Developer Notes - Page 3

moochogastrue · 11-08-2008, 09:32 AM

Not that MA3 expired or anything, but is there gonna be beta 5 anytime soon?
and also, is the incremental upgrade gonna happen during beta process or just as a final?
thanx

Jim Sachs · 11-08-2008, 09:49 AM

Beta 5 should be ready later today, as soon as I get the bezel gap adjustment implemented.

I had a conference call with Prolific about the upgrade policy. The tentative plan: After the Beta period, upgrading to MA3 from all previous versions of MA will be $9.95.

rctneil · 11-08-2008, 10:07 AM

I thought all current users of 2.6 would get a free upgrade to 3.0? and I can't wait for the bezel gap adjuster! and it's coming today! - Put it up asap otherwise I won;t be able to download it for a couple of days!!!

Thanks

Regards,
Neil

feldon34 · 11-08-2008, 11:26 AM

Recent purchasers of 2.6 will be able to upgrade to 3.0. Not all 2.6 users.

Jim Sachs · 11-08-2008, 11:38 AM

One more time: Anyone purchasing the full MA2.6 DURING THE BETA TEST PERIOD will receive a free Key to MA3. This seemed like a good way to spur sales, but it didn't work at all. For some reason, most of the new customers want to wait until the Beta test is over and pay the full $19.95 instead of the current price of $14.95 for MA2.6.

Beta 5 is very close, I just have to shut everything down, move the monitor into the other room and hook it up to another computer so I can test the bezel gap and check for multimonitor problems, move the monitor back to my development machine, fire it up, deal with all the start-up problems associated with shutting down and restarting my main computer, fix any bugs that might have shown up on the multimonitor system, lather, rinse, and repeat.

ESHIREY · 11-08-2008, 03:20 PM

rctneil · 11-08-2008, 03:28 PM

Must be close now!!!! - I got to go soon and I really wnat to give it a quick try!

Jim Sachs · 11-08-2008, 04:58 PM

I ran into trouble with scrolling when more than one screen is present. It seems simple, but bad things happen when you get to the end of travel.

MadBob · 11-08-2008, 05:32 PM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

One more time: Anyone purchasing the full MA2.6 DURING THE BETA TEST PERIOD will receive a free Key to MA3. This seemed like a good way to spur sales, but it didn't work at all. For some reason, most of the new customers want to wait until the Beta test is over and pay the full $19.95 instead of the current price of $14.95 for MA2.6.

Beta 5 is very close, I just have to shut everything down, move the monitor into the other room and hook it up to another computer so I can test the bezel gap and check for multimonitor problems, move the monitor back to my development machine, fire it up, deal with all the start-up problems associated with shutting down and restarting my main computer, fix any bugs that might have shown up on the multimonitor system, lather, rinse, and repeat.

And on that note I have purchased my third copy for members of my family

Jim Sachs · 11-08-2008, 05:51 PM

Hooray -- tomorrow there will be jelly with the peanut butter!

ESHIREY · 11-08-2008, 07:43 PM

hahahahahahaha

Mith · 11-08-2008, 08:03 PM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

Hooray -- tomorrow there will be jelly with the peanut butter!

If things REALLY go well Jim, you can add a banana to the mix!

(Might want to lose the jelly though... my only cullinary expertise is penutbutter and banana...

Jim Sachs · 11-08-2008, 08:08 PM

I can't stand bananas in any form. My favorite jelly for PBJ is Harry&David's seedless blackberry jam.

feldon34 · 11-08-2008, 08:38 PM

Ok, no bananas then...

Jim Sachs · 11-08-2008, 08:45 PM

I'll have nightmares tonight.

StuDisney · 11-09-2008, 12:48 AM

Try a little Honey with the PB & Banana

From one on a fixed budget, & struggling just to get by $9.95 seams like a very fare price compared to most software today.

DaleArden · 11-09-2008, 09:34 AM

It's banana & potato chip ( crisps to the british - who invented it in the first place ) . Banana & peanut butter , it's wrong man , just wrong !

MadBob · 11-09-2008, 09:59 AM

OMG crisps and banana! no way

banana butties ... slurp.

Jim Sachs · 11-09-2008, 10:39 AM

I can't stand anything about bananas. The taste, smell, texture, color, shape, and sound of them all produce a gag reflex for me. I'd be happy to never have to think about them again. Lemons, too.
And all seafood.

cjmaddy · 11-09-2008, 10:57 AM

MA3 - READ THIS FIRST! ..... ?

..... Must be one of our best digressions yet!!! ...

