tariq Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Given how terrible the initial Affinity Publisher beta was .. and how it has drastically improved as a result of many people here doing testing, and providing suggestions, some of which will be critical to the success of the product (master pages, embedded images reflowing, etc) .. .. who agrees that Affinity should reward this in some way. I don't expect they'll pay a share of their profits .. even though the product would likely have been a flop without the advice provided by friends here... perhaps a discount or reimbursement scheme would be more realistic? jmwellborn and emmrecs01 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, tariq said: .. who agrees that Affinity should reward this in some way... I don't. Wosven, dutchshader, StuartRc and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, tariq said: .. who agrees that Affinity should reward this in some way. I don’t either! Alfred and jmwellborn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, tariq said: .. who agrees that Affinity should reward this in some way. The reward is software I would like to buy, no one is making me do this work. Wosven, PaulEC, dominik and 4 others 7 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.1 Affinity Designer 2.2.1 | Affinity Photo 2.2.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.2.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 22 minutes ago, tariq said: who agrees that Affinity should reward this in some way. They already have... we get the opportunity to buy and use a product which is that much better than it would have been, not to mention a sneak peak into said upcoming product. Ray S., jmwellborn, SillyWalk and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 28 minutes ago, tariq said: Given how terrible the initial Affinity Publisher beta was .. A beta version has to start out somewhere and it is part of this process that there will many bugs involved. To call this 'terrible' is beyond what I can understand. In contrary, APub was at its first public start equipped with a lot of features and - to me - showed that it is well thought out. And full of flaws and missing features, too. That's why it's an early beta. To me, the reward is being part of the process of improving things. I do not understand why you are asking for a discount. d. StuartRc, Alfred and emmrecs01 3 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Our reward is we get to mess around, and through our feedback, shape upcoming features of the next commercial release - what a privilege as these guys really listen Alfred and Wosven 2 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Alfred 1 Quote ♥️Affinity v2; macOS 13; ⌨️🖱; recreational user since 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhikkhu Pesala Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Rewards just for making suggestions is unreasonable. Those who find and report a significant number of bugs deserve a free license. Quote AMD A10-6800K, with Radeon HD Graphics 4100 GHz 8 Gb on Windows 10 64-bit build 17763.316 • My Free OpenType Fonts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bhikkhu Pesala said: Rewards just for making suggestions is unreasonable. Those who find and report a significant number of bugs deserve a free license. Perhaps for a closed beta. For a public beta, nah. Serif, which was generous in closed betas in the past with the Plus line, didn't do so with the few public betas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I think we will be able to get the finished product at a reduced price and that is reward enough. No one had to come here and test the betas. Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.0.2114Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richs Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 3 hours ago, tariq said: .. who agrees that Affinity should reward this in some way. I don't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I am even ready to pay extra for the Serif programs to be even better. I am glad that I can participate in testing the Beta version, and not stand before the ready program and acknowledge that it is bad. jmwellborn and BigBadD 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Bhikkhu Pesala said: Rewards just for making suggestions is unreasonable. Those who find and report a significant number of bugs deserve a free license. No they don’t. They deserve a pat on the back. But so do the developers. One huge thank you for putting up with some strange comments mixed in with thousands of potentially helpful forum entries. Nobody is required to be on these forums. I consider it a distinct privilege and also a matter of great satisfaction that I may possibly have helped in a miniscule way to making Publisher the wonderful product it is — and was from the start back on August 30. It never WAS “terrible.” Ray S., Rick G, Seneca and 5 others 8 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.2.1. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael117 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Wait! We're not all getting cool Affinity T-shirts???!!!??? Alfred, Patrick Connor, jmwellborn and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 19 hours ago, MikeW said: I don't. Nor do I. Alfred 1 Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") running Affinity Photo and Designer (iOS 17.1) version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 hours ago, Michael117 said: Wait! We're not all getting cool Affinity T-shirts???!!!??? YES Lets hold out for Tshirts! Patrick Connor, Michael117 and fde101 3 Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.0.2114Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Rick G said: YES Lets hold out for Tshirts! They do offer one already on the store; the current one is black, so perhaps in celebration of the new release, they could follow suit and release a white one to correspond to the new light theme (not that I would personally want to use the light theme in the software, but a white shirt works fine)... They might also consider a (hopefully very)-limited-time edition replacing the fancy triangle with a simple square... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, fde101 said: They do offer one already on the store; the current one is black, so perhaps in celebration of the new release, they could follow suit and release a white one to correspond to the new light theme (not that I would personally want to use the light theme in the software, but a white shirt works fine)... They might also consider a (hopefully very)-limited-time edition replacing the fancy triangle with a simple square... I liked the triangle better Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.0.2114Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 The. new ones are logos, the old ones are nothing but grapics/images (in my eyes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I believe there is a new range of Affinity t-shirts coming after Publisher is released. The price is expected to be discounted for people participating in these forums. Sneak peak below... hawk, mac_heibu, Michael117 and 2 others 1 4 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 … and tariq is condemned to wear it every day! Michael117, Alfred, jmwellborn and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 25 minutes ago, Rick G said: I liked the triangle better Yes, that is my point... the triangle shape is iconic... if someone wears that people will generally know that it represents something, even if they don't know what it is. If someone goes around wearing a shirt with just a square on it people won't even be sure it represents anything in particular... Regardless, that was just a quick jab I threw in... the white shirts are the more likely suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 38 minutes ago, fde101 said: Regardless, that was just a quick jab I threw in... the white shirts are the more likely suggestion. Let us not hold our collective breath Is this the time to start a new thread demanding the t shirts they promised us? Michael117 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.0.2114Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.0.2114 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, carl123 said: I believe there is a new range of Affinity t-shirts coming after Publisher is released. The price is expected to be discounted for people participating in these forums. Sneak peak below... I would prefer the words to say "I helped Serif test their beta software and I didn't even get this crappy t-shirt" Michael117 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.1 Affinity Designer 2.2.1 | Affinity Photo 2.2.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.2.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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