Thank you for your interest in Defender! 1.8 is in the works and we have quite a few new features being built. That said, our release schedule is primarily focused on quality. We have been pleased with the response from people in regards to overall quality. As we integrate new security features our goal is clean safe code that has been tested and retested. That said, there are times we push incremental changes. It just depends on the cycle and whatever is best for efficiency and safety.
If you come across an issue or have a feature request we will respond quickly. If you check through our resolved support topics you will find we are very responsive. I hope this brings you some peace of mind as we continue working on making Defender even better at his job.
Also, I have passed your comment and concern along to our development team. We’ll keep things moving forward. 🙂