Dear Netbeans family, After many many (too many) evenings and week-ends spent learning and coding, I'm proud to make the 1st release of my free music application based on the Netbeans Platform.
It's here: https://www.jjazzlab.com (NOT www.jazzlab.com !) If you're a musician and practice your instrument using backing tracks (maybe with apps like Band in a box or iReal Pro, or with backing tracks from YouTube), then you might be interested to try, and I would love to get your feedback (and bug reports!). If you're not a musician but you're a Windows user, you can also help in 2 minutes: just download and install the app, then deinstall. You will probably get a Windows Smart Screen alert, don't worry, click on the "more info" text and you'll see the "Run Anyway" button. Explanations below. Windows Smart Screen problem: Although I spent 80$ buying a 1 year code signing certificate from DigiCert, my installer is still blocked by Windows Smart Screen because Microsoft security servers don't have enough data (=people downloading the app and successfully installing it on Windows) to assess my installer's "reputation". So it's a chicken and egg problem : I need many people to install my app to remove the blocking by Windows, but Windows scares most people to do so ! I was recommended one solution: buy the 600$/year EV code signing certificate, obviously I would prefer to avoid this solution for a software I provide for free... Of course don't hesitate to forward the link to your musician friends, or add a link to www.jjazzlab.com. Thank you Jerome
