Here's a link to English version info:  https://www.ritlabs.com/en/news/7281/   I upgraded yesterday and it's running smoothly.

david

I agree, there are no meaningful new features I've discovered, but I've found each new release is a bit smoother. For me, virtual folders update more quickly in version 9, which I appreciate, and by upgrading I'll get whatever enhancements are added for next couple of years. I've long believed the best way to see a product updated is to continue to invest in it.

david

Yet another Major version update — which implies license upgrading, which translated to cash. The upgrade from v8 to v9 was above €45 (w/ VAT).

Personally, I don't see any huge changes features-wise that justify a MAJOR number bump-up, it seems to me that MAJOR versioning is more bound to a marketing scheme rather than codbase rewrites and major features updates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Version_numbers_as_marketing

On Win 10 x64 I'm already experiencing lot's of problems — TB is unable to save changes to the update settings configuration, and an error message notified me that TB was unable to associate .eml files to the app, as well as other email related extensions and the "mailto:" protocol (I can't get again the error to show, which only showed on my first attempt to customize the update settings, but I can confirm that none of these are currently associated to TB, as they used to be with v8). So much for pre-release beta testing!

I've been using TB Home since v7, and I can't recall a single release that didn't frequently crash with memory access violation errors — which is rather disappointing to see in a security-oriented application.

I think that the upgrade fee was too high, and that existing customers should pay less to upgrade (I mean, I've paid just €12 less than new customers).

As I wrote in the other post: The asked price for the license upgrade is far over the top.
The v8 license was good for about 1 year (in my case) and you ask for 54 Euros? No. Simply no.
I would be fine with 30 Euros per upgrade every 2 years and I would be a future happy customer without giving it a second thought, 30 Euros every year would also be ok'ish but it wouldn't feel that good. But 54 Euros? For about a year and nobody knows what's your next "business idea" to get more financial influx? Nah, I'm done with further the Bat upgrades, sorry, but you lost me by greed and intransparency.

>> Is it policy to have a major version change every year now?
I don't think so.
27.11.2019 The Bat! 9.0.8
27.11.2017 The Bat! 8.0.14
05.08.2015 The Bat! 7.0
14.11.2013 The Bat! 6.0
06.04.2011 TheBat! 5.0.8

It is 2 years cycle for the new version.

The issue may be slow in being resolved because it doesn't appear consistently and that may bring into question whether it's a bug or a configuration issue. I've used TB! since version 7 with never a problem with Gmail, either in Win 7 or Win 10.

I couldn't log in to my Gmail account. I have 2 factor autho set up and when I'm taken to Gmail login I enter my email address and then in the next screen I enter my password but it doesn't proceed.  I get a message that the browser isn't supported and cant refresh or click on the more info link. That's as far as I get.TB v9.0.8 on Windows 10.  I've tried making two different browser default but that doesn't make a difference.

That depends on when you buy the upgrade. You might have a reason to not buy it on day 1 ...
For me it was a little over one year and the price upgrade is still greed.

I appreciate the continued development of The Bat and will buy a v9 license for sure.

Having said that, I am keeping my fingers crossed that the Workspace / Customize Toolbars / Shortcuts option (present in v8 and before) will be reintroduced. I am using an Apple Magic keyboard 2, and it sucks to have to use Fn+delete instead of delete to delete emails.

Other minor glitches include messages shown up to 3 times in a Virtual folder (that I use to aggregate 2 inboxes) - with the "to:" column showing it was only received on one email account, and only showing once when switching from he Virtual folder to the logical Inbox view.

Please keep up the good work + happy new year 2020!

Same here. Version 8.x was probably the most neglected version of the program up to date - 2 updates in 2019 is a joke. I will NOT update for this price even if I have to migrate to some other email client. Update should me much cheaper than it is for now - I'm purchasing it for years, spent a lot of money for it. But I will no longer support Ritlabs - I get nothing for the money. Sorry.

>> just want to be sure, that I'm not only one, who can't change size of icons on toolbar?
You're not only one. Support says that may be in the future they give us again small size of icons.

>> Ah, are you kidding me George
Am I do?)))

I don't like this too. And wait few months on 8 version because they're kill it shortcuts. Now I can do my own shortcuts and dont' worry about small icons. Wait a fix from vendor or not to wait - this is a question, yes.