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[hassegubben]

I don't know who is managing the WEB-site, but after releasing 1.0.0.0 RC2 it would be great to have a mini-survey on the main WEB-page. Many active MP testers (like me-I'm a professional) scan the forum threads trying to find a "good enough" MP version which can be downloaded and tested. This is tedious. To get a good overview of the quality of a current release, I suggest a three bar survey where you can vote for the option that suits you. Then you can take a look at the results. I think many people are scared away from downloading, because of all - often single users problems - complaints. I suggest vote-buttons for:
MP RC2 "No issues"
MP RC2 "Minor issues"
MP RC2 "Some key functionality not working at all" or "Major issues"

This will show a good picture of the quality of the release.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

You left out.

MP RC2 "MP totally borked my system, because of that the wife left me. Shortly after, the dog died, what am i to do"

Bury the dog, and reformat your drive gets my vote.

Seriously, thats not to bad a idea, no use to the Devs as a feedback, but for a quick glance assesment could be useful to users, as long as the first person posting does not tick the above box

 

[hassegubben]

Actually, I think the devs will get a better decision for releasing new versions. Reading all the posts in the forum easily make you think MP only consists of bugs. I know from my own experience that finding metrics to reveal a software's quality is difficult. Of course there are some drawbacks... Finding all users that actually have no troubles at all might reveal some surprises!