Beta Testers?

I’ve been thinking that beta testing would be a good thing to do for my future updates of MW and any new apps I release. It would be great to get people’s creative suggestions before release, and given that updates take so long to push through Apple’s approval process, squashing bugs ahead of time can only be a good thing.

A very helpful player suggested http://ibetatest.com/. It’s a clever site where a developer announces a beta, and testers join that beta. Then they download a special prerelease version of the app and run that on their iPhones/iPod touches. The website handles all the management/feedback issues making it very simple.

I’ve created a beta for a new app I’m making. If you’d like to be the first to see and test it, sign up, and mark your ‘role’ as ‘Beta Tester’ on the form. Follow the instructions after that, and then post your username (your ibetatest.com username, not your MW username) as a comment on this post. The beta is private so I’ll use these names to invite people into the beta

After that, when the app is ready, I’ll upload it to the site and everyone can install it and let me know their feedback. Please note, you’ll need to be quick off the mark- I’m only going to run the test for a day or so, because I want to get the app quickly onto the App Store once it’s out in public.

Looking forward to inviting you

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