As most of you will know, TodayPlus was born out of a thread on Brighthand, where srs requested help to beta-test a new plug-in. Somewhere along the line, the beta-test message has become a little muted. This fine product now has a strong following of "end-users", not willing/able to deal with some of the side effects of beta-testing, or contribute the time/effort required to rigorously test new features and provide detailed defect descriptions.
Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to form a Beta Testers group within the forums who will get slightly earlier access to releases, with the intention of testing both TodayPlus, the default skin and perhaps other skins before the general release.
Of course, there are risks inherent in this, notably that of soft resets of your device or, in the worst case, forced hard resets. I'm know srs is making every effort to reduce the need for the latter, and would welcome innovative ideas for "fail-safe" features which would prevent them. Please only volunteer if you are willing to face these risks without (too much) complaint.
We will select our Beta Testers from the volunteers who respond, in order to obtain a group with the following:
- An understanding of at least the basics of TodayPlus;
- A good spread of devices and operating systems; and
- An active involvement in the forums
If you are interested in taking part in this process, please post a reply here, listing at least:
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- Make/model of PocketPC
- Operating System (PPC2002/WM2003)
- Storage cards installed/slots available
- Other plug-ins still in use (for interoperability testing)
- PIM application used[/list:o]Thanks in advance, and I look forward to working with you on this exciting project.
I would love to do this. I have been enjoying this program from the very beggining and would like to help out all I can.
1.Ipaq 3955 and Dell Axim X5
2.Wm2003 and PPC 2002
3.On Ipaq I have an SD and 2 CF cards(memplug sleeve) Axim has SD and CF.
4.Dashboard, Notestoday, SPB Finance
5.Pocket Informant
Sign me up too. Like Blazingwolf, I have been running TodayPlus since the early days (Way back on Page 10 (http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=560959#post560959)).
1. Toshiba e740
2. PPC 2002
3. SD: 256 MB & CF: 128 MB
4. M$ Money
5. Pocket Outlook
me too!
iPaq 2215
wm2003
256 SD
t-day counter
Pocket Outlook
Count me in 8)
1. Device: iPAQ H2215
2. OS: WM2003
3. SD: Panasonic 512MB, CF: Viking 1GB (I know, I know thats a lot :D)
4. Other Plugins: SPB Finance today plugin
5. Primary PIM: Informant
I can try :
1- Device : iPaq 3760
2- OS : PocketPC2002
3- Ext : Compaq Bluetooth & CF 512mb
4- Plugin : Today+, cLauch, tAgenda
5- Pim : Pocket Informant
I will give it a go!
- Tosh E740 W
- PPC2002
- BT CF Card, 256Mb SD Card
- Dashboard, VBirthday, Money, Pocketpackup, Todayquote
- PI or basic pocketoutlook
I'll give it a try
- iPAQ 2210
- WM2003
- 128Mb SD & 256Mb CF
- Calender+, Pocket backup
- pocket Outlook and Agenda Fusion
I've been doing this beta testing for too long for stopping now :) you can add me.
Ipaq 5550
WM2003
128 Mb internal + 128 Mb SD pretec
IP Dashboard 1.2, Claunch 11.0 and sometimes deje PIToday
PI
Quote from: arbitrajeuTherefore, we are looking for volunteers to form a Beta Testers group...
You talked me into it, arbitrajeu - I'd like to participate as well:
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- PocketPC: iPAQ 3955
- Operating System: PPC2002
- Storage slots: 128Mb CF in sleeve, SD onboard.
- Other plug-ins: WisBar Adv
- PIM: Agenda Fusion
- Desktop: Windows 2000 Pro, ActiveSync 3.7
- Connectivity: USB Sync[/list:o]
[edit] Thanks, dasilva - forgot WA.[/edit]
arbitrajeu
I am game.
1. Tosh e750
2. WM2003
3. SD 512, CF 512 and CF BT
4. WisBar Adv, Rhinolaunch, Sprite Software Pocket Monitor, Deje PIToday
5. Pocket Informant 4.6
-David
1. iPAQ 5455 WM2003
2. iPAQ 3835 PPC2K2 (possible to be upgraded once cdrom arrives)
3. Toshiba E740 (although I'm not proud of this)
4. Multiple SD cards, 128MB, 512MB (SanDisk, Kingston, Lexar, Panasonic)
5. Multiple CF cards: 256MB (various brands)
6. Lucent WiFi (Gold & Silver), Symbol CF WiFi, Socket BT, Cisco AeroNet
340 WiFi (various vendors' APs 802.11b & 802.11g)
7. Name an application, we probably (all legitimately purchased -
Handango loves us) have it although not all are currently
installed. We can be very accomodating.
