Alpha 1 release

Okay people, the time has come to unleash the Collectish beast (or at least to take it for a quick walk around the block).

Today we’re releasing our first Alpha 1 version, which means that while it ain’t quite finished, it’s stable and usable enough for a small and controlled group of people to start testing. Okay so the user interface is still a little clunky, lots of things are missing and the workflows need further work – but there is enough there to get going.

The next release (Alpha 2, next week or so) will go before a slightly wider internal group, but at this stage we need to test some basic functionality – which is where you come in! (by the way if you’re wondering what’s with all the Alpha’s and Beta’s, Jeff Atwood has written a nice little description of the standard software release lifecycle).

For this release, we need you to tell us if something is clearly not working as it should. Whilst you will surely have lots of concerns and ideas around the design and user interface, remember this is a very early release and it’s likely that we’re probably already dealing with whatever it is that is troubling you. So please note any ideas down, but don’t hand them to us until we ask (which we will).

One more thing – Collectish is still not working in IE6. IE7 or Firefox for the moment please.

For now, take a look around, sign up, start adding your stuff and have fun… just let us know if it crashes okay?