Has version 3 been delayed?

martync · Post by **martync** » 06 Jan 2006 08:24

I see TWR are now saying that version 3 is available 'Release due January/February 2006'

http://www.twrcomputing.co.uk/

Has there been a delay?

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slowhand07 · Post by **slowhand07** » 07 Jan 2006 19:09

I undertand from Simon Orde that Family Historian 3 is due to be released in January 2006 though resellers have been warned that it may slip back.[frown]

martync · Post by **martync** » 17 Jan 2006 15:33

I see TWR are now just saying due February no mention of January any more. Anyone know if it has gone to mass production yet or is likely to slip further?

It's a shame, like most people on this forum I'm dieing to get hold of the great new features, but it's better than it coming out buggy. How about an update on the progress?

jehosophat · Post by **jehosophat** » 30 Jan 2006 09:06

I also am really looking forward to the new release. There have been so many improvements to the rival packages that I was seriously thinking of moving to one of them. Within my family we all use different packages so standardising would have some advantages. I am happy to wait for code which is relatively bug free. But it would be reassuring if we knew if version 3 was really going to be released soon. So this next release is make or break. If it does not live up to the features promised or is too buggy then I will jump ship. Life is too short to mess about when there are alternatives. I hope that version 3 is a success as I have stuck with it so far.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 31 Jan 2006 08:13

I believe the delays have not been bug based rather production problems with documentation and CD pressing.

V3 is worth waiting for, honest.

martync · Post by **martync** » 01 Feb 2006 15:37

Hi Jane,

Simon has now said on Rootsweb that Version 3 will be the back end of Feb or March. If this is just a production issue could he make a 'time bombed' version available for download that will run until mid-march so that those of us who have ordered it can start to use the new features and other people could evaluate it.

Martyn

ganstey · Post by **ganstey** » 06 Feb 2006 11:35

I posted a follow-up comment to Simon's announcement before reading this thread. Ho-hum [oops]

Creating a time-bombed version has its own problems and overheads so I can understand why they wouldn't want to go down that route.

I find it mildly amusing that a group of people who by definition are looking back over a couple of hundred years, are getting jumpy over a few weeks delay [wink] Just think of it as a Christmas present that you can't have until the January sales [smile]

Graham

g_mcallister · Post by **g_mcallister** » 07 Feb 2006 21:23

Does anyone know if Version 3, or even the current version, has been tested on Windows Vista?

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Feb 2006 10:46

I suspect the only problems on Vista, may be with 2.0 and some 2.1 installer routines as they used a version of Installshield which checks 16bit options which Vista does not support.

The newer 2.1 disks should be fine. I think 2.1 runs fine on Windows 64 so I can't think Vista should be different.

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