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pete_wildbirds
Posts:45

06/19/2007 3:15 PM  

We changed the Version number for the upcoming release from 3.6 to 3.9, since there ended up being so many changes.

We just received the 4th beta version about an hour ago. We will be sending it out tonight to beta testers. Please let me know if you have Vista and would like to be a beta tester. Call me at 800-865-2473. I need your name, address, phone number and email.

I just posted a list of the changes between v3.5.4 and v3.9

Please note: If you are running Windows XP, the v3.5.4 CD you have now will work just fine -- you do not really need to upgrade.

Since v3.9 is written in an entirley different "computer code" the new program will be available only as a new CD-ROM rather than as an upgrade over the Internet.


Pete Thayer
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khickman
Posts:1

06/21/2007 9:46 PM  
Dear Pete,

I am running WindowsVISTA Kenneth N. Hickman, Jr. 613 Coffeytown Road Vesuvius VA 24483 E-mail is nuviruma@ceva.net.

I am interested in being a beta tester.

Kenneth N. Hickman, Jr.
PeteThayer
Posts:120

07/02/2007 10:41 AM  

Thanks. I sent you a beta copy to test.

We will probably release v3.9 in mid to late July -- anyone else want to try it out?

At the moment the progam seems to work fine. As with most beta testing, the small details drive you nuts and take longer to fix than you expect.

These are the issues we are working on:

1. In Vista, the Raven Lite install screen opens behind the Thayer v3.9 install screen and is hard to see, so the installation program "appears" to be doing nothing.

2. For some folks, Raven Lite is not opening the spectrogram for the bird you selected. We suspect that this is a Java installation issue.

3. We need to do more testing on the "Check for Updates" button

4. The Raven Lite Splash screen appears every time you click spectrogram. We are getting code from Cornell to eliminate this.

5. The path to the media needs to make sure it points to the new version 3.9 media.

6. beta testers came up with four very good suggestions to make the program more user-friendly and we are adding all four of their ideas to the v3.9 release.

As you can see, a lot of the issues relate to the Raven lite spectrogram program. It is a great program, but there is some work to do to get it fully integrated with v3.9. The old spectrogram we used in earlier versions is still available. [$49.95 from www.visualizationsoftware.com ]

 

 

 

kfletcher
Posts:1

07/17/2007 10:36 AM  

I am running WindowsVISTA Kenneth M. Fletcher, Jr. 5125 Alderney Ct, Rosenberg, Tx 77471 E-mail is kfletcher@lcisd.org. I am interested in being a beta tester.

Is there a way to check for updates to the program from the program? I am running v3.5 and spending more time at the park learning the software than playing with the kids.

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