Can you please enlighten me on the LiveCode versions?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Tony,

Go to http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ and scroll down to 6.6.4. 
Find the STABLE release and download that. This is what you can use for 
production work.

Sometimes, you need new features that aren't available in 6.6.4 yet. You 
might download an RC of a later version and try it. If it works, you can 
use it, but you may want to avoid using it for official releases of your 
software.

If you need a very new feature (like the new unicode features that are 
available in LiveCode 7), you may try a DP, but you probably don't want 
to use it for production work. However, you may want to test it and see 
if it is useful for future projects. If you think it isn't or if you 
find bugs, you can report those and hopefully the bugs get fixed in the RC.

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On 10/16/2014 18:20, MCLAWHORN, TONY wrote:
> Heather
>
> I've been searching for some answers but have not found any yet.  The question is which version of LiveCode should I be using?  LiveCode 6.6.4 (rc1) was just announced... what about LiveCode 7.0 (rc2)?  I'm just confused as to why LiveCode is putting effort into what seems to me to be two parallel programs doing the same thing at which at one point I assume they will be phased out and we'll have LiveCode 8.0.   Any input will greatly relieve my mind and maybe give me better info as to which version I need to be using while waiting on version 8.0.   By-the-way,  I been waiting for the better part of a year waiting for sockets to be available for mobile devices.  Any hope you can give me on that front?  I really don't want to die of old age before I get a chance to create apps just waiting for mobile sockets (iOS and Android).  Thanks but don't send me info for third party solutions to mobile sockets... tried them and they suck.  Got sockets working on Mac/PC and I simply LOVE the w
ay you guys have done this.  Just hoping the implementation on mobile devices are going to be similar.
>
> Thanks.
>