Re: Differences between LC Versions

2015-10-02 Thread Roger Guay
Good point . . . thanks! > On Oct 2, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Roger Guay wrote: > >> I’m wondering if and why I should continue using 6.6.x instead of going to >> 6.7.x. >> >> One reason would be if you are supporting old OS X installs. I think 6

Re: Differences between LC Versions

2015-10-02 Thread Kay C Lan
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Roger Guay wrote: > I’m wondering if and why I should continue using 6.6.x instead of going to > 6.7.x. > > One reason would be if you are supporting old OS X installs. I think 6.6.5 is the last one to run on Leopard (10.5.8) and PPC. The Release Notes would confir

Re: Differences between LC Versions

2015-10-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Guay wrote: > Thanks Colin and Richard. I knew that, but I was hoping for an easier > way, like “what’s new in ….”. Every Release Notes document includes a section called "Engine Changes" and another for "IDE Changes", each details specific new features and bug fixes in summary form, ofte

Re: Differences between LC Versions

2015-10-02 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks Colin and Richard. I knew that, but I was hoping for an easier way, like “what’s new in ….”. I’m wondering if and why I should continue using 6.6.x instead of going to 6.7.x. BTW, the reason I don’t yet use 7.x.x is performance. I think 7.x.x is getting better but there still is much bett

Re: Differences between LC Versions

2015-10-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Guay wrote: > Can someone tell me what the basic differences are between LC 6.6.x > and LC 6.7.x? And, an easy way to find this sort thing in the future? See the Release Notes accompanying the newer version. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the

Re: Differences between LC Versions

2015-10-02 Thread Colin Holgate
The downloads page: http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ has a column for release notes. You can go back in time quite a way, and read the 6.7 notes to see what had been fixed. It’s a long list. ___ use-l