Have a Mac OS X productivity app nearly ready to go out the door, but my partner and I have planned to have a dozen people or so beta test the app first.
The reason behind this is that you only get one first impression. And if that's "your app crashed", or worse "your app lost my work", then I feel like that is worse than delaying a release.
I think beta testing is shipping. Nobody expects perfection right out of the gate - even Apple and Google and Microsoft still get that wrong. I think the key is getting it out of your hands, and into others, as soon as possible. Maybe your stability won't be an issue, but something else will be? Maybe it'll work great. Who knows until you try?
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Question: Ship or Beta Test?
Have a Mac OS X productivity app nearly ready to go out the door, but my partner and I have planned to have a dozen people or so beta test the app first.
The reason behind this is that you only get one first impression. And if that's "your app crashed", or worse "your app lost my work", then I feel like that is worse than delaying a release.
I think beta testing is shipping. Nobody expects perfection right out of the gate - even Apple and Google and Microsoft still get that wrong. I think the key is getting it out of your hands, and into others, as soon as possible. Maybe your stability won't be an issue, but something else will be? Maybe it'll work great. Who knows until you try?