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Hey Ron,

Just a quick word of advice. If you're serious about wanting to beta-test software in the future, a good way to start is to do a bit of programming - I'm guessing that you don't at the moment.

A good start would be something web-design-based, such as Javascript, or better still, PHP. I've worked as a professional beta-tester for loads of pro-audio/video companies for over a decade and the best insight into finding bugs you can get is by learning a little programming yourself. Only by finding, reproducing and tracking down errors in your own code can you learn the best methods for testing someone else's. Simply posting things marked "BUG:" in forums without a repeatable proof is sadly not really of much use and can even be viewed by some as a negative thing...

So make yourself a lovely cup of tea, break open the nice biscuits, go to http://www.php.net, download the guide and start doing some PHP programming for fun - I guarantee within a while your bug-reporting will be 'cleaner', more useful and more widely-respected.

Remember, if programming something like Tracktion was easy, everyone would have done it by now...

Philip
Ex-Head of Testing
Raw Material Software
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f**k ... to be a proper tester i need to try and become one of those geeky codehead types ?!?

(sticks pants on head ... pencils up nose ... says BIBBLE ... )

slainte :shock: rob
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that made me laugh.. thank you! :D
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pHz wrote:f**k ... to be a proper tester i need to try and become one of those geeky codehead types ?!?
Absolutely not. I reckon hardcore programmers often make the worst testers - it's just that if you learn a bit of programming, you start to realise how programmers think, but can still think of all the things they didn't think of...

...(I feel I should really add "young Padowan" to the end of that).

Philip
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i wrote some stuff in BASIC on my 1Kb RAM sinclair ZX81 back in the day if that helps ...

slainte 8) rob
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philip wrote:
pHz wrote:f**k ... to be a proper tester i need to try and become one of those geeky codehead types ?!?
Absolutely not. I reckon hardcore programmers often make the worst testers - it's just that if you learn a bit of programming, you start to realise how programmers think, but can still think of all the things they didn't think of...

...(I feel I should really add "young Padowan" to the end of that).

Philip
So what your saying is: because my c++ code sucks donkey balls, I must be a really good tester? Thanks mate! :D
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Anyway, the first thing Ron needs to do if he wants to be a beta tester is LOSE THE BLOODY ATTITUDE!!!!! :shock:
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pHz wrote:i wrote some stuff in BASIC on my 1Kb RAM sinclair ZX81 back in the day if that helps ...
That's what Julian used for Tracktion v1. Though he did have the 16k Ram Pack, obviously (but not the little printer that burned its writing onto a tiny roll of silver toilet paper).

And a pair of pants on his head.

Philip
Ex-Head of Sanitary Headwear
Raw Material Software
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:lol:
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a 16K RAM pack ?!?

how the hell did he keep the source code safe when even the slightest breath would cause it to wobble on its connector and crash the whole thing ???

the mans a coding genius ...

slainte ;) rob
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platinumears wrote:Anyway, the first thing Ron needs to do if he wants to be a beta tester is LOSE THE BLOODY ATTITUDE!!!!! :shock:
sorry ... but i find this REALLY funny ...

slainte :P rob
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:oops:

I'm not that bad surely.. ? :cry:
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...

slainte ;) rob
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:phew:
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anyway ... ron ... what was your problem again ???

slainte :?: rob
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