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July 14, 2005
Replay Radio 6.03 (and why it's 6.03)
We released Replay Radio 6.03 yesterday, a minor update which adds the following:
New Record-to format of MP3 FM Quality: (This used to be in Replay Radio 5.x, and a lot of existing customers asked for this back.) We wanted to keep the choices simple for new users, but having this extra flexibility seemed like a better strategy, so it's back.
Firewall checking: Those darned firewall programs always seem to mess up any application that needs to access the Web. And most people have no idea that it's the firewall blocking Replay Radio that disrupts the tuning and recording process. Now, Replay Radio will check to see if it can access the Web anytime you click Settings, as a way to check if your firewall is about to cause problems.
This gives me an opportunity to discuss how we release software and do updates. With any product cycle, there's usually a big change, which gets tested a lot in-house. Once we're happy with it, we have a limited number of beta testers bang on it for a while. From there, it gets released, although we don't really announce it, and if any issues come up, we fix them right away. From there, we start spreading the word, and continue to tweak the software. Finally, when there are no big issues that repeatedly come up in our support emails, we have a really stable build.
This is why you'll often see versions like 6.03 soon after an official release. The 6.0 version was really good, but with just a few tweaks, we can made the experience better for everyone.
Posted by Bill Dettering at July 14, 2005 09:15 AM