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endimion on 12 October 2011
Ajescent said:
Seece said:
Ajescent said:
At the risk of sounding clueless but a beta for a dashboard...? is that necessary?

I think it's to iron out bugs and such.

No I know that, I'm just thinking they could have done this in house...did they do public betas for all the dashboards they made?

yeah they can and they have done it already the internal beta is closed already.... but like I said it is free manpower.... so why not use it... and millions of people together are more likely to find that little funny bug that nobody thought of testing at MS because it is not logical.... when you work in a company and develope something you get use to a routine and probably will not even think of trying certain combination of command that don't make sens.... 



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Ajescent on 12 October 2011
endimion said:
Ajescent said:
Seece said:
Ajescent said:
At the risk of sounding clueless but a beta for a dashboard...? is that necessary?

I think it's to iron out bugs and such.

No I know that, I'm just thinking they could have done this in house...did they do public betas for all the dashboards they made?

yeah they can and they have done it already the internal beta is closed already.... but like I said it is free manpower.... so why not use it... and millions of people together are more likely to find that little funny bug that nobody thought of testing at MS because it is not logical.... when you work in a company and develope something you get use to a routine and probably will not even think of trying certain combination of command that don't make sens.... 

True true.



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Stadelhuber on 12 October 2011

Xbox LIVE Public Preview Program

At E3 we announced the new Xbox LIVE dashboard which will deliver intuitive navigation, increased responsiveness and improved engagement with Xbox experiences – all beginning this holiday. Now that our work on the dashboard is almost complete, we are announcing an open call for all Xbox LIVE members to register to participate in a preview program to help us test the system. This is an important program as we continually strive to ensure the reliability of a service that reaches tens of millions globally. We could not do so without the ongoing help of our great community.

Once this program is kicked off, an update will be pushed to your console that will contain select dashboard features, including:

New design with integrated Kinect voice and gesture controls
Beacons
Facebook Sharing
Cloud Storage for Game Saves and Xbox LIVE Profile

Other features and entertainment partner apps may come into view during the program period.

Note: A console in the program is expected to remain fully compatible with standard retail consoles not in the program. (e.g. party chat will function)

For those familiar with previous registrations for our program, we have a new model for registering your consoles this year. The new model is a more automated process that should make it easier for you. We will not ask you to type in your console information upon initial registration; once you are approved to participate in the program, look for details on our portal about how to register your console.


The latest information will be available to you via the www.connect.microsoft.com/xboxliveupdate program portal.


http://majornelson.com/2011/10/12/xbox-live-public-preview-program/



hasonap on 12 October 2011

Finally its on time to wait on the invite now :)



smroadkill15 on 12 October 2011

Signed up! Hopefully I get in.