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The open-sourced version of the award-winning Qiqqa research management tool for Windows
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Which version should I be installing as I move from "old Qiqqa" to open source? #282

Open Douglas-Taylor opened 3 years ago

Douglas-Taylor commented 3 years ago

Please can someone tell me which version I should be installing as I move from "old Qiqqa" to open source? This thing about unstable and prerelease and bugs, etc. scares the hell out of me. I have about 9 months to go before handing in my dissertation and really do not want, nor can I afford, a steep learning curve and a train smash. Please help!

GerHobbelt commented 3 years ago

Well, maybe this is more palatable then: https://github.com/jimmejardine/qiqqa-open-source/issues/280#issuecomment-752056946-permalink 😉

If you upgrade to a new version, and it doesn't work out for you for whatever reason, you can just as quickly downgrade again to the one you used previously by running that version's installer and clicking through as usual.

HTH

Douglas-Taylor commented 3 years ago

Thanks Ger But which version should I download? If I tell you that the last time I programmed it was in Fortran! So now it is all Persian. Especially when it looks as if some versions or iterations look as if they are beta or trial versions. I have downloaded 82.0.7568-29227. Is that going to be safe enough. And thanks for your response! All the best for 2021 Douglas

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 20:38 Ger Hobbelt, notifications@github.com wrote:

Well, maybe this is more palatable then: #280 (comment) https://github.com/jimmejardine/qiqqa-open-source/issues/280#issuecomment-752056946-permalink 😉

If you upgrade to a new version, and it doesn't work out for you for whatever reason, you can just as quickly downgrade again to the one you used previously by running that version's installer and clicking through as usual.

HTH

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GerHobbelt commented 3 years ago

No worries. v82.0.7568-29227 should be fine.

For users who didn't already have problems with commercial Qiqqa versions:

So, for now, your Qiqqa library / libraries will be local use only.

(There is a feature to enable users to 'sync' (share) their libraries using 'network storage', so they can work together on a single lib or work on their own lib on different machines, e.g. work and home computers, BUT that functionality is however not available for former Qiqqa Cloud libraries just yet.)

Thanks and happy & healthy 2021 in a few hours. ;-)

Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,

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On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 10:32 PM Douglas-Taylor notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks Ger But which version should I download? If I tell you that the last time I programmed it was in Fortran! So now it is all Persian. Especially when it looks as if some versions or iterations look as if they are beta or trial versions. I have downloaded 82.0.7568-29227. Is that going to be safe enough. And thanks for your response! All the best for 2021 Douglas

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 20:38 Ger Hobbelt, notifications@github.com wrote:

Well, maybe this is more palatable then: #280 (comment) < https://github.com/jimmejardine/qiqqa-open-source/issues/280#issuecomment-752056946-permalink

😉

If you upgrade to a new version, and it doesn't work out for you for whatever reason, you can just as quickly downgrade again to the one you used previously by running that version's installer and clicking through as usual.

HTH

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Douglas-Taylor commented 3 years ago

All seems to be working, thanks. I found a post about deleting some weird legacy files by going into the Quantisle folder, and that worked. My next issue, which I will have to search for amongst the issues, I guess, is how to get the "xx documents in this library" on the library description to actually match the contents. The final aspect will be creating an automatic backup which was provided by the on-line library. I have provisionally made that Quantisle folder part of my daily online cloud backup system so I just hope it doesn't keep adding and just maintains the current version of everything. Anyway, apart from the points above, it seems pretty much the same as the old version, so I can proceed without fear (I still have to test Incite, which I will do this week). So thanks thus far Ger.