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by austinchang • 16 years ago

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Zev3• 16 years ago

Perhaps I missed something earlier on HN, but, what is this? The title says nothing and the page opens to a sign-up sheet without any description.

awolf• 16 years ago

Seems a little dishonest.

amichail• 16 years ago

It's also trying to take advantage of desperate iphone developers to promote a service.

betterlabs• 16 years ago

I don't get it. Is the title an example of how TheFridge can be used?

sandofsky• 16 years ago

Really simple heuristics would detect this.

Sounds like a great way to get your app banned from the app store.

iphonedev• 16 years ago

Pretty sure this is not a great idea.

However, one thing I'd like to see is a quality group of beta testers for apps that can give good consistent feedback on new versions. Currently I have a few friends/family in my beta network, but getting feedback from them is like pulling teeth b/c ad hoc installation is so stupidly cumbersome.

If someone could create a network of willing beta testers that want to test certain categories of apps, that would be a winner.

Zev3• 16 years ago

There's a way to bundle your app with an embedded mobileprovision file, so that building a beta amounts to double clicking a file with an iTunes icon and hitting Sync. Makes adding an app feel like adding a song to their library and to their iPhone would; much easier to explain than "drag this seemingly random file over to your iphone..."

DenisM3• 16 years ago

Can you elaborate? I have learned to build IPA files, but I still require my testers to install mobilevprovision file separately. It would be nice if all could be packaged in one single file...

DenisM3• 16 years ago

mob4hire?

austinchang• 16 years ago

Apologies for the unintentional misdirect. This group is meant for EXACTLY that. A quality group of folks developing apps to let other developers test releases and give feedback. you are right, the community needs something like this to help each other out... (wanted to add this in but the headline was limited to 80 char and ultimately went for a marketing headline instead...)

not sure how many folk have actually reviewed and given feedback to apps yet but i just downloaded an app, tried it out and actually like it... and was worth a rating.

do you have something coming out soon? would love to have a look...

gte910h• 16 years ago

This definitely endangers your app listing. You can easily get banned for this.

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