Version 4: it's going to be April

admin · Post by **admin** » 11 Mar 2009 11:32

Simon Orde on the FHU List:
I do apologise for the delay. There is no single reason for this. Version 4 is a big release and there are numerous late-stage tasks to be done before we can release it, and we underestimated how long these would take. As I'm sure you appreciate, we have every motivation to get V4 out as soon as possible; but you wouldn't want us to release it before it's ready, and we won't.

Thank you all for your patience.

Simon Orde
List Administrator & Family Historian designer

pollitt1 · Post by **pollitt1** » 18 Mar 2009 20:51

I agree

I would rather wait until it is perfect.

There is nothing worse than a programme with continuous problems and patches to restore it.

We will win in the end.

Thanks

Trevor

kcarmichael43 · Post by **kcarmichael43** » 01 Apr 2009 16:00

I have V3 of FH will we be able to upgrade to V4 when it arrives?

admin · Post by **admin** » 02 Apr 2009 09:48

V4 will be a paid for upgrade for V3. You will be able to either order a CD upgrade from My History or other providers or purchase a downloadable version from Family-historian.co.uk

theweedrammer · Post by **theweedrammer** » 03 Apr 2009 09:20

Hi, like everyone else on the site I can't wait. Any update, is it still April?

Arundel · Post by **Arundel** » 03 Apr 2009 18:52

Can't wait for the update. Is it still April, is there a date yet?

Reepicheep · Post by **Reepicheep** » 13 Apr 2009 19:57

Any news yet? April is fast disapearing!

Richchad · Post by **Richchad** » 15 Apr 2009 09:50

Come on, somebody must know when the update will be released.....

davidfleming1963 · Post by **davidfleming1963** » 15 Apr 2009 15:28

I have just preordered and the company said it was in production and would be with me 'by 1st May',

Does anyone know if gedcom census is compatable with v4?

Post by **NickWalker** » 15 Apr 2009 17:36

Yes Gedcom Census will continue to work with v4.

Cheers

Nick Walker
Gedcom Census Developer

davidfleming1963 · Post by **davidfleming1963** » 16 Apr 2009 07:40

yay!

Now all I have to do is stop myself from hovering by the letter box every morning waiting for the delivery.....

Katrina · Post by **Katrina** » 16 Apr 2009 08:48

David - I have been doing this for ages already.

) The best things are worth waiting for.

davidfleming1963 · Post by **davidfleming1963** » 16 Apr 2009 09:23

yes, but maturity was never my strong point.

I have been using FH since v2. despite the fact that my whole tree is pretty much brickwalled at the moment I still enjoy finding odd snippets of information and fleshing out the tree.

Some of the new features in v4 look really interesting. Wish I could see a screenshot of the new focus window and reworked property box....

How about it, Simon Orde? Tease us with a screenshot....

Katrina · Post by **Katrina** » 16 Apr 2009 10:58

The reworked Property Box is of particular interest to me as I am hoping that resizing will make it easier to read as I have difficulty reading fonts below a certain size. Whilst I can increase to font size in the Records Window to a comfortable size this is impossible in the Property Box.

sue120502 · Post by **sue120502** » 20 Apr 2009 11:36

Simon,

Are you any closer to giving us a release date?

Thanks,
Sue

admin · Post by **admin** » 21 Apr 2009 13:20

V4 is in manufacturing, which means the CDs are being made and the boxes printed, so baring some disaster, the boxes should be shipping from the end of April.

Margaret - the fonts for the property box are selectable.

jc1641 · Post by **jc1641** » 21 Apr 2009 17:10

If v4 is 'in Manufacturing' surely the code must be finalised. Can it not be released as a download now for those of us who plan to purchase the upgrade that way?

LindafromMurton · Post by **LindafromMurton** » 22 Apr 2009 10:59

Will we get an e-mail when its ready to download?

Looking forward to downloading, although I shall have to wait until I get home to my BB connection because at the moment working with a mobile BB dongle and it is sllowww.

Katrina · Post by **Katrina** » 23 Apr 2009 14:36

Jane,
By selectable do you mean that I will be able to set the font for the Property Dialogue at something like 12 point? I have the font for the Records Window set at Tahoma 12 point which is just right but I find the present size of font in the Propery Dialogue rather small.

Post by **NickWalker** » 23 Apr 2009 18:38

Yes I think you'll find you can have various font sizes from very small up to very large (over 20).

Katrina · Post by **Katrina** » 23 Apr 2009 19:16

Thanks Nick, that will make things so much easier.

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