Using the AD betas?

[VectorCat]

I get that, once a document is created or saved in one of the betas, it can't be opened by a previous version of AD...

 

However, what do people actually do, when choosing to use the Beta? I personally don't have any extra "experimenting" time; when I use AD, it simply must be for real, finish work.

 

So, do beta users simply accept that, and stick with the beta regardless of whatever problems might occur with the beta?

[MattP]

We're obviously doing our best to make sure the beta versions are stable and reliable, and whenever we release a new beta we will very closely monitor the crash reports afterwards and resolve any common problems to make sure that you have a dependable build. So, if you need some of the fixes available in the beta version, then it shouldn't be terribly risky in reality - plus, if you tell us there is something dreadful wrong then we'll be able to sort it out quickly (normally) and push out a new beta build with that fixed asap - whereas we have very little control of when the app store version gets updated as it is often many weeks after we submit a version before it appears. That said, if you could achieve the task in the Mac App Store version instead, it's always advisable to do so, as it has had more testing.

 

Personally, I'm only ever using the beta versions when I need to achieve something, so in the real world I don't think you'll have too many issues with doing so too - but I don't think anyone would ever want to guarantee you'll get the same level of dependability as the official release... (although I am not finding problems personally...)

[VectorCat]

OK..cool

 

for the record, I didn't mean to imply that AD is buggy. Actually, I find it much better-behaved than many other "mature" software applications.

 

I only meant that with beta versions, one accepts a certain amount of potential "issues."

 

grabbin' the AD beta now..

[ronnyb]

I beta or bust... that's just how I roll...