@TheEmu

It gets worse.
Just discovered this.
If you go to the istripper landing page https://www.istripper.com/ the version that new members will be downloading is the current beta 1.2.512

When I first joined VGHD as it was then, if I had downloaded a version riddled with bugs/problems I would not have become a long term member.

Regarding the drop-down menu in the top righthand corner of the GUI.

I find it odd to have this menu in this position - in almost every other program that I have ever seen menus such as this have been located in the top left, not the top right. It seems strange not to fllow what can be regarded as established practice in this matter and put it where it would be expected. However, I did quickly get used to its unusual position.

Also, could you please add Quit or Exit to this menu. Again this would be in line with normal practice. I know that Quit is available via the systray icon but there are two, *****, problems with that being the only way to shut down the program

1 - As we have seen from previous discussions not everybody thinks to look there.

2 - The systray icon is not always immediately visible as it may be among the icons in the systray overflow area.

Ok this was for the main improvements...
Indeed, this new UI is the very very start of what iStripper V2 will be :-P

Now I let you discover by yourselves the several renamings, design changes (of the stickers for instance or the removal of the "buy credits" button...), the harmonization of the colors, the menus, the fonts, the icons... as well as the "invisible" part, like the fluidity of the animations, the speed of the controls, etc.

Enjoy : (PC only) https://www.istripper.com/binary/beta/1_2_512/setup-istripper.exe🤗

One of my fav news is the "Now playing:" information at the bottom left, that gives you the show + the model name of the beauty currently on your screen (pure chance that I chose my dear Agatha for the example 😇)

The settings and their different icons have been reorganized!

• The download icon is now at the bottom right, together with the sound managers;
• the settings / music / full screen are in the drop down menu of your username now, together with a shortcut to the so useful "synchronize with servers" !
• Plus now, you can LOG OUT ! No need to go pick up the "register again" option in the advanced settings anymore!

Here we are ! Curtain raiser on the new HOME page ! There you see the Most popular shows of the moment, the most recent news, the recent releases, some recommended categories and the shows coming soon !!

Eventually, the final version should let you organize the order of these sections as you wish 😋

Still hesitate to upgrade to our Beta version ?

Alright, let me share with you some screenshots of the version 1.2.512's main pages so that you get a quick foretaste of what's happening on this side of the iStripper world 😍 🤗

@muttonjeff,
did you get Agatha's card today?

I agree entirely with @peterbanker on this. I don't use Discord so I didn't see the post he talks about which encourages us to "Check It Out" but it sounds like it was not very informative to naive users as to just what they were being encouraged to do.

I have found that it is a common failing of developers (almost all developers, not just Totem's) to assume that their users understand more about software and software development than they typically do. Exposing users to such terms as "beta version" without explicit, clear, and very visible explanations of their meanings and of the possible consequences is a bad thing.

@Celine said this:

The auto-update of the Beta is and will remain for the Beta versions only.
And nobody will be ***** to move to the Beta...
Only the "Beta to newer Beta" will be automated

Excellent! Thank you.
This is plenty good enough for me.

From some of the posts here it seems that a significant proportion of users do not understand the word "beta" when applied to a software release and think they are just getting the latest newest, greatest, and best version. Such users need to be actively informed of what they are doing. If nothing else we can then say "you were warned" rather than having to explain a technical term.

This is the point that I was trying to make on the discord forum last Saturday.
When I ran istripper last Friday to get the latest SEC a message popped up on my computer screen about this beta suggesting that I "Check It Out".
The tone and format of this message was similar to the one used when I need to do a compulsory update to the latest version.

The auto-update of the Beta is and will remain for the Beta versions only.
And nobody will be ***** to move to the Beta...
Only the "Beta to newer Beta" will be automated

Fair enough - but please allow us to delay the update even if that means we can't run the program at all, even the old beta, until we are ready for it. I my case I was very unhappy on having it happen because you can have no idea what else I was running at the time of the update.

👍👍👍

nothing beats a Told Ya So 😊

to be honest ... if they dont understand the large print words NEW BETA, i suspect they will probably just click the install button anyway and ignore any warnings

From some of the posts here it seems that a significant proportion of users do not understand the word "beta" when applied to a software release and think they are just getting the latest newest, greatest, and best version. Such users need to be actively informed of what they are doing. If nothing else we can then say "you were warned" rather than having to explain a technical term.

OMG Agatha Vega - Lust In Leather.
I have always loved watching Agatha but for me, this card is what stripTEASE is all about. Simply stunning.
I have praised other models recently but Agatha is a goddess. 😍

The auto-update of the Beta is and will remain for the Beta versions only.
And nobody will be ***** to move to the Beta...
Only the "Beta to newer Beta" will be automated

Perhaps the first thing the installer should do is display a large "friendy" warning about this and ask you if that was OK or not.

to be honest ... if they dont understand the large print words NEW BETA, i suspect they will probably just click the install button anyway and ignore any warnings

as long as they can reinstall the last known release, they will recover

We do? 😕

@fengzhaoshen said;

The point is, when will she update a few more new performances??😫😫

I wholeheartedly agree! We all want more, more MORE of Emiri! ✌💚😎

@TheEmu said this:

Perhaps the first thing the installer should do is display a large "friendy" warning about this and ask you if that was OK or not.

