Re: Where is Version 3.0

Happy Holidays to everybody!

Just wanted to know, if there are any news about the release date of
the new version3?
Wanted to buy me a  belated Christmas present and this would just make
my day..

Thorsten

--- In [email protected], "Gregg Woodcock" <woodcock@S...> wrote:
> "Donald E. Stidwell" <don.stidwell@u...> wrote in message
> news:200412021852.31025.don.stidwell@u...
> >
> > On Thursday 02 December 2004 18:38, blbent wrote:
> > >  I received an email from Greg on Nov 13 informing me that ver 3 was
> > > imminent. Could we get an update?
> >
> > Agreed! I'm holding out on buying Yanoff until I see version 3
because I
> want
> > the wide screen support (which I assume will work on my Zodiac as
well).
> 
> Yes, things have slipped a little bit.  It turns out that the T3
does some
> very unusual things as far as screen/form update frequencies and
there were
> a few additional problems discovered but we have those all fixed. 
Then I
> discovered there is a beta T5 simulator available and so I
downloaded it and
> found a few other small things I want to get fixed first to make sure
> EVERYBODY can use the new release with no (big) problems.  There is
also a
> late-arrival conduit issue which I need to resolve also before
release.  Let
> me assure you that new device support (except no use of color yet) is
> E*X*C*E*L*L*E*N*T in 3.0!  You will be very pleased.  I expect to
release in
> a few days....
> 
> I am very sorry for the delay but, as it is frequently with software, it
> could only be avoided by releasing software that I *knew* had
problems and,
> obviously, I am *loathe* to do that!
> 
> Maybe some of the beta testers will chime in and give you some
feeling of
> how things are shaping up and their reactions to the improvements. 
In the
> meantime, here are the latest relnotes...
> 
> * Complete Hi-Res screen (inc Font Hack, Fonts4OS5, FontSubst) support
> (Yanoff+)
> * Complete screen sizes/shapes (DIA/slider/landscape) support (Yanoff+)
> * ButtonAction FiveWay/JogDial/VoiceMemo support for 3 main screens
> (Yanoff+)
> * Support for infinite number of mail servers (Yanoff+)
> * For most dialogs (Prefs screens) Hard Buttons mimic soft button layout
> * If scrollbar not required (removed), it's width is reclaimed for other
> fields
> * Fixed crash parsing unknown EHLO values (e.g. comcast.net) when
sending
> email
> * Fixed post-poll crash if poll started inside NG with 0 articles
> * Fixed crash on article list screen whenever scoring is turned on
> * Noted "Code Diver" causes (not unexpected) crash on v > 3.0 (built-in
> Hi-Res)
> * Noted "LightSpeed" causes occasional "snowy screen" (depending on
> settings?)
> * 99% Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval (GNKSA) compliance (header
editing)
> * Changed MID intro token to standard URL format ("news:MID", not
"<MID>")
> * New server pref "Supply Outgoing MIDs" (generates & send or let
server do
> it)
> * Sent MID format is now: "<yf[+/-][date (hex)]%[username]@[hostname]>"
> * Fine-tuned server response parsing for slight speed increases
> * Article font applies to message creation screen now, too
> * Rewrote table code to reclaim yet more wasted (inter-column) pixels
> * Added "Toggle font" (last 2 fonts used) ButtonAction (Yanoff+)
> * Added "Forward" and "Forward w/ quote" article actions (Yanoff+)
> * Added "Delete unmarked" ButtonAction to article list (NG) screen
(Yanoff+)
> * Added "Exit app" ButtonAction to all screens (Yanoff+)
> * Added "Sort NGs by PDB Name" option (undo for "Alphabetize NGs")
(Yanoff+)
> * Added Misc pref to highlight chars on last line of next-to-last page
> (Yanoff+)
> * Added Misc pref to alaways go to 1st unread article when NG entered
> (Yanoff+)
> * Fixed occasional no-good-reason timeouts when polling specific article
> bodies
> * Widened the server names in the "Server Select" dialog
> * Eliminated redundant drawing (highlighted text flashes when entering
