9.1 is quite stable in general. 26 reports in several weeks is almost nothing.
Not when you consider that by a vast majority, the "type" of people frequenting this forum are the type of people that honestly enjoy moving to the latest beta build you offer. I guarantee that if 10 wasn't out yet, you'd see a LOT more posts in the 9.1.xxx threads. The reason for the lack of 9.1 posts is that the version 10 thread has sucked them all up.
We will now fix only catastrophic problems in 9.1. There is a point of diminishing returns on any release where you spend excessive energy chasing tiny problems. In my opinion, we've reached that point. I'm sorry if you don't agree, but we are moving on.
You've just outlined what makes the difference between a "great" application and just a "good" one. 9.1.316 is a feature rich program, and while I would agree that it's "generally stable," it's most certainly not "rock solid" yet.
Have you actually looked into some of the issues reported in the 9.1.316 and iPod threads? I bet that if you did, you'd find that at least some of the bugs reported are entirely repeatable on your systems. Regardless of how "small" these issues might seem, a bug is a bug, and this can make the difference between staying with a program or trying a different one for many people. Sadly, I'm getting the impression that you simply aren't looking into some of these issues -- that you're waiting for more posts that simply aren't coming since most "forum users" are using version 10 now.
You're correct that I don't agree it's time to "move on" yet -- not when the current official version still has enough minor bugs to keep it from being a "great" program. What really bothers me, however, is just how quickly and how FAR 9.1 has been pushed to the back shelf now that 10 is out. I was always reassured by the fact that the fixes for MC came out so quickly -- this is one of the major reasons I recommended the program to other people. That reassurance, however, has largely been replaced by disappointment now that 10 has completely taken over the programming efforts.
Working on the next major build is the normal process of software design. This, however, should not cut so far into the active, visible support for the current version.
Larry