Month: March 2014

More grease, more tracks

on March 27, 2014

We’re always looking for ways to make it easier for people to use the benchmarks and interact with the community. I wrote about a new form for suggesting new benchmarks last week. However, we are not stopping there.

Although the community previews for TouchXPRT 2014 and BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android have been out for a few weeks, we’ve continued to improve them before their general releases. For example, we mentioned in TouchXPRT CP1 that we would continue making changes to the UI.

Taking a cue from WebXPRT 2013, the upcoming general releases of TouchXPRT 2014 and BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android will have a button in the UI for submitting results. This will make it easier for you to submit your results to be approved for publication on the PT Web site.

Although there’s not much time left before the general releases of these benchmarks, it’s not too late to send in your ideas. Even if we can’t use your suggestions in this release, we may be able to use them in the future. Let us know what you think by posting to the forum or emailing us at BenchmarkXPRTsupport@principledtechnologies.com.

Eric

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Posted in BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android, Collaborative benchmark development, Community Preview, Let us know your thoughts, TouchXPRT, TouchXPRT 2014, WebXPRT |

Greasing the track

By Eric Hale

on March 20, 2014

While BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android may still be in its community preview stage, we’re already looking for the next great XPRT. As we’ve said in the past, there’s always something new to measure. That’s where you come in − we want to hear about the benchmarks you want to see!

To make it easier for Community members to send us their ideas, we’ve made a form available in the member’s area. All members have to do is click Have an idea for a new XPRT? and fill in a description. This form saves you the trouble of composing an e-mail and makes it easier for us to track community interest.

However, even though we’re making life simpler for members of the community, anyone can suggest a new benchmark. If you have a good idea or any other comments you want us to hear, just send an e-mail to BenchmarkXPRTsupport@principledtechnologies.com. We also hope you’ll consider joining the community.

There’s a lot of new technology out there, and we’re very excited about upcoming possibilities. Speaking of new technology, check out Bill’s new blog, Tech Everywhere. He’s already written about electric cars, smart watches and a Bluetooth-enabled electric toothbrush. It’s definitely worth a read.

Eric

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Posted in Battery life, BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android, BenchmarkXPRT development community, Collaborative benchmark development, Community Preview |

HDXPRT 2014

By Eric Hale

on March 13, 2014

As we’ve talked about in past blog posts, we have encountered a number of challenges in developing HDXPRT 2014. However, we’ve solved a lot of the problems, and this week we have a build that looks pretty stable. So, we’ve started installing and testing the new HDXPRT on a wider range of systems.

Even though we’ve just started testing, I’m happy to say that the new version solves one of the biggest complaints we’ve had about HDXPRT 2012. HDXPRT 2014 is only about half the size of HDXPRT 2012, and it will definitely be available by download.

It also installs and runs much more quickly than HDXPRT 2012. We’ve been able to get results in 2 to 3 hours, including the installation.

We’ll have more details about HDXPRT 2014 in the coming weeks.

A quick reminder: If you weren’t able to attend CES or MWC and would like to get a golden ticket (or one of our cool shirts), please email us at benchmarkxprtsupport@principledtechnologies.com. We don’t want any members of the community to feel left out!

Eric

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Posted in CES, Golden Tickets, HDXPRT 2012, HDXPRT 2014, Mobile World Congress |

It’s always worth asking

By Eric Hale

on March 6, 2014

Last week, one of our community members asked for a couple of enhancements to WebXPRT. They wanted WebXPRT to be easier to automate, and they made two specific requests:

Add debug/result logs
Add the ability to start the test without UI interactions, by using a specific URL or a command line

This is a great example of why we put so much emphasis on the community. We have tried to make the BenchmarkXPRT benchmarks easy to use, but we don’t always face the same testing demands you do. If there’s anything we can do to make these tools more valuable, please let us know by posting on the forums or e-mailing us at benchmarkxprtsupport@principledtechnologies.com.

We are adding those abilities to the upcoming WebXPRT 2014 community preview. Speaking of the community preview, we have been working hard on it, and in the next few weeks, we’ll be talking about what will be in it.

Keep those requests coming!

Eric

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Month: March 2014

More grease, more tracks

Greasing the track

HDXPRT 2014

It’s always worth asking

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