On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 3:54:10 PM, MAU sculpted a piece of raw silicon into the thoughts below:
> Same here except for a slight difference. I usually keep several > versions of TB executable in the same installation directory (sharing it > as well as message base, etc.) with slightly different names and with > shortcuts to each on my desktop. Oh dear, do we have to get through this again? It's been done already... I have a message base of, say, crucial importance. Backed up, of course, but still needed for everyday work. If I keep running a Release version, I'm happy and it works nicely. If I run a Beta EXE, I have to shut my Release version down, and back up my mail base. Fine, fine, but what if I want to just continue working, instead of JUST testing? The solution is very, very simple, and that is why I don't understand why it's not done yet. Changing the IDs by which TB! chooses its registry keys AND determines that it is running AND where/how it installs would solve all problems. I could install a "The Bat! Beta" to a different directory, with a different registry key, with a different mail base, running simultaneously with my "The Bat!" release installation, one never interfering with the other. > This way, I can easily start the version I want/need at a certain > moment. Well, you may be happy with completely separate "testing" and "working" time slices. I am not. I need to have a reliable e-mail client running 24/7. I'm not willing to shut it down just to test a new version that could well blow my message base to pieces and force me to restore from a backup. And backups don't solve ALL problems! What if I receive a very important message when running a badly broken beta? I don't have a backup of THAT message, right? And KABOOM goes the message base. Oops. Message gone. -- |\ /| \~~~/ \~~~/ | \/ | /\ > < \~/ > < ICQ# 3146019 |____| /__\ /___\ /_\ /___\ IQ# 3.14159 Random church bulletin blooper: For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. Flyin' high with The Bat! v3.0.1.33 over the swamps of Windows 2000 5.0 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.2 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
