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# Download the latest beta release of the software [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7118 here].
# Download the latest beta release of the software [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7118 here].
# Test! Do everything you can think of to break the application, or just use it the way you plan on using it, and let us know what fails.
# Test! Do everything you can think of to break the application, or just use it the way you plan on using it, and let us know what fails.
# When there's a bug, tell us. You can report bugs in the [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22101 Open Discussion Forum], or put them into [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=107118&group_id=7118&func=browse SourceForge's Bug Tracker].
# When there's a bug, tell us; to learn how, see [[reporting bugs]].
# You'll find things that you want the software to do that it doesn't do. Those aren't necessarily bugs. You can ask for new features, [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=7118&atid=357118 here].
# You'll find things that you want the software to do that it doesn't do. Those aren't necessarily bugs. You can ask for new features, [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=7118&atid=357118 here].
# If you are interested in helping with more advanced testing, by writing test scripts, please let us know in the [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22101 Open Discussion Forum] and someone will contact you about it.
# If you are interested in helping with more advanced testing, by writing test scripts, please let us know in the [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22101 Open Discussion Forum] and someone will contact you about it.
# Reap the rewards by having better software to work with.
# Reap the rewards by having better software to work with.


===Reporting bugs===
==See also==
: ''Main article: [[Reporting bugs]]''
* [[Reporting bugs]]
 
The most important thing you can do to help us find and fix the bugs you report, is to make sure that you give us enough information that we can reproduce the bug. Otherwise, we have no way of knowing, for sure, that we've fixed the bug you report.
 
The first thing you should do, when reporting a bug, is double-check your setup, especially if you are just getting started. Make sure you are using the correct version of the Java Runtime Environment. (Currently, FreeMind is compiled and run under Java 1.4. Some of us run it under Java 1.5,  and FreeMind 0.9.0 should work with 1.6 too) Make sure you have your Path and ClassPath variables set correctly.
 
====Place====
 
Please report the bugs to [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=107118&group_id=7118&func=browse SourceForge's Bug Tracker]. Still, getting your bug report at least in [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22101 forum] is better than not getting it at all.
 
====Information to be provided====
 
Here are some things that help:
* The version of FreeMind you are using.
* What operating system you are running.
* The version and patch level of your OS. (For example XP Professional Service Pack 2)
* What you were trying to do when you got the failure
* A description of the failure
* Clear instructions on how to reproduce the failure
* Sometimes it helps if you send us the actual mindmap where the problem occurred.
 
--[[User:Rben13|Rben13]] 10:50, 3 Sep 2007 (PDT)


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Revision as of 19:16, 29 January 2008

Getting started as a tester

FreeMind is a fairly large project with a very small development team. We need all the extra testing resources we can get, so if you want to help out, this is one of the best places to start.

  1. Let us know that you want to help! Visit the Open Discussion Forum and tell us.
  2. Download the latest beta release of the software here.
  3. Test! Do everything you can think of to break the application, or just use it the way you plan on using it, and let us know what fails.
  4. When there's a bug, tell us; to learn how, see reporting bugs.
  5. You'll find things that you want the software to do that it doesn't do. Those aren't necessarily bugs. You can ask for new features, here.
  6. If you are interested in helping with more advanced testing, by writing test scripts, please let us know in the Open Discussion Forum and someone will contact you about it.
  7. Reap the rewards by having better software to work with.

See also

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