XYplorer Beta Club

hi! after this round of betas and on the next official release i am planning to "version lock" my XY so i no longer will get betas, releases, etc. i am doing this due to the announcement of the upcoming "Glider" feature removal. i use this feature way too often to let it go and am not interested in juggling multiple XY EXEs that contain specific features.

i understand i won't get any further fixes (important) nor new features (less important - especially since they could be removed at a later date). i'm okay with this. my workflow is pretty basic and doesn't change much, so i don't really anticipate missing out on much.

anyway, my question is, does anyone else "version lock" their XY ? if so, what are your reasons ? i see posts from time to time where people are referencing older/previous versions, so i guess it happens, maybe not on purpose. maybe just not checking for updates until they run into a problem ? not sure.

i'm also open to suggestions if there are any. as far as i know, keeping a separate portable copy around would be the only option.

No longer applying updates means not only that you won't get newer functions
but also you don't get errors fixed you may not yet have encountered.
Using a portable version and disable the update checks makes what you want.

does anyone else "version lock" their XY ?

No. I'm collection all versions (since v10) in an archive, so whatever I need can be extracted if necessary

i see posts from time to time where people are referencing older/previous versions

Or just because they've bought only a one-year license and don't want to upgrade (and pay again)

keeping a separate portable copy around would be the only option

That's the way you should do it