Ed Bott explains five things every Windows 7 Beta tester should know and how feedback is treated
Ed Bott whipped out two great posts on Windows 7 that I think beta testers should take a look at.
The first one is called Five things every Windows beta tester should know and provides answers to a lot of misconceptions that have been floating around out there on how Microsoft views feedback and the progress made between each build.
His second article directly addresses some of Paul Thurott’s comments and discusses how Microsoft handles feedback before the design and beta process.
Once upon a time, it might have made sense to get design feedback from a widely released beta. That is not true today. If you’re building an entire operating system just to get feedback on its design, you’re setting yourself up for failure. The Windows 7 design was largely set before the beta code was released and that design incorporated a lot of feedback.
You can read his second article, “More on feedback and Windows 7” by clicking here.
Who is Ed Bott?
Ed Bott is an award-winning technology journalist with more than two decades’ experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications, including stints as editor of the U.S. edition of PC Computing and managing editor of PC World; both publications had monthly paid circulation in excess of 1 million during his tenure. He is the author of more than 25 books on Microsoft Windows and Office, including the best-selling Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out, Second Edition
andWindows Vista Inside Out, published in 2007.
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