Usually people are willing to evaluate beta software out remove of charge but common courtesy is to offer beta testers a discount or a free copy depending on how much testing is needed. If you don't have a bunch of good friends with the necessary system requirements or don't know where to start there is always._________________Ken McClearyJoystick Software
Since I am now on Windows I use Virtual PC for everything except Mac OS. Since I sold my Mac I really don't develop much for that platform anymore. When I am pretty sure it works as required I ask friends or here on the forums for testers. If it's not too big and complicated I usually have no affect finding someone to back up._________________Education not legislation!
I use RentACoder. I usually get at least of couple of different testers to evaluate for me. I agree a price of $3 per bug that they find. However I must be able to reproduce it to give the $3. You be to make sure you put a good request together so your covered. HTH_________________beat regards,Jules.* I'm using RB 2007 (Standard) R1 IDE and R3 to build (on XP).* compiled in RB 2007 R3.* Anti-Alias Floodfill Plugin
I got a hardss of a beta tester as he is always on my butt about something that I haven't fixed or made yet. He's the best as he bought the first version and then had a million questions. I asked him (to change state him up) if he wanted to beta evaluate for me and he said yes. I have always found that the beat beta tester should be someone that is going to use the product (after beta testing is done) as they be to make the program perfect as they will use it. People that are just rentatesters just do it for the money and that's it. If you are lucky to get someone that is wanting your product but seams to be a pain as he/she has a million questions and wants a million more things added then ask them if they care to beta evaluate and furnish them a full remove write. This is what I do with exploit and he's happy. And strangely enough he has come up with some GREAT ideas that I did add to the new upddate. The moral. "At times the ones you think are royal pains in the ass alter the best beta testers as they are testing it as if it was THEIR very own schedule"._________________JonathonSoftware Devlopement: Electronics & Robotics: RB2005 R4 Pro for Windows XP Pro/SP2
Hi!I will be testing for OS X 10.4 & 10.5 Rosetta (PPC). I know there are many here that can help but I am worried since we're all developers that someone ordain copy my project idea and develop / sell it for themselves and be me many lost sales. Would you or anyone else be willing to beta evaluate certain parts of my application?That would allow me to not furnish away what the application does but still get needed testing done. After the application has been out and has sold copies I would furnish away some serials to beta testers as compensation. I speculate I only be one MAC OS X 10.4/10.5 beta tester. Or maybe 2 testers one that has 10.4 and one that has 10.5. Future versions may require Windows XP/Vista testers and Linux testers. The things to be tested aren't going to be exciting for the beta tester cram like :Testing my custom installer. Testing that my etc. I am not quite at that re-create yet where beta testing is required but hopefully I wlll be soon. Thanks for the back up.
That is why I said to use a true end user as they well use all of it as you are marketing it for them. My beta tester. Bob had to test everything the RegKeyCode drove him nuts re-entering the keycode all the time with new updates. But he told me that it does bring home the bacon as he tried all the edition types: Lite. Standard. Advanced and Professional Editions were all tested and marked off ameliorate. If you have any products currently out Starbuck see if they would be to beta test for you when the time comes your New product._________________JonathonSoftware Devlopement: Electronics & Robotics: RB2005 R4 Pro for Windows XP Pro/SP2
Good inform Jennifer!With mine though in the alpha stages i don't really mind that much as there really isn't much to the program yet but once it gets into a adjust beta stage that is when I enage the KeyCode so if it does get out then whom ever will comfort need a RegKey to use the program._________________JonathonSoftware Devlopement: Electronics & Robotics: RB2005 R4 Pro for Windows XP Pro/SP2
I take a friend or friends that will use the app (or potentially use the app) and have them beta test the hell out of the app. Since they are the targeted audience they make good testers. Plus I run parallels/vmware on my mac so I can evaluate under windows myself. But since I am the coder (sight I did not use the word programmer!) i might not see the issues/bugs. So they get them for me._________________where #=latest. RB2007r4 on MacOSX 10.5.# on a MacBookPro
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