Comments on: When will Snitter be Beta? http://shallowthoughts.org/2007/11/15/when-will-snitter-be-beta/ because deep thoughts smack of effort Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jonathan Snook http://shallowthoughts.org/2007/11/15/when-will-snitter-be-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jonathan Snook Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:36:16 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/2007/11/15/when-will-snitter-be-beta/#comment-5 It's a couple things that have stopped me from really calling it "beta". The first is the number of features. There's plenty more functionality that I want to cram into this thing and at various points, I've reworked stuff which has introduced a chunk of new bugs (v.018 to v.020 was a prime example of this). It also doesn't help that I'm building on top of two moving targets: AIR and Twitter. When AIR gets closer to a final release and I get closer to settling down on the feature set, I'll probably consider it "beta" but it's all really just a word. There's plenty of cool stuff that I want to do so definitely stick around. :) It’s a couple things that have stopped me from really calling it “beta”. The first is the number of features. There’s plenty more functionality that I want to cram into this thing and at various points, I’ve reworked stuff which has introduced a chunk of new bugs (v.018 to v.020 was a prime example of this).

It also doesn’t help that I’m building on top of two moving targets: AIR and Twitter.

When AIR gets closer to a final release and I get closer to settling down on the feature set, I’ll probably consider it “beta” but it’s all really just a word. There’s plenty of cool stuff that I want to do so definitely stick around. :)

]]> By: Dana http://shallowthoughts.org/2007/11/15/when-will-snitter-be-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dana Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:38:17 +0000 http://shallowthoughts.org/2007/11/15/when-will-snitter-be-beta/#comment-4 I agree, Snitter seems at least Beta-worthy. However, it might not be the quality of the product, but the quantity of features to implement that is keep it in Alpha status. If Snook's got a lot of features yet to put in there, then I could see keeping it Alpha. Let's not forget, too, that Adobe AIR is still Beta. Maybe that's why he considers Snitter to be Alpha, because it relies on a foundation that is still beta? One really does wonder, though, how much of the Beta status in these things is honesty or truth-in-advertising, and how much is just Web 2.0 hype. I agree, Snitter seems at least Beta-worthy. However, it might not be the quality of the product, but the quantity of features to implement that is keep it in Alpha status. If Snook’s got a lot of features yet to put in there, then I could see keeping it Alpha.

Let’s not forget, too, that Adobe AIR is still Beta. Maybe that’s why he considers Snitter to be Alpha, because it relies on a foundation that is still beta?

One really does wonder, though, how much of the Beta status in these things is honesty or truth-in-advertising, and how much is just Web 2.0 hype.

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