[Nvda-dev] NVDA 2010.1beta1 imminent

[brian gafff (Line One)]

I'd also say that you will get more feedback on a release version, because 
as you say, many 'normal' users do not want to run snaps, and after all, its 
normal users who need to be able to use it most. Often, programmers and 
anoraks do not see the  big picture, and can easily miss the staringly 
obvious difficulties  average users see. The  main suggestion i have, is to 
include in the docs, the ways to feed back to the developers.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Teh" <jamie at nvaccess.org>
To: "News and discussion for NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access),a free and open 
source screen reader for Microsoft Windows" <nvda-dev at lists.nvaccess.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Nvda-dev] NVDA 2010.1beta1 imminent


> On 5/02/2010 3:37 AM, Lex wrote:
>> I think we currently have no blockers, however some issues (such as tree
>> view in 64 bit windows seven) weren't fixed during the development stage
>> unfortunately.
> Indeed. These would have blocked the release, but I don't see a fix any
> time soon. I think it is a serious bug in Windows itself and working
> around it isn't really possible without writing our own SysTreeView32
> accessibility implementation. I've also contacted Microsoft about this 
> bug.
>
>> I personally don't see good reasons for releasing a new
>> version, since we don't have any major enhancements to show to the
>> public.
> One of our goals is to release more frequently. Certainly, this release
> doesn't have the same degree of major new features (wow factor) as
> 2009.1 did, but also remember that 2009.1 was a very long time in
> coming. For those of us that are happy to run development builds, this
> is fine, but many aren't. Also, releases have previously tended to get
> out of hand and have become a nightmare to handle.
>
> This release offers a great deal of polish and bug fixes. I think you
> may find there is more than you think; see the what's new.
>
> Jamie
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