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Friday, November 16, 2007

yWriter future

Just wanted to clarify the future direction for yWriter.

yWriter2 is in maintenance mode, and I won't be adding new features to this version.

yWriter3 is the current version. However, I'm working on yWriter 4 and so yWriter3 will shortly enter maintenance mode too. (This is where I just fix bugs.)

yWriter4 is only a few weeks away. It will import yWriter 2 AND 3 projects, and if you're still using yWriter 2 then this is the one to wait for.

Once yWriter 4 is in use, yWriter 2 will become unsupported software. (No more fixes, retired gracefully.) I'll also be recommending that everyone using yWriter 3 switch to yWriter 4. Right now they're identical except that v4 has a more efficient file layout and much faster load/save times.

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