Jonathan, I invite feedback from 10 volunteers who are members of likely user mailing lists. I never use the term Beta testing or release candidate, just say hey I made this and I want feedback from professionals experienced in ‘whatever’. I say that anyone who gives me feedback, however little, gets a free copy of the final app. Once I was adjudged to be spamming (on LinkedIn, which is bloody ironic), but if you keep things informal, personable and friendly, I find that folks are interested.
This has the advantage of letting potential users on the list know that something is brewing, and the most interested ones as early adopters. I always take the time to thank everyone via the list, and give a little bit of feedback on progress, just to keep awareness up. The downside is that the ratio of volunteers to useful feedback is very high. I say 10, but usually distribute 30 or so copies, and get actual feedback from only a handful. Cheers, David Glasgow > On 12 Apr 2017, at 7:06 pm, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I have been getting feedback from friends and family on my app, but I want to > find a wider circle of testers. I plan to seek testers on the use-list as > well, but for now I am trying to find a couple dozen nonprogrammers so I can > judge how the average public reacts to the app. > > How do those of you who program for the general public do this? > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
