Hi guys,
Some of you, including
@IrishSights have expressed a concern about our policy regarding early beta testers as we transition from beta testing to a production ready version of Vertical Studio. Let me clarify those issues here.
Firstly, I want to say that we do appreciate the amount of effort some of you have put into giving us valuable feedback and the risk you have taken with flying VS at an early stage in our development. We'd like to thank you all for that.
Here's how we plan to move forward
. When Vertical Studio launches out of beta, we will be launching
two parallel apps - Vertical Studio (the public version) and Vertical Studio Beta (the private beta version).
The current beta app you have installed will convert to the public version of Vertical Studio. However, we will privately send out install instructions to our current beta testers for the new
Vertical Studio Beta - which will be a completely free version with all the features in Vertical Studio Professional. The idea is that this version will always be at the bleeding edge of our product development and you guys will have the opportunity to try all our new features earlier than release for as long as you choose to stay in the beta program.
Our initial beta program got over 2000 signups and we allowed a large number of users to try VS without a many expectations on feedback and testing. Still, we're really humbled that so many of you took the time to give us such incredible feedback. The next Beta program is going to be a little more selective. We're going to send out the next batch of permanent beta invites to our current beta users that have given us any sort of feedback on Vertical Studio, either here, on our forum, on youtube or via email. We will also be sending out guidelines for membership in the permanent beta program. We appreciate all your efforts and we'd like you guys to be a part of the Vertical Community for years to come.
I hope this clarifies your issues and we're really excited to work with you all as we grow. If you have any questions - please let me know at
[email protected].