Do you take part in LabVIEW betas?

[pallen]

I'm really late replying to this.  But I'll slip it in anyway.

I've always loved playing with beta software.  Alphas too.  Sometimes things don't work as expected.  But usually there's a bunch of extra features that the stable release is missing.  It feels pretty good to be the guy that already knows about those nifty things before anyone else.  

I suppose I'd be more active with beta software if I had more actual programming projects on the go.  But if the beta for LV 8.7 or perhaps a 64 bit version come along, I'd be more than happy to take them for a test drive.  I've also seen some huge improvements in the Linux version of LabVIEW.  If this keeps up, I may be able to convince a few more customers into considering it as a solution.  (Some are just absolutely dead set against anything that runs Windows)  

[Gripster]

Our company beta tests instrumentation to select customers.  We offer free/discounted workshops,products & services.  All I got from last beta was a free support incident from a problem that stemed from code started in the beta and a bug in LV8.5.  Despite asking for an updated to next current version of LV we could not get a free or discounted fix.  Pull last incident ID for tech details.  Hell even a T-shirt offer would have been nice.

[InfiniteNothing]

I always seem to mess up and save things in the beta version. An "always save in version 8.n" option would go a long way for me. 

[VENKATESH.J]

I too got the beta Software and going to participate in testing.

Rgds,

Venky

[VENKATESH.J]

Hi,

I found a bug in labview beta and reported in the site.

In the website , it shows the status as open.

What does it mean?

Thanks in advance,

Venky

[smercurio_fc]

You should not be discussing the beta testing in an open forum. There is a dedicated forum for the beta testing, and you should be posting any questions on the beta (or the program operation) there. Besides, this thread is for something else.

[andre.buurman@carya]

Thing that can be done to make me more active:

Make bug reporting a module in LabVIEW, so I don't have to go back and forth between the website and the VI's. Easy submission of fault displaying examples vi a click of a menu item and adding comments in one go. After that I don't mind and check/add comments to the bug report via the website.

[Broken_Arrow]

I would love to participate, but there's just not enough time in the day. I think it might be beneficial to approach a would-be beta tester and ask them to do something very specific. Such as:

Download 8.6 Beta

Test the Wiring Diagram Cleanup function

Send us your thoughts.

un-install.

Done.

Message Edited by Broken Arrow on 03-03-2009 11:58 AM

[Cory_K]

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Broken Arrow wrote:

I would love to participate, but there's just not enough time in the day. I think it might be beneficial to approach a would-be beta tester and ask them to do something very specific. Such as:

Download 8.6 Beta

Test the Wiring Diagram Cleanup function

Send us your thoughts.

un-install.

Done.

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If they knew where there might be issues, they would look at the issue themselves .

The point of releasing the beta is basically a "did we overlook anything?"

[Broken_Arrow]

With all respect Cory, I disagree. They know exactly what they've changed, and they want to know what we think - how it's working, etc. To load a program like LabVIEW and just "look for bugs" would be a full time job IMO. Hence my lack of participation, I guess.