Keen beta-testers wanted

[arbitrajeu]

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:
[list=1]

• 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.

[Blazingwolf]

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

[jhollin1138]

Sign me up too.  Like Blazingwolf, I have been running TodayPlus since the early days (Way back on Page 10).

1. Toshiba e740
2. PPC 2002
3. SD: 256 MB & CF: 128 MB
4. M$ Money
5. Pocket Outlook

[snaggle]

me too!

iPaq 2215
wm2003
256 SD
t-day counter
Pocket Outlook

[Itanium]

Count me in  

1. Device: iPAQ H2215

2. OS: WM2003

3. SD: Panasonic 512MB, CF: Viking 1GB (I know, I know thats a lot )

4. Other Plugins: SPB Finance today plugin

5. Primary PIM: Informant

[Habot]

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

[drumbo]

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

[Everton1878]

I'll give it a try

- iPAQ 2210
- WM2003
- 128Mb SD & 256Mb CF
- Calender+, Pocket backup
- pocket Outlook and Agenda Fusion

[gorgoroth]

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

[paqque]

Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to form a Beta Testers group...

You talked me into it, arbitrajeu - I'd like to participate as well:

[list=1]

• 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]

[dasilva]

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

[corphack]

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...)

[JS]

Please sign me up.

1.  iPAQ 5555
2.  WM2003
3.  512Mb Lexar SD Card
4.  PI Today, Occasionally Battery Pack
5.  Pocket Informant

[Nielsracing]

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

[arbitrajeu]

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.