OrchidWiz - Orchid Board

goodgollymissmolly · #1 06-23-2009, 05:36 AM

OK, I have a question...it's partially rhetorical and partially not.

Where the he.... is the OrchidWiz update? I realize there are 7 days remaining in June, but there is also no sign that the update will be delivered in those 7 days. Actually, rather than asking you who probably know even less than I do, I asked Alex.

About two or three weeks ago I read on this forum that the update schedule was unknown. Finding that incredibly unbelievable I asked Alex myself when he planned to deliver. The answer I received was, "I don't know, I'm programming the journal option that allows a personal database now and don't know when it will be ready". That is not an exact quote and probably should not be in quotation marks, but it accurately reflects the answer.

Since I have no plans to use the journal option and hope a custom install that allows skipping that part of the program will be available, I sure have no patience when it comes to waiting for it. Besides that makes no common sense. The plans for a journal option were announced last year. Why would programming it just now be underway?

So I ask, is the AOS awards data the source of the problem? I doubt AOS would release the data to Alex prior to AQPlus being ready for delivery so this could be the issue (AOS also has not delivered the AQPlus June update).

Since I paid OW $80 last Fall for the 2009 updates and AOS $50 last fall for their 2009 updates, I think I could reasonably argue that I have $32 paid well in advance for this single June update cycle. That said, I think a better answer than, "I don't know" might be in order.

Am I just cranky or is some explanation from both AOS and OrchidWiz a reasonable expectation on my part?

camille1585 · #2 06-23-2009, 06:58 AM

That's also what he told me (and also posted on Facebook), that he's busy programming the journal. This was his FB post on June 9th: "I'm programming the OrchidWiz Journal right now. It's looking good so far."

Strange for him to wait so long to do it when the journal feature was mentioned months and months ago. Unless there was a huge glitch and it had to be redone. But as soon as he posts more info about OW 6.0 on FB, I'll be sure to relay the info to OB!

I really don't understand why you are paying OW and the AOS.

The AOS award updates are included in the OW quarterly updates, so you should only pay for one! And I don't see where your $32 comes from

Brooke · #3 06-23-2009, 08:23 AM

camille1585 · #4 06-23-2009, 08:24 AM

Ooohhh, right, you have AQplus as well! I didn't know that, no wonder I didn't understand! lol

cb977 · #5 06-23-2009, 08:25 AM

I'm moving this thread to a more appropriate forum

goodgollymissmolly · #6 06-23-2009, 08:32 AM

I'm required to own AQPlus and it is the only source for official awards photos. OW offers some things not available on AQP so I have both.

Neither AOS or OW has offerd any public communication about their current plans. True it's still June, but I'm not expecting anything this week. Maybe I'm wrong.

I think you figured out That it's 20 for OW and 12 (12.50) for AQP.

camille1585 · #7 06-30-2009, 05:59 PM

Just a heads up, Orchidwiz 6.0 is being shipped out!!

Just got an email from Alex, so probably everyone else did too.

Phantasm · #8 07-04-2009, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by goodgollymissmolly

I'm required to own AQPlus and it is the only source for official awards photos. OW offers some things not available on AQP so I have both.

Neither AOS or OW has offerd any public communication about their current plans. True it's still June, but I'm not expecting anything this week. Maybe I'm wrong.

I think you figured out That it's 20 for OW and 12 (12.50) for AQP.

This from Ron McHatton at AOS, received on June 23:

Dear AQ Plus Subscribers:

I had really hoped by now to be sending a note to say that the June updates were on the way. Unfortunately, the best laid plans usually don't turn out as we had hoped.

We are making progress although we are not as far along as we would like to be and it's important that I keep you informed of the status. The June update contains a couple of significant changes (the ability to access the images for educational, noncommercial purposes and the elimination of the case sensitivity of the searches among other things) and unfortunately we discovered a serious Vista incompatibility apparently linked to Vista security protocols. The March update did not experience the problem so this is evidently connected to these recent programming changes. The program updates (or loads for new installations), and runs without complications on XP machines but not on some Vista machines. Rather than distribute the update along with a cumbersome, interim fix for Vista users, Howard Bronstein is working on a solution to the problem and we are not sure how much longer it will take.

I'll keep you informed of the progress and we hope it will not be long before these can go to duplication.

Regards,

Ron McHatton, Director of Education

Jkelee · #9 06-30-2009, 06:16 PM

I just got my email too!!

quiltergal · #10 06-30-2009, 11:06 PM

Me too!