Hi, Very well said Mark, but what i ask myself is does it matter what we as beta testers might say? For every release there has been and probably will be a tsunami of negativity and complaining and even if what has been complained about would be fixed to perfection they complain about the fixes. Either it’s too bloody late or there’s too little or too much of everything. I’m the type of guy who upgrades every app and every Os to see what features are there and if there are bugs, well shrug, nobody’s perfect. As i said before i think it’s strange that Apple gets so many complaints about things that aren’t even their fault like apps that are not upgraded and so don’t work or such. In my time on Windows there wasn’t anything like this complaining. Nobody ever said that ”freedom scientific or GW Micro or Dolphin has abandoned us and don’t give a fig about us”. So are there bugs? Of course there probably are, no big chunk of code is ever bug free. Should we report them? Yes politely and with enough info to make the folks aware of the problem but i wonder if that’s the case when i hear the tone here and on other forums where blind folks and Apple are the common denominator.
/Krister > 22 okt. 2015 kl. 08:33 skrev M. Taylor <[email protected]>: > > Hello Everyone, > > I just want to let those of you, who are not beta testers, know, is that > with any company, be it Apple, Microsoft, Sony, etc, reporting a problem, > regardless of how important it may appear to be to the tester, is not always > addressed immediately or, in some cases, ever. > > It has been my experience that the larger an organization becomes, the less > responsive, in terms of addressing non-mission critical problems, it may > appear to be to external testers. > > All we, as beta testers can do, is to make the organization aware of the > problems and hope that it will manage to address said problems in a future > release. > > In my opinion, beta testing is a somewhat thankless job because, when bugs > get squashed, no one pays attention to them or cares how or why they were > resolved and when bugs remain, people think that the testers are not testing > well enough. > > To me, beta testing, not just for Apple but for any company is my way of > showing appreciation for those things in life which I may now take for > granted; things like clean drinking water, electricity, personal liberties, > talking ATM machines, audio-described movies, screen readers, refreshable > Braille displays, smart phones, hearing aids, medicine, etc. > > Beta testing is also my way of showing my respect for those blind and > low-vision pioneers who came before me and it is a means by which I may, in > some small part, leave a legacy to those who will follow. > > So, when a product is released with a number of bugs, please try to keep in > mind that were it not for beta testers, that number would most likely be > much higher. > > Most Sincerely, > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
