Folks,

No matter if you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Al Hijra, Ashura, Kwanzaa, Yule, Festivus, Winterveil (we all celebrate that one, right?), or just plain Winter, we here at Norganna's AddOns wish you and yours all the best now, in the coming year, and always.

We have had another amazing year of features, enhancements, bug fixes, and user support, all thanks to one of the most dedicated teams of AddOn developers that you will find anywhere. Look for more of the same during 2010!

Stay safe, stay warm, take some time to enjoy your non-Azerothian friends and family, and enjoy the rest of the year!

Nikk and the rest of the family at Norganna's AddOns

Version 3.1.14 is an update to make Gatherer compatible with WoW 3.2.

Version 3.1.14 Change Log:
Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10352
- GATH-137: update Gatherer for new Hrothgar's Landing zone added in WoW 3.2

I am proud to announce that AuctioneerDb has now reached the general availability stage (GA) and is ready for consumption by the wider internet audience.

We do of course plan to continue fixing any bugs that are found, adding new features, especially the premium functionality that I know a lot of you are waiting for, and more importantly listening and being responsive to our users comments and requests.

Being accessible to our users is a big part of what we do here at Norganna's AddOns. We like to assist our users with any requests they have, and we're not just a one man show. We have a dedicated team of support personnel, developers, quality assurance and a burning desire to keep our users as happy as we can. You can be confident when using our products that if you have any problems, we will do our utmost to assist you.

Above all, I would like to thank everyone who has helped out with the development, testing and regional localization work thus far, we couldn't have made it here without you!

AuctioneerDb (http://auctioneerdb.com) is a searchable auction prices database for World of Warcraft™ realms. It provides detailed historical price information for recorded World of Warcraft™ auctions, including many different breakdowns of auctions between bids, buyouts, stack sizes, factions, realms, days of the week, and historical prices. AuctioneerDb's aim and primary purpose is to improve the game experience for World of Warcraft™ players of all calibers from the basic player who knows nothing about the auction house and just wants to "sell their stuff" to experienced arbitrageurs who play the trading game to buy low and sell high. By allowing free access to detailed auction information, we hope to up our game, level the playing field and stabilize the markets as Auctioneer has been doing now for many years, but at a whole new level.

I'd like to thank everyone who has helped this last year on the AuctioneerDb project, whether it's to provide advice, development support, debugging assistance, improvement suggestions, or just merely using the product while it was buggy and uploading data.

We've finally reached that point where the whole thing is ready for public consumption. Up until now, we've been trying to keep things under wraps a little to keep the user base small and manageable by only mentioning it on the Norganna's AddOns websites. However now we think it's finally ready for the general public and as reflects the Beta status, we will start promoting it a little more generally out in the wider internet.

Version 3.1.13 is a more comprehensive update to make Gatherer compatible with WoW 3.1. It includes updated node translations as well as custom icons for most of the Northrend gatherables.

Version 3.1.13 Change Log:
Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10319

GATH-104: update object name translations for the new names of Northrend ores in WoW 3.0.8

GATH-90: fixed stuttering HUD for fps >= 100

- GATH-128: added custom icons for Northrend Ores and the most common Northrend Herbs

Version 3.1.12 is an update to make Gatherer compatible with WoW 3.1. Expect 3.1.13 to follow soon which will include many missing node translations, among other things that I haven't been able to test yet.

Version 3.1.12 Change Log:
Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10322
- GATH-127: update to a WoW 3.1 compatible version of Astrolabe

Greetings All,

Since we have been asked- and to clear up any rumors that may be circulating...

Auctioneer, Gatherer, and Enchantrix all follow the guidelines published by Blizzard at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/policy/ui.html , according to our understanding of the policy.

We have never solicited donations in the actual game environment and have never, ever charged for our offerings.

We do request donations on our primary site, http://AuctioneerAddOn.Com , via the link in the upper right corner, from those who find our AddOns to be helpful. Those donations primarily help to offset the costs associated with our development environment; a couple servers and their Internet connectivity.

With a volunteer staff of about 30, usually 5-10 active at a time, spread in different parts of the world, such tools are indispensable to our ability to develop, test, and provide decent products.

All that said, the donations usually come out about even, with our primary Administrator, Norganna, making up the difference out of his family's bank account on the months that donations do not meet the monthly expenses. There are some rare months where donations exceed the monthly expenses, but that overage is needed to repay the "loans" from previous months.

Although some on the team would welcome the opportunity to make a living from development of such complex products, we currently release them under V2 of the GPL.

With such a diverse group, there are those who help as a way to "give back" to the world to those who are looking to polish their resume with some real world experience. As a whole, we do not begrudge those who have decided to depart from producing AddOns, due to what ever reason(s), and support any company's right to protect its property. This current period is quite interesting as numerous laws are being enacted and tested in different courts to determine the future of software development, and only time will tell.

Those who feel strongly, one way or another, should contact Blizzard and their elected officials, directly, and express their opinions. Demands, comments, or requests on websites only go so far, and most often not to those with the authority to make the desired changes. Luckily most of us live in areas where making such opinions known is not only possible, but encouraged.

We look forward to providing products that enhance our users' experiences, and our own, for now, and into the future. Should there ever be any internal or external decisions that do affect our products, we will endeavor to keep everyone informed, to the greatest possible extent.

In keeping with our usual spirit of openness, the new guidelines may affect the future of the AuctioneerDB program, which is in early beta status, but no decisions have been made as of yet. We will post with more details, once they are available.

Happy Adventuring,

Nikk and the rest of the Norganna's AddOns family

Version 3.1.11 is an update to fix a bug introduced in 3.1.10 which was causing lose of drop rates data. Please note that node location data was not effected by this bug. I would like to apologize for the loss of drop rates data.

Version 3.1.11 Change Log:
Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10320
- GATH-111: fixed a problem with the drop rates conversion code

Version 3.1.10 is an update to fix some minor problems and update some node names.

Version 3.1.10 Change Log:
Version Issue List: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH/fixforversion/10292

GATH-102: Add Northrend areas to the Gatherer Report Search window

GATH-106: adjust old statistics to bring them close to the "reality" for the WoW 3.0.8 mining changes

GATH-105: support esMX locale by using esES object names as they are currently the same

GATH-55: Display notice about gatherables window in confirm popup.

GATH-100: Gatherer will no longer cause errors if SlideBar is not present

- GATH-104: update object name translations for the new names of Northrend ores in WoW 3.0.8 (only enUS, zhTW and deDE locales have been updated)

Greetings Gatherers,

As noted in the release notes, displayed as the patch installed, Blizzard renamed the nodes in Northrend.

For the moment, Gatherer will not display your old nodes and may well not record new ones.

We are aware of the issue and affected by it ourselves. Changes are underway that will hopefully retain the old data, while enabling you to collect "new" data.

Keep an eye on the forums and GathererAddOn.Com for more information.

Happy Gatherering,

Nikk


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