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Nice but as a rule of thumb I only install beta's when they hit version 9, especialy in the case of IOS 6. Unless you have dedicated development hardware to pl

by Zenst 14y ago

Nice but as a rule of thumb I only install beta's when they hit version 9, especialy in the case of IOS 6. Unless you have dedicated development hardware to play with this, then ask yourself - how much am I getting paid to test this and is it worth it. Your choice, use it wisely.

10dpd 14y ago
Go read 'Crossing the chasm' - many people on HN are early adopters that love the opportunity to try out cutting edge software.
- wingworks 14y ago
  cutting edge or bleeding edge? (Installing the update, but I have a dedicated iPhone to test it on)
- Zenst 14y ago
  Why, please reread what I said. I said I personaly won't as a rule of thumb and not as a clear definatly not. I also said it was your choice, use it wisely.
pooriaazimi 14y ago
Surprisingly, iOS 6 betas are extremely stable. Only 2 iPad apps (Instapaper & Air Video) out of hundreds of apps I have would crash with Beta 1 & 2 (and Marco issues an update to fix it). When I installed iOS 5 beta 1, literally no third party app that used NSTableView would run.
- rjsamson 14y ago
  Yeah - I'm using iOS 6 daily and have had very few issues, especially from beta 2 on. Very stable.
  - Zenst 14y ago
    But you have still had issues. As I said if your choice, I was not advicating not, just saying personaly as a rule of thumb and not a clear cut don't.
- eddieroger 14y ago
  Except for the nasty wifi bug that was in beta 1. Where wifi basically wouldn't work on certain routers. Nasty one, that.
falling 14y ago
You are not testing it to help Apple, you are testing it to check they didn’t break your apps. If your apps break because of a bug in iOS 6 and you didn’t test them, you will only have yourself to blame when your customers leave 1-star reviews.
taligent 14y ago
Why is iOS 6 so special ? It has for me anyway been the most stable and trouble free beta iOS release to date. Which you would expect as this is more of an iPhone 5 / developer API release.

by Zenst 14y ago

10dpd 14y ago

Go read 'Crossing the chasm' - many people on HN are early adopters that love the opportunity to try out cutting edge software.

wingworks 14y ago
cutting edge or bleeding edge? (Installing the update, but I have a dedicated iPhone to test it on)
Zenst 14y ago
Why, please reread what I said. I said I personaly won't as a rule of thumb and not as a clear definatly not. I also said it was your choice, use it wisely.

pooriaazimi 14y ago

Surprisingly, iOS 6 betas are extremely stable. Only 2 iPad apps (Instapaper & Air Video) out of hundreds of apps I have would crash with Beta 1 & 2 (and Marco issues an update to fix it). When I installed iOS 5 beta 1, literally no third party app that used NSTableView would run.

rjsamson 14y ago
Yeah - I'm using iOS 6 daily and have had very few issues, especially from beta 2 on. Very stable.
- Zenst 14y ago
  But you have still had issues. As I said if your choice, I was not advicating not, just saying personaly as a rule of thumb and not a clear cut don't.
eddieroger 14y ago
Except for the nasty wifi bug that was in beta 1. Where wifi basically wouldn't work on certain routers. Nasty one, that.

falling 14y ago

You are not testing it to help Apple, you are testing it to check they didn’t break your apps. If your apps break because of a bug in iOS 6 and you didn’t test them, you will only have yourself to blame when your customers leave 1-star reviews.

taligent 14y ago

Why is iOS 6 so special ? It has for me anyway been the most stable and trouble free beta iOS release to date. Which you would expect as this is more of an iPhone 5 / developer API release.