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Ready for wider testing?
Charlemagne 8:
I've been toying around with this since Version 5.something (which never actually worked for me) and I remember vividly the Alpha version of Media Jukebox 8, which was released to anybody that wanted it.
This "Beta" is way more stable and user-friendly than many previous builds.
So I say open it up a little more. As long as everyone knows it's a beta that they're testing, it couldn't hurt and probably will help.
And to Deivit who said "I know that my skills are in no way comparable to the ones of the rest of the team, so I can only help as a plain-user with a large library." I would say that that's a very desirable target audience. 90% of the people who will buy MC 12 fall into the category you (and me) are.
Besides, the best I can come up with is a complaint about visualizations.
CVIII
glynor:
--- Quote from: jgreen on July 19, 2006, 07:52:17 pm ---That's the spirit, Gamer! You go, boy!
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;D
I should say, I never got the impression that Jim was suggesting that MC12 was/is feature complete. I think it was a question about "is it usable to the point where we could release it to a wider audience".
For me, the answer is still no.
glynor:
--- Quote from: JimH on July 19, 2006, 08:50:17 am ---We know it's not completely stable or bug free.
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I'd also mention that I'm not really setting my standards sky high on this. I tend to replace my "working version" of MC fairly early in the development cycle. Still, MC12 is fairly unusable for me in it's current form (the library creation problem is serious, and I think that Otto is still fairly broken).
JimH:
--- Quote from: gpvillamil on July 19, 2006, 06:07:58 pm ---I realize that you are in a hurry to release, since this means more incoming revenue. And revenue is good.
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Our traditional end user revenue isn't a factor.
MC12 is the basis of several players we're building for business partners. A record label and a large traditional media company among them. We have to get it to a stable point. More testers will help.
It isn't ideal, I know. We're not thrilled about it either. It's just a fact we have to live with.
gpvillamil:
--- Quote from: JimH on July 19, 2006, 08:55:38 pm ---Our traditional end user revenue isn't a factor.
MC12 is the basis of several players we're building for business partners. A record label and a large traditional media company among them. We have to get it to a stable point. More testers will help.
It isn't ideal, I know. We're not thrilled about it either. It's just a fact we have to live with.
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Understood!
However, this implies that MC12 (or products derived from it) will soon be entering a market broader than the current enthusiast/music collector market. So usability is key... Esp. if a lot of the market will be non-native English speakers, or non-English speakers.
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