Congratulations on your release.
I have installed X1 v8 beta on two systems and, besides a few minor details, all good. It is after all beta (not "release candidate" or "release") and appears stable for a beta. I immediately checked the amount of memory consumed by X1 v8 beta. With version v7, I saw memory consumption up to 350 MBytes. X1 v8 beta uses much less. Great step forward.
First impression of the GUI looks good.
I personally do not mind that v7 settings were not transferred as it was a beta and not a release.
I did notice the RSS icon in the splash screen but did not see RSS integration in the data sources. I am a big RSS fan and use RssOwl for RSS feeds with some 500 feeds of IT, news, software and other stuff.
On trying to move the index, I get a pop-up dialog "Error Moving File or Folder" with text "Cannot move X1MapEngine_4208: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again. The new directory is created but the X1 settings do not stick. It succeeds the second time. A minor change would be to select the parent directory and automatically create the top-level "X1 Search" index directory.
I would like a link to an off-line install version. One of my computers is in an environment where the installer is blocked from downloading the main package. I normally have to manually update it. Also consider that corporate environments block hosting sites for downloads. So the reputation of the hosting site is important.
I will post again after indexing is complete. All good so far.
I have installed X1 v8 beta on two systems and, besides a few minor details, all good. It is after all beta (not "release candidate" or "release") and appears stable for a beta. I immediately checked the amount of memory consumed by X1 v8 beta. With version v7, I saw memory consumption up to 350 MBytes. X1 v8 beta uses much less. Great step forward.
First impression of the GUI looks good.
I personally do not mind that v7 settings were not transferred as it was a beta and not a release.
I did notice the RSS icon in the splash screen but did not see RSS integration in the data sources. I am a big RSS fan and use RssOwl for RSS feeds with some 500 feeds of IT, news, software and other stuff.
On trying to move the index, I get a pop-up dialog "Error Moving File or Folder" with text "Cannot move X1MapEngine_4208: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again. The new directory is created but the X1 settings do not stick. It succeeds the second time. A minor change would be to select the parent directory and automatically create the top-level "X1 Search" index directory.
I would like a link to an off-line install version. One of my computers is in an environment where the installer is blocked from downloading the main package. I normally have to manually update it. Also consider that corporate environments block hosting sites for downloads. So the reputation of the hosting site is important.
I will post again after indexing is complete. All good so far.