> article)
> * Added defensive code removing new Poll Prefs options for "Conduit"
users
> * Added defensive code disallowing "unpolled" option for "Conduit" users
> * Added option to set all NGs' threading values if "Conduit" Poll
Pref mods
> Y->N
> * Do not store MID in History DB for hard-killed articles (think
about it)
> * Fixed bug where PgDown+Wrap did PgDown+Jump if 0 articles in NG
> * Made Edit menu options work on ButtonPrefs screen (editable label
fields)
> * Added "backwards" option to "GF Prefs"
> * Hex ASCII now also reports number of characters
> * Replaced "cannot post to internal" error with server selection dialog
> * Always repair malformed/repeated "Re:" subjects (e.g. outgoing
messages)
> * If body save fails, poll aborts (rather than repeated head-only saves)
> * Contracted "To:" and "Sub:" to "T:" and "S:" on message editing screen
> * Bad "T:" portions highlighted to indicate crossposting not allowed in
> Yanoff-
> * Added width and 1 line to field on "Headers" screen
> * Added width and 1 line to signature field on "Server Prefs"
> * Scrollbar works in signature field even when focus is on other fields
> * Scrollbar works in Compose window even when focus is on "T:" or
"S:" field
> * Enabled all soft buttons on the article list screen for all users
> * Screen redrawn completely when alarm or other non-Yanoff drawing
occurs
> * Fixed Xref article encoding for article's body-aborted by NG "Max"
> settings
> * Fixed "Buffer Overrun" error when viewing some format=flowed articles
> * Fixed bug for NG names with no '.' chars longer than 30 characters
> * Added "Headers" button and screen when editing outgoing messages
> * Added "Reply-To" and "Followup-To" shorthand buttons to "Headers"
screen
> * Added New "Insert" menu to "Headers" screen (e.g. 'Bcc', etc.)
> * Fixed non-functional scrollbars/PageUp/PageDown on "Headers" screen
> * Fixed non-functional scrollbars/PageUp/PageDown for ".sig" settings
> * Fixed a few minor typos on the help screens
> * Added sanity check of 'Conduit' pref if Java Conduit usage is evident
> * Added automatic user warning to ensure MID Purge is run periodically
> * Auto-reformatting of messages in !!Outgoing when 'Conduit' pref
changes
> * "Realname" no longer mandatory in "Server Prefs" (see below)
> * Rephrased confusing "you have to complete setup first" error string
> * Moving the column separator on Article List screen now updates col
labels
> * Added "minor" (log) event whenever body is truncated
> * Prevent sending to obviously bad (*@*.invalid or whitespace) email
> addresses
> * Fixed crash if Reverse/Rot13 empty string
> * Fixed crash when "GoTo prev/next Subject/Thread" menu chosen in
empty NG
> * Prevent mismatched SMTP/NNTP-specific header use for outgoing messages
> * New "Server" menu w/ "Select Message's Server" for outgoing messages
> * New "Restore" menu w/ "To Factory Default" & "To Saved" for most Pref
> screens
> * New "Server" menu w/ "New", "Duplicate" and "Delete" for "Server
Prefs"
> * Added defensive code removing Alert Log "Logging Prefs" button if
already
> open
> * Vastly improved email parsing (name/email) and outgoing message
validation
> * Modified Exiting of app to be Gremlins-friendly (avoid crash from card
> launch)
> * Made Gremlins-safe for posting (only allow to misc.test and
> PalmYanoff.com)
> * Passed Gremlins-sanity for 1,000,000+ events!
> 
> 
> Here are the bugs that are outstanding:
> 
> * Cursor sometimes misplaced when returning to NG list screen
> * Occasional post-poll crash on some devices when memory is low (<
600KB)
> * If poll started inside NG with 0 articles, screen improperly refreshed
> * Occasional garbage-character-named, 0-record, 86-byte PDB files
for OS >
> 4.0
> * Occasional non-redrwan screen when minimizing DIA on HandEra
> * Popup keyboard used to insert <Return> into field such as "T:"
will lock
> field





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