Welcome to Testathon 1.8!

DSpace Development never stops! DSpace 1.8.0 is almost here, and with it arrives numerous new features, improvements, bug-fixes, changes, etc.

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WHAT: Help beta-test DSpace to ensure that it passes its ultimate test: that it does what users expect it to. We've added new features that could use more eyes, browsers, and mouse-clicks to make sure that things aren't missing, that they don't break, that they don't lose your data, and that they easily do what one expects them to do. So if any features have issues while your testing it, click the "Feedback" button and tell us about it.

WHEN: Starting: Monday, September 12 to Friday, September 23, 2011. You can keep visiting the site and leaving post your feedback afterwards, as part of continual improvement.

WHY: The sooner we find and fix bugs, the higher quality the software will be when it comes time to upgrade or install DSpace 1.8.0.

HOW: Go to http://demo.dspace.org (or http://dspacetest.lso.umsystem.edu/) and test-drive one of the DSpace User Interfaces, such as JSPUI or XMLUI. If anything comes up while you are testing DSpace, you can click the red "Feedback" link button on the page. If you are more technically inclined, you can may download and install your own copy of DSpace 1.8.0 Release Candidate #1. We're looking for feedback on the DSpace software, as well as feedback on our unreleased 1.8.0 documentation.

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For a list of what's new in DSpace 1.8.0, see the Release Notes.