Direct question to Cakewalk re Playlist

To Cakewalk....are you ever going to address the concerns of those of us who use/want to use the Playlist tool?
 
EG this thread http://forum.cakewalk.com/Playlist-still-broken-m2923421.aspx and others that I am sure you are aware of.
 
If so, when could such work be anticipated?
 
Thanks
 
PS: Even if the answer is in the negative, please still answer as at least that way users will know for sure and can then explore other possibilities and stop trying to "make a silk purse out of a sows ear"

It's on my buglist, you are able to contact their support:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Outstanding-Issues-as-of-X3D-and-general-comments-m2952585.aspx#2952585
 
I doubt anything will happen until X3E and that hasn't been fully confirmed yet.

Guitarmech111
good luck...

Yes I do not hold much hope..a bit of a Quixotic quest methinks

joden
Thing is Alex they have had three updates now (sorry 4-including original release) and still nothing. Now that to me, seems a pretty clear indication that they think the Playlist is fine as is and really want nothing more to do with it.

First, there have been other updates to the playlist in the past. Second, I believe you are drawing the wrong conclusion: I think it's a pretty clear indication they prioritized other bugs in the queue.
 
I realize some particular issues are of particular importance to some people, but the decision of what to fix for a particular rev and what to postpone depends on a whole lot of factors.

Joden -
 
First, this is a user forum and it is not an appropriate place to post open challenges to the Cakewalk development staff.  This is not a place where you can expect to make a direct communication with these folks.
 
Second, My experience is that the bakers do take action on properly formulated problem reports.  They do have to prioritize them and one of the considerations that they have to make is how many people are affected by a problem.  Frankly, I can think of a dozen or more items that I would like them to address before wasting time on Play List functionality.  I would be surprised if there are more than a dozen users who even know about it. 
 
Try making a case for how usable the feature is (when working as you expect it to).  Explain how you think it should work (backed up by their documentation where possible).  This does appear to be something that would be cool for sequencing a live show (lights, backing synths, etc) but you will probably need to convince Noel that he isn't spending his programming resources to fix a feature that only you (and possibly three other people) are going to use.
 
The bakers have fixed problems that I have reported (nearly a dozen), so I know that the process can work.  You just need to find a way to get engaged in the solution instead of whining about something that nobody else cares about.
 
Glen