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English Attack!
Beta Test attracts thousands |
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Over 5,000 of you have joined our Beta test, and your comments and suggestions have been terrific.
We're now getting ready for our official site launch in September, and have added several members to the team to handle all the related preparatory activity.
You may already be seeing evidence of this via the increased publication rate of new Video Boosters and Photo Vocabs on the site.
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Now Playing On
English Attack! |
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So what's next? |
Over the next couple of months you'll be seeing:
- A new homepage; we're making it simpler and it should load faster (yay!).
- MUCH improved community features (let's face it, the ones we have now could be a lot better) including chat and forums.
- Improved Facebook connectivity.
- More games: in addition to our current game Swap Mania, we've got seven more in the pipeline!
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New games Sneak Preview |
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| Word Rescue & Verb Dash, soon on English Attack!
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The Beta Test Heard
'Round The World |
| Beta Testers from 110 countries have given us their feedback. A special "hi" to Nurbek, our sole member from Kazakhstan – a country of special significance to one of our founders. Here is a snapshot of the top 5 countries represented in the test: |
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Beta Test:
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- The Video Boosters
- Graphic Design / Style of Site
- Ability to score points and win badges
- Photo Vocabs
- Games mixed with exercises
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Beta Test:
FLOPS |
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- Points system not working / buggy
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We know, we know! This was by far the most complained-about item. We think we've fixed it now, but please continue to let us know if it malfunctions.
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- Don't know where to start
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We agree: the Home Page is rather "busy" for a first-time visitor. We're addressing that with a new, simplified Home Page design with fewer content items and clearer navigation. |
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- Could not figure out how to Make Friends
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A big subject: we are not happy with the whole Community functionality and will be making major changes to that so that it's more intuitive and also looks better. |
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- Problem with sound / Audio Sample
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We fixed some bugs, but we know it's still not great. The next version of the site should have smoother and better sound and voice quality for the Audio Sample function. |
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- Lack of Instructions panel for games
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Working on it! |
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| That's it for now. Have a great summer (or winter for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere) and see you soon on English Attack! |
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