Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!joseph From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: AWGS 1.1 Keywords: AppleWorks GS, Press release Message-ID: Date: 30 Oct 89 20:21:58 GMT References: <10645@claris.com> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 40 Scott, Is there a way to get any additional information about the 1.1 release of AWGS? Many of the features claimed as NEW by the press release were, in fact, included as part of the 1.0v2 release. The memory tester, ImageWriter driver, label template, color palettes and expanded database functions are all part of the current 1.0v2. It is not truthful to call these new features of 1.1. Your press release also claims the graphics Control Panel that is actually part of Apple Computer Inc.'s System 5.0 as being a feature of AppleWorks GS 1.1 This is misleading and untrue. The things that are important are whether it works properly with System 5.0 and AppleShare, what functionality has been added to >THIS< version, and what bugs have been fixed. The press release you posted only makes one of these clear (System 5.0 compatability). I have encountered two serious bugs in AWGS that have cost me many hours of work and seriously limited the package's usability. I took the time to make sure they were reproduceable, to call your Tech support people (It's an expensive toll call from New Jersey), report the bugs and tell Claris how to reproduce them. Both times I was told I was the first person to report these particular bugs and that they would be addressed in upcoming versions of the program. I feel like a beta tester. I don't like feeling like a beta tester for a product that costs lots of money and has been available for years. How can we, as AppleWorks GS owners, find out what improvements were actually make in this release? What bugs were squashed? What was improved? I really don't want to send $29 to Claris to find that these bugs are still there. Help. Seymour Joseph AppleWorks GS Owner and Apple II User Group co-ordinator