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From: "Cuddlybear" <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Bill Needs to Respond Here
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:54:21 -0000
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I tried quite a few programs before settling down with GB and found them to
be difficult to use, not user friendly and written for people with more
computer knowledge than I have.
GB gives me what I want and need, especially in charting.
Bill - why don't you adopt what seems to be an Industry standard of free
Updates but chargeable Upgrades. If these were reasonable I'm sure most
people would ignore your original promise of free for life upgrades. Those
that don't like that could change to another program and cut their noses to
spite their face.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Marek" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Bill Needs to Respond Here


>I can sure back Denise up in her thanking of Bill for a response. More
> importantly for the assurance that Genbox is continuing both as Ver3 and
> potentially a brand spanking new Ver4. I would have been happy with a
> "Hi!" but, Bill wet my appetite with his hinting at a "Preview" pane.
> Earlier I had said that I was following a blog regarding a new version
> of another program. I must say that there was some enthusiasm upon
> seeing some of the new features. Arguably, some features seemed to
> enhance ease of use but, a bunch of them were just to catch up with
> Genbox.
>
> I would not mind at all if Bill would give out a hint or two about 4.
> With a tease or two we could get back dreaming up new and devious ways
> to construct templates. There are new and better ideas from Bill coming.
> It's still good to hear the captain of the ship say, "We're still on
> course.". Could eclipse the bzz being created by Bruce elsewhere.
>
> Happy January everyone.
>
> Rich (SBTC)
>
>
>
>
> Denise L. Moss-Fritch wrote:
>> Evening Bill,
>>
>> Thanks for the email response and assurance.
>>
>> As a long time Genbox user (since Nov. 2002) I am definitely anxious to
>> see
>> version 4 arrive from development. And, as someone who has worked in the
>> software development industry for 25 years I understand just how
>> difficult
>> new development can become. (Reminds me of 2004 when our developers moved
>> the cancer radiation treatment system from DOS to Windows and wanted to
>> know
>> how to implement help calls. Five years later I am still trying to get
>> the
>> developers to use your title bar help (?) call system.)
>>
>> Unfortunately, I also see the user side. I am currently dealing with a
>> herd
>> management software for alpacas where the developer has "disappeared"
>> months
>> back.
>>
>> Is there any possibility of an incremental release of v4 with some
>> immediate
>> features? Possibly start an initial v4 release, with other features to
>> follow? I for one am ready to pay for that upgrade.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Denise
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [mailto:] On
>> Behalf Of William T. Flight
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:55 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Bill Needs to Respond Here
>>
>> (Bill Responds)
>>
>> I fully understand the apprehension being voiced here about the lack of
>> news/updates regarding Genbox. I would like to assure all that Genbox
>> development is alive and continuing, and that version 4 is still very
>> much
>> in development. I apologize for not keeping the user community better
>> informed of its progress.
>>
>> As a developer, I'm having a great time with the design and
>> implementation
>> of the next version. I'll just mention a bit about "Preview Panes", which
>> is
>> what I was working on today:
>>
>> All Genbox views will have an optional "Preview" pane that provides an
>> HTML-based view of the current data record/set of records. This preview
>> pane
>> can be placed on any page, next to any other form/list, to give you a
>> better
>> picture of the person/event/place/citation whatever it is that you're
>> working with. It is driven by a user-customizable template, and can
>> include
>> hyperlinks to other views. (I'm not sure if this description makes much
>> sense out of context.)
>>
>> Version 4 is a big undertaking, and is taking a lot of time to implement.
>> I'll try to give more regular updates of progress, particularly for my
>> patient beta testers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>> William T. Flight
>> http://www.thoughtfulcreations.com
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:
>>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Mike Ferguson
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:26 PM
>>> To:
>>> Subject: [GENBOX] Bill Needs to Respond Here
>>>
>>>
>>
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