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Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 <audio> tag not working in RHEL 5

Has anyone been playing with the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 audio tag? The developer site says they added support for it but I can't get it to work in RHEL 5. I've tried it with both .wav and .ogg and all I get is the error message I put between the tags rather than it playing the audio file. Thanks. ...

Is there any specification for promoting a release candidate?

I'm wondering this because it's just dawned on me that I've never been involved with a company the provided release candidates before and I see the term being used more and more these days so I would like to be a little more clear on their implications. For anyone who has actually worked for a company who provides RC's before...does the...

How can I find people to check and play with beta version ?

I'm working with third party tools for databases software company. We've developed a great query tool for different kind of databases, and now we looking for people to play with it and tell us what they think and if everything is working ok. You have any idea where can find people who will want to do it? Added by edit : This is the...

iPhone beta OS limitations

I am thinking about installing the iPhone 3.0 beta OS on my iPhone, but it is my personal cell phone. Are there any limitations in the beta OS that would affect the phone's normal usage? ...

Need to implement "expiration date" for beta software C#

I am developing software in C# for a Windows CE device and I have beta software soon to be released and I want it to die after a certain date so the final release will need to be downloaded. The user does not have internet access. I was thinking of using the system date but it can be changed by the user. I can start a timer or a count...

To beta or not to beta.. that is the question.

I'm looking for a consensus for one or the other Beta; Release software that is semi- functional to a limited audience and let users guide the process until an application is complete. No Beta; Define all functionality based on previous user-feedback and/or business logic, build the software, and test it with whatever time you give yo...

how to convert a beta distribution into a uniform one?

i want to convert a beta distribution with shape parameters a=b=0.5 into a uniform one. is this possible and if it is, how can i do it? ...

Problem with Visual Studio 2010 with Windows 7 RC1

Has anyone run into the error where your upgrading a VS2008 project which targets .NET 3.5 to VS2010 and the error message states that you don't have .NEt 3.5 installed? Snippet from the error message below "is targeting ".NETFramework, Version=v3.5, Profile=Full", which is not installed on this machine" I know that running multiple...

Will the new VS2010 Beta 1 have a Virtual PC

I love the idea of using VS2010. I downloaded it today to play with it. But I am hesitant to install it all on my machine as upgrading from Microsoft betas is usually difficult. Also, I am not a TFS install expert, so I don't know the best ways to set that up. But I still want to play with it... Does anyone know of a VPC that has it...

VS 2010 Beta1 "Historical Data Has not been Collected"

I am trying out the Historical Debugger in VS2010 Beta 1. I have it turned on in the settings (at least I think I do), but when I try to examine objects the value is: [Historical Data Has Not Been Collected] Any Ideas how to get this to show the actual value? Here is the code in question: public partial class Form1 : Form { ...

What are the new features of C# v4.0?

Possible Duplicate: New Cool Features of C# 4.0 Hello, There are several(many) questions at SO about "what do you want in C# v4.0?". This question is different,I'm not asking you what you'd like to see in the new version of Microsoft's baby,but what is already in there since Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is already out. ...

upgrading iPhone application via iTunes

Hi, I want to upload a new beta version of my iPhone application for beta testers group. Users save their data in the Documents folder. What do i need to do in order for users to upgrade their application without loosing their data? Thanks in advance, Nava ...

How to obtain betatesters?

A friend of mine is building a web application and is expecting to create a business around it (who doesn't). Of course he's done all the internal testing and friends&family, but few are interested or spend enough time with the system. The thing is he would like to find more people to use/test the application, but he doesn't know how. ...

Private beta test communication and infrastructure

So your commercial app is in the middle stages of development.. enough that it's usable but still needs refinement, extension, bugfixing. It's far from shippable, but it's stable and complete enough that your developers and in-house testers/users feel it's time for more feedback from real users. So you go to a wider but still closed bet...

Private beta release website like uservoice

I'm running a large private beta release for an application, about 100 beta testers. This number keeps increasing. I'm looking for a website like http://uservoice.com but more focused on private beta releases. Only accessed by invitation, allows me to store private download files as well as voting alike uservoice functionality. Do you...

What's the early history of the .Net framework?

What is the early development history of the .Net framework? (Before the release of .Net 1.0 in 2002) I've heard various stories about it, including that ASP.Net was originally written in Java, and that .Net was once called COM3, but certain versions of Windows thought that the project directory was a serial port. Does anyone have a mo...

Tips for beta testing a game?

Hello! We are finishing a game that we would like to beta test. We don’t have the time nor the budget to do a large scale testing, we will simply show the game to some of our friends. (I hope that we can still gather something useful of it.) In the Age of Empires post mortem (Postmortems from Game Developer) I found the following: A...

What is a realistic (but fast) beta versioning schedule?

My team is close to deploying our application, and we're about to go into closed beta with some select customers. I'm wondering what a realistic timeframe would be for producing new beta versions, and how many such cycles we could realistically expect to need before we can call the first version stable enough for release. The applicati...

Deploying Beta software updates and Sparkle

My application uses the Cocoa Framework Sparkle to deploy updates. I don't usually deploy beta's of my software but for my next update, I feel like I need to. My question is what is the best numbering strategy for deploying a beta using Sparkle. For anyone who tests my beta I'd like the update to be seamless when I release the next offic...

Is Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 stable enough to start a serious WPF 4.0 app?

I'm about to start a new WPF project and there are a number of things in 4.0 that I need (multitouch for one). I've heard that VS 2010 beta 2 will be released at PDC in November so I'm considering starting the project in beta 1 now, then migrating to beta 2 when it becomes available. Assuming I only need to live with the environment fo...