[gps-talkusers] Re: Great job!
- From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:41:19 -0700
David,
Yes, I very much agree with you on giving a great job to the Developers,
Designers, Beta Testers and those in the peanut gallery. There are two
things that we can't forget, that the Developers and Designers is one
person, Charles LaPierre; it is always amazing to reflect on this as Charles
LaPierre is playing the role that a group or team would in many other
companies. The other thing that is worth mentioning is that the Alpha
Testers also deserve a great thanks.
Yes, I think that the biggest change in 5.0 were POIs and is apparent from
POI Searches, hotkeys, different commands, limitation of loading large
number of POIs, increase in size of POI files and many many features have
grown from the change. Of course, it isn't all about POIs in 5.0, there are
many other cool things like the ability to Create a Route from a GPS Replay
file and many other great features.
Not only are there all of the 53 state files for the USA to test, there are
also other countries, such as Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, UK, Australia,
France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Austria, which add to a total of 11
countries to test with who knows many maps and scenarios. There are many
other issues that require testing, such as the ability to create, follow,
save and load routes with all of the changes made to route format, routing
engine and maps. So, there was no possible way that Sendero Group, Alpha
Testers and Beta Testers could have tested every possible situation. The
end-users will always find that pocket that isn't working properly as result
of it not being tested. The great thing is that fixes will happen if they
are reported and can happen instantley depending on the situation.
I am sure that Sendero Group will make the next upgrade worth it! The
upgrade from 3.5 to 4.0 was huge, then to 4.2 was good and 5.0 bblew it out
of the waters.
Thanks,
Kevin
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:36 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Great job!
Hey, great job on 5.0 to everyone who made it possible! This includes the
developers, designers, the beta team, and even those who talked about it and
offered suggestions.
I particularly enjoy the way the POIS are set up, and the ability to search
in a specific direction. Also, the way information is laid out makes it
much easier to look for specific details!
BTW, I've done some beta testing with other products and I know that it's
impossible to always catch everything, especially with fifty-three different
maps. No way would I have the time to go to every map to see if things
worked correctly, I think I'd concentrate on the big picture. The thing
is, it was a quick and easy fix..
Again, great job, it's so nice that I'm wondering if I need to bother
purchasing another SMA. smile.
Dave
Old soldiers never die. Young ones do.
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