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Klaatu, 3/24/2006, 2:36:06 PM,
it'll >> never be anything but.

Just an FYI to the OP, so he doesn't bother if he doesn't want to use
software that is in perpetual beta.
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That is not necessarily bad. It means there is an author who is
constantly working on bugs and/or enhancements. I'd rather have that
than an old stale version that falls behind the times. Some authors
use the word "beta" and some just keep changing version numbers.
What's the difference?
 
Klaatu, 3/24/2006, 2:36:06 PM,


That is not necessarily bad.
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Didn't say it was. But it could be. Better to let the OP know, though,
don't you agree?
It means there is an author who is constantly working on bugs
and/or enhancements.
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Not necessarily. It could mean an author who is too afraid to call
something "good enough for release", or an author who wants people to
believe it's still being worked on. It's hard to beleive it's as you
state in the case of Dialog, since there hasn't been a new public "beta"
to fix it's bugs or offer enhancements for more than 13 months.
I'd rather have that than an old stale version that falls behind
the times. Some authors use the word "beta" and some just keep
changing version numbers. What's the difference?
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You seem to be opposed to the OP having this information. Why?
 
Seconded; it's the only one which I've tried which doesn't drive me up
the wall.

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Thirded ... if that's a word :o)

Xnews get good reviews but not user friendly in my opinion. Just my opinion
though!
 
Free Agent
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/download.php
40tude dialog
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I vote for FREE AGENT. I used it in its
infancy for a number of years and finally
bought it. THE LATEST PAID VERSION has
EMAIL and multiple NEW SERVER capability
AND MULTIPLE IDENTITY capability as well
as many other bells and whistles..

It is definitely better than anything I have
used and I have tried about 5 of em in my time.
 
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:36:06 GMT, Klaatu wrote:

Just an FYI to the OP, so he doesn't bother if he doesn't want to use
software that is in perpetual beta.
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You make it sound like that's a bad thing. ;-)

TMK the programmer is planning to release a paid version in the
future, but he promised there will always be a free version. The fact
that it's beta doesn't mean much in this case. Or at least, that's my
opinion. I tried Dialog a few times and was quite impressed. It was
pretty stable at that time, but it was a bit too slow for my taste.
(Don't know if this is the same with the latest release...)
 
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:43:54 +0100, Gert van der Kooij wrote...
My favorite also, I even paid for it when it wasn't free yet.
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Same here. Not quite as intuitive for beginners as some but it does the
business.
 
kapok said:
The more I think about it, evaluating software is quite an art. Many
things are not immediately apparent, and being creatures of habit we are
ingrained into doing things the way we first learned to do them. Properly
trying out software takes some time and an open mind.
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I agree!
In fact, it can take me months to become adequately familiar with a
complex program.

With commercial products, it can take maybe a half year until I know
whether I even want to own it or not. This is one of the reasons why
freeware has been useful -- there's no penalty to this personal consumer
evaluation. However, the downside is that one must plow through
uncharted waters a lot.

But one can't find IrfanView at software stores, nor Open Office!

Richard
 
badgolferman said:
Klaatu, 3/24/2006,4:26:19 PM, wrote:




Not at all. I just don't think something being in beta is always bad.
That's all I was saying.
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A lot of software is, when you think about it, always in beta. For
example, Windows is always beta. And guess who the beta testers are?

Richard
 
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