Bug-squashin’
Sorry for not posting sooner–we’ve been squashin’ bugs! This post comes to you from the depths of the QA department at Zopa–er, which would be me.
On Sunday we released a new version of the site into the wild, and it fixes a grand total of 114 bugs. Bugs medium and small have fallen before the awesome might of our developers, and many of these pesky little buggers were spotted by you folks, so a tip of the hat and a pat on the back to you too.
Hands down, the most serious bug we had was one that has been plaguing users applying for Loans and Zopa CD’s since before I can remember. In the old, antiquated version of the site, the application status listed on My Zopa was almost always “application incomplete”. No matter what the state of your application was, it said “application incomplete”. Not only was this confusing, it actually prevented people from completing their applications. Definitely a downer. But now fixed! Those of you who are in the process of applying for a loan or a Zopa CD can log in to My Zopa and be greeted by a smiling status message that tells you where you are in the process, what needs to be done next, and how to do it. Now that’s progress.
Some other improvements include the “Promote your Profile” email feature, which allows borrowers to send an email to anyone who might be interested in purchasing a Zopa CD to help with their monthly payments; a fix to the discouraging “Age” bug that listed some folks as 2 years older than they actually are (we prefer to think of it as 2 years wiser), and many more.
Finding and squashing bugs is an ongoing process, and we won’t be resting on our laurels any time soon. But it’s users like you who are truly on the front line, so we welcome all of your tips, suggestions, or gripes about the site. If something doesn’t seem right to you, it probably isn’t. Join the fight against bugs and let us know what you see — Zopa users everywhere will thank you.