8. Very tolerant of hard-resets (due to experiences with E740...)
9. Emtec BT GPS & Mapopolis
(10. iPAQ 6000-series as soon as they're available...)
Please sign me up.
1. iPAQ 5555
2. WM2003
3. 512Mb Lexar SD Card
4. PI Today, Occasionally Battery Pack
5. Pocket Informant
I'm using this program for about a month or two, but I do not have a PIM.
But I'm (untill now) the only user with an Ipaq 1915, so maybe that's interesting for testing.
HP Ipaq 1915
WM 2002
SD Card 256 MB
Wisbar, Calendar +
Greetz from Holland
On behalf of srs, Eitel and the moderators, I'd like to thank you all for your replies so far. It's very encouraging to see people volunteering for the "hardcore" beta-testing, despite my intentionally dramatic introductory post.
It's our intention to keep the thread open until Friday when I will close it and review the responses. In order to keep the Beta Test group manageable in the first instance, we will be selecting from the volunteers based on the criteria in my original post, although currently I don't see us being inundated. I'd encourage others to add their names to the list in the interim, even if your PPC setup is already represented.
Thanks again for your enthusiasm.
Count me in! It would be a pleasure helping out.
Having lurked for months on this board and having played with a few skin to adapt it to my needs, I'd be more than happy to continue in helping you out. And if I'm not selected, that's fine, I'll pick the product when it's ready :) Too good to just let it drop..
Dell Axim X5 Basic
PPC 2002
128 Mb SD card
No plugins. TP is the best hehe..
Basic Pocket Outlook
I will help. I am in school but I love TodayPlus and have dedicated a lot of time into learning how it works. I have a skin I am about to release (if we really need anymore) it just seems there's always just one more thing I want to add... :wink:
IPAQ 1945
WM2003
256 Sandisk Made in Tiawan
NotesToday plugin
Outlook
IPAQ 3850
PPC 2002
No Plugins except TD
No extra cards
Agenda Fusion
I would be happy to be a guinea pig for this program. TP+ rocks! 8)
If I have to live with a few hard resets, well - that's what backups are for! :shock:
iPAQ 3630 :oops: (CF Exp.Sleeve) / iPAQ 1940 :lol:
PPC2002 / WM2003
CF 128Mb, 64Mb / SD slot (no card YET!)
PIToday, cLaunch (occasionally), Icbar, Tillanosoft SmallMenu+
Pocket Informant
Regards
Akita Inu
Hello,
I'm a french user of Today Plus since several weeks ,I even have translated some paragraphs of some skins (temperatur, french hour applied ,etc...) , I would be happy to contribuate too.
1/ IPAQ 5450
2/WM2003 French
3/Sd cards 256 Mo.
4/Financial softs
5/Pocket Informant translated in french
I hope that RBG08 also will answer!
Quote from: JJ57I hope that RBG08 also will answer!
Together with the rest of the Moderators team, rbg08 will be a key part of the Beta Testers group.
Have been reading and playing since page 3 @ Brighthand
Would be honored to help
IPAQ 5450 ,
WM2003 ,
Sd cards 256 ,
Pocket Informant ,
Moneysoft,
Powerloc GPS
Wisbar Advanced
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Add me to the list please.
iPaq 2215 w/XCPUScalar
512Mb CF / 256 SD (that swaps with my new Socket WiFi SD)
Using PocketInformant (which I also beta)
WisBar Advanced
Hard / Soft resets are a part of the beta testing game, so count me in.
Nearly forgot to mention: I haven't been a monstrously active poster here (mostly because I've been working on a couple reviews for PocketNow and a few betas for a couple other companies). But if I happen to make it on this core beta team, those posts would increase (as anyone would expect they would). lol - trying to defend my <5 posts here...*chuckle*
Thanks again for your responses. The thread is now locked and I will be contacting the initial Beta Testing team within the next 24 hours.