idea why but my upgrade to 4.6 didn't have a cost attached to it,
> I guess I somehow paid for it in the past.
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> I was happy to see a couple of things in the new release.  Substacks within
> a main stack are now listed alphabetically, making it much easier to find
> them in large applications.  And after the recent posts I made about not
> liking the way LC summarily enforced About and Preferences on Mac, there is
> now a way to control whether those menu items are created or not.
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> But I'm left with this vague feeling that it's hard to think of this as a
> major release for desktop developers.  It includes a lot of new features for
> people who are developing mobile apps but for those of us who are
> concentrating on desktop right now, there really isn't much to get excited
> about.  RunRev list 13 new features and, for me personally, I don't think
> there's one that is of much use in any of my current projects.
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> II'm sure there are users out there who welcome some of the new desktop
> features but if I had to pay for this release, I would not have upgraded.
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