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RE: I would pay...

matt3k — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:12:50 GMT

[quote][b]Nick Bradbury (5/29/2008)[/b][hr]
My "unofficial" stance...[/quote]

[quote][b]Alan Palmer (5/30/2008)[/b][hr][quote]I don't talk about features until they're actually coded.[/quote]

That's more 'open' than most developers are! Most won't utter a word other than in the most general terms until an open beta version is released, at least.[/quote]

Some things just need to be said "unofficially" due to priority of circumstance keeping the market 'open' to existing and future customers.

RE: I would pay...

Alan Palmer — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:57:37 GMT

[quote]I don't talk about features until they're actually coded.[/quote]

That's more 'open' than most developers are! Most won't utter a word other than in the most general terms until an open beta version is released, at least.

RE: I would pay...

Nick Bradbury — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:17:25 GMT

[quote][b]Alan Palmer (5/29/2008)[/b][hr]OK, Nick, did you just say that to prove me wrong? :)[/quote]

Not intentionally, no! My "unofficial" stance is that I don't talk about features until they're actually coded. Unicode support has already been added, so I feel safe talking about it :)

RE: I would pay...

Alan Palmer — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:02:02 GMT

[quote][b]Nick Bradbury (5/28/2008)[/b][hr]I'm happy to say that Unicode support will be in TopStyle 4.0 :)[/quote]

OK, Nick, did you just say that to prove me wrong? :)

RE: I would pay...

matt3k — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:57:29 GMT

[quote][b]Alan Palmer (5/28/2008)[/b][hr]Last I heard was that TS4 was in pre-alpha testing. I know that UTF-8 support is one of the most frequently-requested features and that TS4 would be the earliest version that could include it. It's not a trivial addition and would require considerable rewriting of code. Although NG will not yet divulge any details of planned new features (understandably), most of us are hoping that UTF-8 support will be included.[/quote]

For all the hassles I'm going through right now with applications I'm converting over to Unicode I would imagine it's not trivial. :P

[quote]That said, I'm not so keen about paying double simply for that one feature. I don't actually need it. ;)[/quote]

Totally understandable Alan, but I would! Triple if I could have right now! -laughs- Been using TopStyle/CSE Validator combo for many years, dare I say eight (I think) and I'm so comfortable with them now I could never change to another. Hmm, wonder if CSE will be compatible, still, for TS4? Nick? -chuckles-

[quote][b]Nick Bradbury (5/28/2008)[/b][hr]I'm happy to say that Unicode support will be in TopStyle 4.0 :)[/quote]

I, too, am happy you said that! Keep up the great application standards!

Matt

RE: I would pay...

Nick Bradbury — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:28:34 GMT

I'm happy to say that Unicode support will be in TopStyle 4.0 :)

RE: I would pay...

Alan Palmer — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:46:11 GMT

Last I heard was that TS4 was in pre-alpha testing. I know that UTF-8 support is one of the most frequently-requested features and that TS4 would be the earliest version that could include it. It's not a trivial addition and would require considerable rewriting of code. Although NG will not yet divulge any details of planned new features (understandably), most of us are hoping that UTF-8 support will be included.

That said, I'm not so keen about paying double simply for that one feature. I don't actually need it. ;)

RE: I would pay...

matt3k — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:23:22 GMT

Sorry if I sounded angry. I was in chrset-conversion *** that day. I partly blame PHP (in general) for not supporting Unicode. Long story.. nevermind..

...anyways...

Can't wait for TS 4! =)

I would pay...

matt3k — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:02:21 GMT

...100% more then what you're charging for TopStyle now if I could just save in UTF-8! Please make it so! And, yes, I know this has been asked a bizillion times now. I just can not find an editor I like as much as TopStyle and converting thousands of files a year to UTF-8 as I publish pages on the net is getting tedious and tiresome. For the love of.......... please make it happen! :angry: