[gui-talk] Fwd: Window-Eyes 7.1

[Steve Pattison]

 From:    Aaron Smith aaron at gwmicro.com
 Cc:      gw-info at gwmicro.com

Seeing as how this is the last day in April, and we didn't release 7.1 
today, it's a safe bet that it will not be released in April. <grin>

This is, by the way, again, for the bazillionth time, the reason why we 
hate to give any kind of specific time frame for releases. We release 
when Window-Eyes is ready for release, and not when a deadline 
approaches. That will always remain the case, no matter how much flack 
we get for it.

But, since I know that's never enough for folk, here's the official 
response:

We are still working hard on 7.1, and are very close to getting to the 
point where we can freeze what we're doing, and get a release out. Due 
to some things we were forced to do for 64-bit support, some 
significant, under-the-hood changes in Window-Eyes were done for all 
bits of all operating systems that really put performance and stability 
to the test.

But we are in the final stages of cleaning all that up. Our private beta 
testers have been doing a good job of finding all the little things that 
were left over due to the core changes we made, and we've certainly been 
doing our share of in house QA. Once we tie up all those loose ends, 
Window-Eyes 7.1 will boast the rock solid stability you guys have come 
to know and love under all 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

There have also been several major scripting enhancements, Braille 
modifications, bug fixes, and more. You are really going to get a lot of 
bang for your free buck when 7.1 finally ships. But making sure all of 
this works like we advertise takes time. As I mentioned before, we will 
only release 7.1 when 7.1 is ready for release.

So when will that be? Well, not April. It could be next week, it could 
be in two months. Most likely, it will be in the next couple to few 
weeks, again barring any major setbacks.

Aaron

Regards Steve
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