👍

It should be made very clear that it is a TEST version and not meant to be used by inexperienced users.

Betas should never be mandatory. Some users will not want to test the software.

No one was ***** to test the software. The choice to update to a beta was not mandatory, it was the update from one test version to the next that was *****, but this was only after accepting the choice to be a tester. Actually more than just "accepting the choice" but deciding to deliberately go out of your way to separately download and run the installer rather than use the regular update function of the software.

I do think, however, that it could be made clearer to naive users that by running the beta's installer they are partaking in a test program using a program that has not yet been fully debugged. Perhaps the first thing the installer should do is display a large "friendy" warning about this and ask you if that was OK or not. That should at least help to avoid complaints like "the software is rushed out with bugs" being directed at beta versions.

If nothing else Totem are getting some feedback on the idea of ***** updates that they can apply to the non-beta releases.

I think it speaks volumes that I was willing to knowingly risk corrupting my iStripper installation by aborting the ***** update by using Windows task manager to ***** iStripper rather than let it proceed without my express permission.

Betas should never be mandatory. Some users will not want to test the software.

When version 12376 (or 78) is no longer usable, I will be done with istripper. No more purchases and no more interaction with the forum.

And yes, ***** automatic updates are acceptable for beta releases ONLY. I completely agree with @Wyldanimal here.

I am not so happy to have no control as to whether an update is applied even to a beta.

This latest update caught me by surprise, I was not ready to accept it, so I ***** iStripper as the update was still downloading. I then completed some work that I felt was important was not interrupted. Only then did I manually apply the update when I judged that it was safe to do so. As it happened that was only a few minutes later and the work was not very important, but it could well have been hours or even days and the work could have been very important.

With automatic updates you have no idea what other work may be interrupted if the update has problems. I want to be able to control when such risky (doubly so with betas) processes.

Yes, if you can't stand finding bugs please do not run the beta. I prefer myself to have some input into the design decisions behind the new version. We have seen at least three design changes- not bugs- that have not been universally received with cries of joy. And if not for the people running the beta we wouldn't even know about them.

I wouldn't have myself expected that the carousels were as popular as it seems to have been, especially since the contents of them- and more- are right there on the home page now. But that's why they need feedback.

The dislike with the card size simplification was more predictable, at least when you consider the huge variety of displays that people are using. Two sizes aren't going to do the job.

And the issues you get with deleting cards and playlists when the system no longer keeps track of what you have deleted aren't going to be found with developers and testers that never delete cards. That takes running it past real users that keep their collections pruned down.

And yes, ***** automatic updates are acceptable for beta releases ONLY. I completely agree with @Wyldanimal here.

I should of learned from past betas with this company. and I will leave it for others as the software is rushed out with bugs every time

to all that simply criticize beta software issues... it seems you have no experience of software testing/debugging.
Totem may have 6 or so people available to test software .. so it could take many months to find and resolve any bugs.
Instead, they offer a beta test version to those members that want to help (it is not 'rushed out with bugs').
Now with hundreds of people testing and reporting bugs, the product will mature faster for release.
Please don't just criticize beta software... help if you can ... avoid if you can't

I'm 100% in Support of the BETA version Self updating to the Most current BETA version.

But I would NOT want a Release Version to Self Update, Unless I wanted it to, or
there was a Setting I had to Have Set.
Allow Automatic Updates.
YES
NO

I'm even ok with YES being the default after every install / upgrade
as long as I am still able to set it to No.

You can't IMAGINE how hard bug crushing is when you have dozens of versions in active use!

Yes I can - as a developer I have ***** from being ***** to support multiple versions of software packages. But as a user I ***** having the software change under my feet without having a chance to say that I don't want to update just now. At the very least you should have the opportunity to delay an update until a more convenient moment.

I don't expect the developers to actively support more than the most recent release and being told to update to that if I want bugs being fixed, but I also expect to be able to plan when an update occurs. I also don't mind having an "in your face" nagging pop-up asking if I want to update now or later - just don't assume that I want it done.

I hope lots of people keep running the latest beta code because that's what makes this work.

So do I, but having it ***** automatic updates on me is one way of dissuading me from doing so.

thanks @Calgon for continuing to experiment so well

Thanks @EverthangForever - there's other stuff coming but I'm finding it difficult to find the time at the moment.

Love the ballons, a nice twist for a swing clip scene.

Thanks @Socialhazard. Some folks had said they don't watch swing clips, maybe this will change their minds.

In any kind of software test the software version showing a defect is critical to understanding the defect. I think the automatic updates are a great idea. You can't IMAGINE how hard bug crushing is when you have dozens of versions in active use!

Beta testing is critical because the internal testers can never test everything over all settings and environments and preferences that the users do. I have been impressed just how well Totem has been doing with this process- especially the surveys. I don't think I have ever seen anyone do that better.

I hope lots of people keep running the latest beta code because that's what makes this work.

