Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: The Few, The Proud, The Beta Testers

Mehndi opened this issue on Mar 04, 2002 ยท 30 posts


Cin- posted Mon, 04 March 2002 at 9:21 PM

I always test as if I know nothing about Poser to start with... if I can't figure it out just by using the information in the readme file and the manual, then it's too complicated, and I make a note of it to the person who's item I'm testing... if it doesn't come with everything that you need to use it, then I make sure to point that out as well if the readme file isn't clear about what all you need to use the item. It's hard to find a 'newbie' to test items for you... you really don't know what you're getting when you ask them to test for you... it could be someone great, or it could be someone that will just use you to get a free copy of your project without giving you the feedback that you need. Most experienced users who also beta test remember what it was like when they were just starting out, and take a look at the project through those eyes... at least that's what I do... for instance... if there's a hair object, and it's not in the hair folder, but in the props folder instead, I question it... I know now that it's because Poser won't let you have two hair objects for the same figure, but I didn't know that when I first started out... so mentioning that helps the person creating the project remember to make a note of it in the documentation. :)