Beta Test - Please

ds0934 · Post by **ds0934** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:14 pm

I know this has already been posted in various threads, but I felt it ought to be posted as its own topic.

Helios: Please, at least consider supporting a public beta program for any future upgrades? Even KixTart conducts lengthy public beta trials, and their stuff is free. Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, etc. all support public beta trials. It's vital for developing reliable and appealing products. There's no reason not to do it. It would have saved you all this headache and (possible) embarrassment relating to the recent TP5 issues. Maybe x.1 releases don't warrant a beta trial (although, I would still recommend it), but any .0 release should definitely use that approach.

I'm not giving up on TP, just holding off (rolling back to 4.73) until 5 looks stable and "ready". I've tried other editors and I always come back, so I'm really hoping 5.x can prove itself a worthy upgrade.