@ComteDracula & @Socialhazard thanks for the encouragement
& thanks @Calgon for continuing to experiment so well 😊👍

@ComteDracula & @Socialhazard merci pour les encouragements
Merci @Calgon de continuer à expérimenter si bien 😊👍

The point is, when will she update a few more new performances??😫😫

@Calgon

Love the ballons, a nice twist for a swing clip scene. 👍 😎

@EverthangForever

Awesome. Keep 'em coming. 👍 😎

If there are multiple versions, the testers often omit to tell you which version they were running so the developers could waste time looking in the wrong place

That may be so, but it runs the risk of reducing the willingness of some of the volunteers to participate in the testing program.

@pickle1
That makes sense. 👍

We have now an automatic update of the software. The version 1.2.512 has been installed automatically over 1.2.510 without asking me if I wanted to update.I would like to have the choice to do the update or not by just downloading the installer.

@stefnev1 - I am surmising that the reason for the auto update is to have people testing on the latest version at all times - it makes it easier to keep track of where errors occur and to reproduce them.

If there are multiple versions, the testers often omit to tell you which version they were running so the developers could waste time looking in the wrong place 😊

Oh I also love the fact this [beta version] software is tested throughly before ***** me off

Just what did you think a beta version was ?

The reason that they exist is so that they get tested thoroughly by volunteers, more thoroughly and on a greater variety of hardware than can be done otherwise. They are how software gets thoroughly tested.

I would like to have the choice to do the update or not by just downloading the installer.

As would I.

We have now an automatic update of the software. The version 1.2.512 has been installed automatically over 1.2.510 without asking me if I wanted to update.
I would like to have the choice to do the update or not by just downloading the installer.

I have not been reading any of these comments anyways the stripper is now getting a black screen behind her from time to time then crashing. good job I love how when the app is about to crash yeah wonderfull programming!👍Oh I also love the fact this software is tested throughly before ***** me off . lol great stuph! five stars!@PSEUDO6ISME - if you get pissed off because a Beta test version of the program is highlighting issues, then I would suggest you stay on the production version of the software until all the beta testing has been completed and the version gets promoted to production.Leave Beta testing to the people who want to participate.

You are correct I should of learned from past betas with this company. and I will leave it for others as the software is rushed out with bugs every time.

I have not been reading any of these comments anyways the stripper is now getting a black screen behind her from time to time then crashing. good job I love how when the app is about to crash yeah wonderfull programming!👍Oh I also love the fact this software is tested throughly before ***** me off . lol great stuph! five stars!

@PSEUDO6ISME - if you get pissed off because a Beta test version of the program is highlighting issues, then I would suggest you stay on the production version of the software until all the beta testing has been completed and the version gets promoted to production.

Leave Beta testing to the people who want to participate.

I put the Picture on Discord.

Beside that a smaller issue i found, the new Drop down Menu when i click on my Username is in darkmode from Win 10 not or barely readable.

Hi, can you please shared with me a screenshot of that behaviour (through Discord if necessary)? The text color or dropdownmenu color don't seem to change on my end when I change the Windows theme

I'm really liking this new version of iStripper; thanks Totem. I appreciate that 2 of my recent suggestions were incorporated into this version (independent volume controls & larger thumbnails on a model's overview & other shows tab). I'll miss the lovely carousel, but I guess it was causing problems for a lot of people. I haven't tried the "Play All Clips" option of a card, but hopefully it'll work better in this version.

anyways the stripper is now getting a black screen behind her from time to time then crashing

Typically, though not always,such problems have in the past been due to lack of sufficient free resources on the system that you are running on. Try switching between using CPU and GPU rendering.

I have not been reading any of these comments anyways the stripper is now getting a black screen behind her from time to time then crashing. good job I love how when the app is about to crash yeah wonderfull programming!👍

Oh I also love the fact this software is tested throughly before ***** me off . lol great stuph! five stars!

An easy and well deserved win for such a super hottie! Keep her shows cuming! 🐱🔥💖💕😍

@guillaume

Hi, this looks like a firewall/antivirus issue where the program iStripper is being blocked from accessing web pages. The new beta 1.2.512 now has a signed executable file, please let us know if you still encounter the problem with it. If you do, can you try deactivating your antivirus before launching iStripper and tell me if it works without it (just for the sake of testing for now)?

Hi there, new Version did not change anything, deactivating AV did nothing, so i tried run the App as Admin and now everything seems to work like it should be.
I don't know why, this was never an issue before, especially because i could acces the Store and download Cards without a Problem. I also never set any restrictions to iS as an Admin. But now all is good. Thanks.

Beside that a smaller issue i found, the new Drop down Menu when i click on my Username is in darkmode from Win 10 not or barely readable.

Thank you so much @EverthangForever. 😊

Merci beaucoup @EverthangForever. 😊

As was to be expected! Congrats!! Damn, Asian girls are on another level 👍😍🔥

Love the 'coming ones will drive you nuts'-part hehe 😋

yesterday i've downloaded a card and went colored in My Collection.

today this card was greyed out again in My Collection.
the clips are all there in the Models-Folder.

is this a bug?

downloading again went quickly through.
i will see tomorrow if it will be greyd out again.