Since we are in the process of testing the current beta. What about having sub forum that can only be seen by the beta testers for them to post the bugs they find and others can confirm this and it will save time with multiple emails of the same issue being sent to Patchou.

Anyone else agree that this would be a good idea. DZ you could get the list from Patchou on who is all testers on the forum. I think it would be a good idea. Anyone else agree?

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Originally posted by Matty
Anyone else (who is a tester) agree?

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Would be a lot easier and faster way of posting bugs etc for you guys

I'm not a tester but i agree...just remember to hide the topics from the last post place....

yeah, it would also be usefull to give all beta testers a list of the other beta tester's msn addresses. so we can test sounds out.

yeah i agree i've already found 2 bugs within the new beta which i bet you guys have found as well
Also i need to get more of you guys email to test some features

my msn add is saral[at]fw6.net, add me if you have the beta

cool anyone else ?

I agree, could be very usefull. I think it was suggested during some past beta tests too. But keep in mind that whatever you would discuss in such a forum.... you still need to report bugs to patchou, and when you see somebody discovered a bug on the forum, that doesn't mean you shouldn't report that bug... ppl report bugs in diffrent ways, all reports combined could make the diffrence between a fix or not. However, if everyone is gonna report the same it won't help either.

But i think it's good and will probally improve the overall quality of beta testing .

good idea, but patchou doesnt keep a list (i believe he said that before)

anyway, this is better then email because other people can say if its just the os or a personal computer problem

For this release Patchou choose the beta testers. Yeah, I think the sub forum will be great.

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Originally posted by Stigmata
patchou doesnt keep a list

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Originally posted by Stigmata
other people can say if its just the os or a personal computer problem

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Yeah, I agree, go on
However, there are some "beta testers" that have been selected by Patchou to test the 3.50 version only (like me) .
These people don't have a sticker and it would be harder to see find out all the beta testers...

It would be nice to have a separate forum, as seeing other bugs would allow us to test them in different environments, OS's etc.

Also it would be nice to know who the other testers are so we can build a list of them to test out the new sounds on each other

That's why we should use Patchou's list. WDZ, i noticed you're not replying... if you don't want to do/support this idea, just tell us. We won't blame you... but if it can't be done here, we can find another place for private beta discussions.

If PAtchou aproves ofcourse.

Hmm, i guess i'm the only one not seeing any use for this kinda subforum.


Reasons:[list][*]We all should report anyway.
[*]Every tester should find his/her own bugs.
(not report just because someone else posted it, just to report something..yeah yeah i know i'm assuming things here)
[*]Patchou can only find out wether you are a serious tester or not by the reports you send.
[*]What good is it for us to know wich bugs are found on someone elses system, they are gonna be fixed anyway.

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Originally posted by Sunshine
Hmm, i guess i'm the only one not seeing any use for this kinda subforum.


Reasons:[list][*]We all should report anyway.
[*]Every tester should find his/her own bugs.
(not report just because someone else posted it, just to report something..yeah yeah i know i'm assuming things here)
[*]Patchou can only find out wether you are a serious tester or not by the reports you send.
[*]What good is it for us to know wich bugs are found on someone elses system, they are gonna be fixed anyway.

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Originally posted by Matty
This also gives the ability for other testers to try and recreate the bug.

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That's why we should use Patchou's list. WDZ, i noticed you're not replying... if you don't want to do/support this idea, just tell us. We won't blame you

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Originally posted by Patchou
inthe countrary, of course we will!

off to the restaurant I go (St Valentin...)

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I also agree....

this is a great idea cause i keep reaching my contact list capacity from adding everybody for testing

good idea

I like this idea, it would be alot easier for us and for Patchou. 

I have a request for a IRC Channel for just the beta testers, that way I could ask other testers that are not on my list to test a certain thing.  it would also be alot easier then IM'ing every one of them. 

The IRC channel sounds better than a sub forum due to it being quicker and easier to talk/reply.

* Cromp backs away from this thread, as not a plus beta tester, just bored.

i think its a good idea...

you dont need to spam ideas across to people, as your only testing, so you only need to talk to people who are online now, and dont need to leave messages for peope who arn't online.

i.e. irc is the simple solution.

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Originally posted by Matty
And is this Patchou agreeing with this or not?

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Originally posted by Cromp
you dont need to spam ideas across to people, as your only testing, so you only need to talk to people who are online now, and dont need to leave messages for peope who arn't online.

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i think this would ease the amount of testing patchou has to do, because if somebody finds a bug then sends it to patchou, he will have to test it to see if it happens for him as well. with this forum, we could simply post bugs and all the other testers would be able to see if they existed on their system, not only reducing patchous workload, but also ensuring its tested on multiple different system setups as well

just my two cents

Okay, even though it has been mentioned in the thread in the staff forum i'll cross post some things:

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Originally posted by WDZ
Beta testers aren't in their own usergroup. Major changes would be needed to make all parts of the MyBB permissions system support the tester status...

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Originally posted by WDZ
But some are in the Elite group and not the Tester group, and some are Testers but not Elite.

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Originally posted by WDZ

I suppose I could set up another new group with access to the Elite forum AND the beta forum...

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Originally posted by Chris Boulton

Thing is though, some testers dont even have the beta this time and some people who arent testers have it..

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