As both a programmer and a software user, I can relate to the original post and all the comments.

As a user I want all possible features and I want them now. So it's easy to relate to the posts requesting new features and asking when it will all be ready.

As a programmer I can greatly appreciate the Herculean effort to program all the features that unoboonex described.

If I were in his shoes I'd feel overwhelmed by all the requests for features in addition to what was originally targeted see more for 7.0. And not knowing how to respond, I'd probably be inclined to postpone responding.

The amount of time to add features is an interesting topic. Some features can be programmed quickly and do a huge amount of good for a lot of people. Other features might take a long time to program and won't make much difference to most people.

It's a management decision about what to include in a given release.

Software managers talk about a phenomenon called "feature creep." That's where you keep adding new features forever and never get the product out the door.

If it were up to me, I'd focus on the original plan for 7.0 and do it well. If there were an additional couple of features that were fast to program, and if they would have great benefit to a lot of people, I might add them to 7.0.

I would defer other features to 7.1 and beyond.

That's just my two cents worth.

My hat goes off to all of the heroes at BoonEx. Thank you for what you're doing.

And fellow users, your requests are all helpful. They let our BoonEx friends know what is wanted. That really helps their planning.

With gratitude,
Jim