11-08-2008, 09:32 AM	#41
moochogastrue Registered Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 12	Beta 5 Not that MA3 expired or anything, but is there gonna be beta 5 anytime soon? and also, is the incremental upgrade gonna happen during beta process or just as a final? thanx

11-08-2008, 09:49 AM	#42
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Beta 5 should be ready later today, as soon as I get the bezel gap adjustment implemented. I had a conference call with Prolific about the upgrade policy. The tentative plan: After the Beta period, upgrading to MA3 from all previous versions of MA will be $9.95. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-08-2008, 11:26 AM	#44
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Recent purchasers of 2.6 will be able to upgrade to 3.0. Not all 2.6 users. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

11-08-2008, 11:38 AM	#45
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	One more time: Anyone purchasing the full MA2.6 DURING THE BETA TEST PERIOD will receive a free Key to MA3. This seemed like a good way to spur sales, but it didn't work at all. For some reason, most of the new customers want to wait until the Beta test is over and pay the full $19.95 instead of the current price of $14.95 for MA2.6. Beta 5 is very close, I just have to shut everything down, move the monitor into the other room and hook it up to another computer so I can test the bezel gap and check for multimonitor problems, move the monitor back to my development machine, fire it up, deal with all the start-up problems associated with shutting down and restarting my main computer, fix any bugs that might have shown up on the multimonitor system, lather, rinse, and repeat. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-08-2008, 04:58 PM	#48
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I ran into trouble with scrolling when more than one screen is present. It seems simple, but bad things happen when you get to the end of travel. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-08-2008, 10:07 AM	#43
rctneil Registered Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 239	I thought all current users of 2.6 would get a free upgrade to 3.0? and I can't wait for the bezel gap adjuster! and it's coming today! - Put it up asap otherwise I won;t be able to download it for a couple of days!!! Thanks Regards, Neil

11-08-2008, 03:20 PM	#46
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725

11-08-2008, 03:28 PM	#47
rctneil Registered Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 239	Must be close now!!!! - I got to go soon and I really wnat to give it a quick try!

11-08-2008, 05:32 PM	#49
MadBob Guitar Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancs. UK Posts: 194	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: One more time: Anyone purchasing the full MA2.6 DURING THE BETA TEST PERIOD will receive a free Key to MA3. This seemed like a good way to spur sales, but it didn't work at all. For some reason, most of the new customers want to wait until the Beta test is over and pay the full $19.95 instead of the current price of $14.95 for MA2.6. Beta 5 is very close, I just have to shut everything down, move the monitor into the other room and hook it up to another computer so I can test the bezel gap and check for multimonitor problems, move the monitor back to my development machine, fire it up, deal with all the start-up problems associated with shutting down and restarting my main computer, fix any bugs that might have shown up on the multimonitor system, lather, rinse, and repeat. And on that note I have purchased my third copy for members of my family

11-08-2008, 05:51 PM	#50
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Hooray -- tomorrow there will be jelly with the peanut butter! Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-08-2008, 07:43 PM	#51
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	hahahahahahaha

11-08-2008, 08:03 PM	#52
Mith Registered Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 140	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: Hooray -- tomorrow there will be jelly with the peanut butter! If things REALLY go well Jim, you can add a banana to the mix! (Might want to lose the jelly though... my only cullinary expertise is penutbutter and banana...

11-08-2008, 08:08 PM	#53
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I can't stand bananas in any form. My favorite jelly for PBJ is Harry&David's seedless blackberry jam. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-08-2008, 08:45 PM	#55
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I'll have nightmares tonight. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-09-2008, 12:48 AM	#56
StuDisney Registered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WDW/Orlando Fl. Posts: 44	Try a little Honey with the PB & Banana From one on a fixed budget, & struggling just to get by $9.95 seams like a very fare price compared to most software today. "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." “Growing Old is Mandatory - Growing Up Is Optional”

11-09-2008, 09:34 AM	#57
DaleArden carbon based unit Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 24	It's banana & potato chip ( crisps to the british - who invented it in the first place ) . Banana & peanut butter , it's wrong man , just wrong !

11-09-2008, 09:59 AM	#58
MadBob Guitar Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancs. UK Posts: 194	OMG crisps and banana! no way banana butties ... slurp.

11-09-2008, 10:39 AM	#59
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I can't stand anything about bananas. The taste, smell, texture, color, shape, and sound of them all produce a gag reflex for me. I'd be happy to never have to think about them again. Lemons, too. And all seafood. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

11-09-2008, 10:57 AM	#60
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	MA3 - READ THIS FIRST! ..... ? ..... Must be one of our best digressions yet!!! ...