Chuck B wrote:
Smug wink-wink, nudge-nudge "I know something you don't know..." comments from beta testers come across as 'Nyah, nyah, nyah' to the rest of us who aren't privileged to be part of the process.
CC's beta testing agreement appears to be unlike any that I've participated in, and, in my opinion, is borderline unprofessional. In my experience, there has been a strict non-disclosure agreement that prevents beta testers from making any type of comment relative to the software they're testing in user forums, often to the extent that the identity of beta testers isn't even known.
Actually most of us beta testers haven't had
any strict non-disclosure agreements made upon us by Coffeecup. The reason we don't make any specific comments on the features within the pro version is purely because it would be inappropriate for us to comment ahead of any official announcement from the Coffeecup team, that is all.
The beta test team is small, but comes from a diverse range of backgrounds but includes many folks with existing online businesses, so the program has been developed for deployment in real time commercial environments, based on direct feedback from folks that need something that performs reliably in the competitive world of online trading.
All this "I'm desperate for pro" brings a smile to my face when I think of all the powerful open source solutions out there, that people can use in the meantime. Coffeecup is a small commercial enterprise with limited resources and the pro version is just one of many new programs it is developing within finite resources. Personally I think they're a great bunch of people that 'go the extra mile' to keep their customers happy and whilst the pro version will not be suitable for my own specific business needs, I know from using it for testing purposes that they have a sure fire hit on their hands.