Was able to edit the section, but not the catagory, whatever edits I make do not show up.

I've been waiting for a US version. Note: Search Engines will believe your website is located in GB, if you have a GB language installed (which you probably do). That's fine if you live in GB, but if you live in the US, it hurts search ranking, or rather search placement.

While I agree that there were many bugs with 1.3, it was still the best, and only (as far as I know) document manager for Joomla.

Docman 1.4 will have some major improvements. I've had the opportunity to use it and am very pleased.