Features have to be added slowly. When you add them quickly without extensive testing in between, you get major bugs and deep-rooted problems that you can't diagnose. Paint.NET is advancing in features pretty quickly, considering its size compared to the number of programmers (one). Traditionally, 2.x, 3.x, etc. releases of a program are simply bug fixes and minor improvements; you usually don't see wide, sweeping changes or feature additions until an x.0 release.
Rick is an excellent programmer, though, and bugs are very few and far between.
(Oh, and one more thing: "Alpha" means it's not a final version. So does "Beta" and "Release Candidate." It doesn't mean it's a special version, just an unfinished version.)
There is no doubt that Rick is an excellent programmer.My point is Alpha should be more like a creative editon.
I mean Alpha - 2/3 new features and 1/3 fixed for old edition.
Beta - 2/3 fixed for Alpha and 1/3 new further features
RC - no features,just fix.
And then final.
If u just see few features in Alpha.I have to doubt the rate of progress.I can understand ur meaning and explanation.
I love PDN and we both love it