On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Alex Fenton wrote:

> I'm pleased to announce the release of Weft QDA version 0.9.6.
>
> homepage: http://www.pressure.to/qda/
> rubyforge: http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/weft-qda/
>
> Weft QDA is an end-user GUI application for the analysis of unstructured 
> textual data, such as interview transcripts, written documents and 
> fieldnotes. It's intended for use in anthropology, sociology and other social 
> sciences and humanities. It is particularly designed to present a simple, 
> easy-to-use interface. It is currently available for Windows and GNU Linux.
>
> New features and improvements in this release include:
>
> - category names can now be in non-latin scripts, eg Chinese
> - coded text is highlighted in document and category windows
> - new code review tool to compare coding of multiple categories
> - faster coding and rearranging of categories
> - interface improvements for Windows & Linux
> - updated and expanded documentation
> - new installer
> - fixed numerous bugs
>
> I'm hoping to release a version 1.0 soon, so bug reports and suggestions for 
> enhancements are especially welcome.
>
> Many thanks to end users who have tried the application, and especially to 
> the authors and maintainers of the packages upon which Weft QDA is built, 
> including wxruby, sqlite-ruby and rubyscript2exe, who have continued to offer 
> important with this release. Also thanks to the rubyforge hosts - the free 
> services there have made development ten times easier! I hate maintaining CVS 
> servers!
>
> alex

hi alex-

i'm working on a book about scientific programming with ruby... although this
project looks to be a bit much to do a case study on it is quite interesting.
perhaps we could get some sound bites from you in the future to include in the
book.

are you doing any other scientifically bent work with ruby?

kind regards.

p.s.  random stuff about the book will appear here

   http://sciruby.codeforpeople.com/sr.cgi/TheScientificRubyProgrammingBook

-a
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