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#1 NolanRollen

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 08:43 PM

Hello!

 

 

I am currently working on a program called "Project:Winix". The idea of it is a system that you can

use to get away from the windows interface. However its not open source ATM as I am currently making

graphics for the interface.

 

Currently (as of pre-beta 9/3/14) these are the feature that it already has.

 

Internet browsing. (1 tab only so far :/)

Wordpad

Emailbrowser (No need to use the Internet Browser)

 

 

Im looking for sugestions that i may include before people beta test it.

 

Thanks!

 


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#2 DeadChannel

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Posted 04 September 2014 - 12:29 AM

I'm pretty happy with my linux on that front.


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Posted 04 September 2014 - 12:45 PM

I break my projects out into phases

  1. R&D
    1. Research and development
    2. This is a proof of concept experimentation phase, coming out of this I should have a general idea if the project is possible, what I want to get out of my first milestone and should have a general idea of how I'm going to architect it
    3. If looking for feedback, develop mock ups and present those
  2. Pre-alpha
    1. Actually programming. In this state there isn't enough for anyone to test and feedback isn't worth anything to you yet.
  3. Alpha
    1. You're in the infancy stages of your application. It's large enough and has enough features that additional testing and feedback is valuable. At this point you'd invite trusted people to test your application IF it's too much for you to test or you need feedback.
    2. New features are still being developed
  4. Beta
    1. All "new features" are complete. The only thing left to do before release are fix outstanding bugs and very minor improvements or small UI changes.
  5. Release
    1. All known bugs fixed, everything working as intended.

 

So, "when" is really a matter of when you need it. Collecting feedback too late in the project can set you back, but too early on and the feedback will be worthless. So, more or less when the software is in a usable state and something at least some people would want to use.



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Posted 04 September 2014 - 07:54 PM

I break my projects out into phases

  1. R&D
    1. Research and development
    2. This is a proof of concept experimentation phase, coming out of this I should have a general idea if the project is possible, what I want to get out of my first milestone and should have a general idea of how I'm going to architect it
    3. If looking for feedback, develop mock ups and present those
  2. Pre-alpha
    1. Actually programming. In this state there isn't enough for anyone to test and feedback isn't worth anything to you yet.
  3. Alpha
    1. You're in the infancy stages of your application. It's large enough and has enough features that additional testing and feedback is valuable. At this point you'd invite trusted people to test your application IF it's too much for you to test or you need feedback.
    2. New features are still being developed
  4. Beta
    1. All "new features" are complete. The only thing left to do before release are fix outstanding bugs and very minor improvements or small UI changes.
  5. Release
    1. All known bugs fixed, everything working as intended.

 

So, "when" is really a matter of when you need it. Collecting feedback too late in the project can set you back, but too early on and the feedback will be worthless. So, more or less when the software is in a usable state and something at least some people would want to use.

 

Thank you. I've havent had shared my projects with anyone yet so I figured that i should. Thanks for the tip! I appreciate it!


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#5 NolanRollen

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Posted 04 September 2014 - 07:55 PM

I'm pretty happy with my linux on that front.

I've tried linux. I've never goten used to the feel of it though.


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Posted 04 September 2014 - 07:58 PM

Thank you. I've havent had shared my projects with anyone yet so I figured that i should. Thanks for the tip! I appreciate it!

Right on. Good luck with your project.



#7 NolanRollen

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Posted 04 September 2014 - 08:22 PM

Right on. Good luck with your project.

Thank you :D


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Posted 09 September 2014 - 03:11 AM

 The idea of it is a system that you can

use to get away from the windows interface. 

Sorry, what exactly do you mean by this? Do you mean an alternative OS to mac/linus/windows? If so, cool! What are your ideas for the project?


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Posted 28 September 2014 - 10:34 AM

I've tried linux. I've never goten used to the feel of it though.

 

Ubuntu isn't the only linux distro out there, hehe :)

 

But I think your project description is a bit unclear as gr3yh4m3 pointed out. In what language is it written if I might ask?


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