Michael Good poked his head into our mailing list early last month, but there's no clue if he heard the responses, so I have copied him on this email. I would love to have a bug-fix release, and would pay for it. Several people have requests for new features, but a lot of traffic on this list concerns bugs. A number of users are using previous Finale versions due to various issues.
Quote from Michael's email of 7/30: "As a general rule, I will never be able to offer dates or estimates for future features, bug fixes, releases, or downloads. What I can do is acknowledge the issue and work with my colleagues to create ever better products in the future." I, for one, don't need a better product - I just want the one I have to work as it should. I would love to hear that someone in MakeMusic takes our concerns with bug-fixes seriously. Here's a repost of my earlier email (a number of bug-fixes were requested in response to this email): Here's a few of my bugs, and a few wishes as well: Chords become unchecked in the filter. Articulation macro doesn't always work. Selection tool is buggy. Shift-click doesn't always encompass selection. In Speedy entry, can't always select the last note in the frame. Spacebar-click doesn't always start playback. Finale must be restarted to enable playback. In JazzFont, the augmentation dot on a dotted-eighth rest is spaced too far to the right. Finale 2014 shuts down for no apparent reason. Finale 2014 shuts down randomly when I use Transcribe! software. There are a few Jazzfont characters which need reworking (eg, the Z looks like a 2). (I contacted Customer Support re: the shutdown issues, but nothing they suggested worked.) Aria loading is painfully slow. Not a bug, but. . . Edit toolbar should be available (Save, Do/Undo, Print, etc). I REALLY miss this! "Open most recent document" should be an option for startup action. It would be nice to have user-defined text inserts. Adjust Jazzfont Chord Symbols to conform with Roemer-Brandt styling. There are others who more serious issues than mine - I hope you all will chime in! I love the linked parts - that's been my favorite upgrade feature of recent releases. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
