Thank you for your comments, folks. Here go my answers to your questions:
@am2003
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> @ambal: will this feature be available? I did not see this module in
> your second image (built-in modules). It will be useful to have it from
> the very beginning.
Yes, it will be added. It wasn't just ready at the moment I was taking screenshots from a development copy.
@cautious
re: upgrades
v4.4 code won't be too far from v4.3 code so upgrade v4.3->v4.4 shouldn't be harder than e.g. v4.2->v4.3
re: security
> does the v4.4x hash (one-way hash, MAC) the user's passwd so that even
> the administrator cannot see the actual original value at the backend?
Blowfish and admin cannot see passwords (his own even). Also, X-Cart v4.4 doesn't send passwords in e-mail notifications.
> because what i still dont understand is that if new version 5 on a
> completely new platform which states Summer release and is replacing
> version 4x, why so much work is going into a version which will be
> extinct in a few months? Why not just work on the new platform?
Well, we do work on the new platform and v5.0 is going to be a kind of completely new platform than joins all pros of X-Cart and LiteCommerce to eliminate their cons. v4.4 is an improvement version of existing X-Cart engine. There are features that must be in existing X-Cart + we should remember about ease of transition between versions. X-Cart v4.4 is still having the same X-Cart engine as v4.2 and v4.3 have while v5.0 is going to have a new engine.
@lgo:
> Any expected release date for v4.4?
it's all said here
http://help.qtmsoft.com/index.php?title=X-Cart:Roadmap
@sambamu:
> How hard would it be to upgrade from v4.3 to v4 without upgrading to
> 4.3.1 or 4.3.2
we release upgrade kits for latest minor versions in a branch. So you'll need to have 4.3.2 in order to be able to upgrade to 4.4