RE: constant harping about new versions
- From: "emarquette" <emarquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 11:41:52 -0500
I think there are some good points in the message below.
I do agree that silly inquiries like, "Has FS released version 5.1 yet,"
is a waste of everyone's time and bandwidth.
When, however, Freedom Scientific promises something, like Citrix
support, during the fourth quarter of 2003, then the first quarter of
2004, then nothing happens (and we are in the midst of the third quarter
of 2004), commentary is worthwhile.
For some of us, Citrix support is crucial. For none of us were the
sound manager bells and whistles crucial.
JAWS is absolutely the only word processor for MS Word, the recognition
of tables, colors, fonts, track changes, margin settings, style changes
and the like being unavailable anywhere else (and certain other screen
readers would do well to add these crucial features), but the other guys
have Citrix and JAWS doesn't.
We shouldn't have to run two screen readers to do our jobs (I don't have
two word processors), and I think Freedom Scientific needs to be taken
to task for errors in its priorities.
If messages like that below prompt enough people to contact Freedom
Scientific (just posting here won't do it), then maybe the next round of
enhancements will be substantive.
By the way, not all the 5.0 enhancements were mere bells and whistles.
The bookmarking feature in Internet Explorer, for example, was
definitely a worthwhile enhancement.
Ed Marquette
930 West 34th St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 561- 7111
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barry Campbell
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:36 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: constant harping about new versions
Dean:
Yes I agree with you to a point but when people from Freedom promise
release dates and enhancements and do not deliver it promotes =
speculation. For example at the 2002 ACB convension I was told by Eric D
that version = 5 would have Citrix support but when it came out of
course we know it did = not. They instead spent a large variety of time
working on this sound scheme garbage. If we as programmers and data
base entry persons are to = continue to function in the world we need
real meat and potatos fixes not what freedom has been producing lately.
Not a cerman but a thought
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
Behalf Of Dean Martineau
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:48 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: constant harping about new versions
I have never understood the constant prattle about new versions. =
Freedom=20 Scientific has demonstrated that when they actually have
something, = whether=20 it be a public beta or a release, they know how
to announce it. They = know=20 how to market! Dave has now announced,
with some perception of certainty, that version = 6=20 is coming out in
October. Dave, with what authority do you make this=20 pronouncement?
Also, how does it matter? Until it's out, we don't have =
it. When it's out, we do. The endless questions and rumors don't alter
=
the release in any way. Based on history, we know the next version will
=
fix some problems, add some features, and create some new problems.
I=20 appreciate that we have no control over people who join the list
and = then=20 ask about new versions, but it would be an enhancement to
the quality of =
the list of existing members refrained from discussing useless =
conjecture=20 until it turns from conjecture to certainty.
Dean
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