如果不进行测试，软件开发人员无法确定他们发布的软件是否可以安全使用。它可能带有错误、安全漏洞或其他可能导致其停止工作的问题，从而将用户推向其他软件。这就是为什么主要软件版本（例如Discord）会在新功能发布之前对其进行测试。
Discord Canary是流行的社区聊天软件的 alpha 测试版本。就像(Just)Chrome Canary和其他“金丝雀”品牌的软件版本一样，Discord Canary(Discord Canary)让愿意测试的用户可以访问新功能和修复。如果您对Discord Canary(Discord Canary)感到好奇并想了解更多信息，那么您需要了解以下内容。
什么是不和谐金丝雀？(What is Discord Canary?)
为了帮助采矿社区免受一氧化碳中毒的威胁，矿工们会带着金丝雀去工作。把“一只金丝雀从煤矿里拿下来”不是比喻——这是一个确定空气质量的测试。如果金丝雀幸存下来，矿工们就可以安全地继续工作了。
虽然矿工不再依赖金丝雀，但软件开发人员却如此。在技术方面，“金丝雀”是软件的 alpha 版本或版本，可供其他开发人员、质量测试人员和热心用户试用。金丝雀版本不是稳定版本，因此预计会出现崩溃、错误和其他问题。
Discord Canary也不例外。此 alpha 版本是新功能和错误版本的初始测试版本。这是三个Discord发布渠道中的第一个，允许开发团队在发布更广泛的版本之前测试和解决Discord的问题。(Discord)
如果Discord Canary(Discord Canary)中的功能或错误修复是安全的，它们将被添加到Discord 公共测试构建(Discord Public Test Build)( PTB ) 中以进行进一步的 beta 测试，然后在Discord Stable版本中发布到更广泛的(Discord Stable)Discord社区。这是您在下载桌面应用程序或访问Discord(Discord)网站 时将看到和使用的版本。
如果这些功能或修复不稳定或未完成，开发团队可以在发布PTB或稳定版本之前将它们从Discord中删除。(Discord)这些功能可能会在进一步完善后回归，也可能完全废弃，这取决于开发团队对Discord的更广泛计划。
Discord Canary 适合哪些人？(Who is Discord Canary Suitable For?)
Discord Canary是一个非常早期的测试版本。这意味着功能、修复和其他添加还没有为更广泛的社区做好准备。虽然Discord Canary使用起来完全安全，但它并不稳定。如果您热衷于尝试，您应该预料到最坏的情况——它可能会崩溃或损坏，功能无法工作或意外工作。
作为测试平台版本，只有认真的开发人员、测试人员和爱好者才应该考虑安装或试用Discord Canary版本。但是，如果您热衷于测试最新的 Discord 功能，或者您想通过帮助查找错误或问题来支持开发团队，您可以使用Discord Canary来执行此操作。
如果您想试用Discord Canary，可以将其下载为桌面应用程序，也可以在浏览器中尝试基于 Web 的版本。如果您确实对其进行了测试，预计会发生错误、崩溃、错误等。Discord Canary仅适用于开发人员、认真的测试人员和爱好者——其他用户应坚持使用稳定版本。
如果您想帮助开发团队，您可以通过Discord网站提交Discord Canary的错误报告，或者(Discord Canary)加入官方 Discord Testers 社区服务器(joining the official Discord Testers community server)来报告问题。新的(New)错误修复将首先出现在Discord Canary中，供一小部分用户尝试，然后在稍后阶段达到稳定版本。
Android和 iPhone Discord用户将无法在他们的设备上试用Discord Canary ，但您可以通过加入(Discord Canary)Discord Testers社区服务器注册对新修复和功能进行早期测试。
如何安装不和谐金丝雀(How to Install Discord Canary)
您可以通过下载Discord Canary桌面应用程序的最新版本或在 Web 浏览器中试用来试用Discord Canary。
- 首先，从Discord网站为您的操作系统下载最新的 Discord Canary 版本。(download the latest Discord Canary release)您可以在Linux(Linux)、Windows和Mac上下载和使用桌面应用程序。
- 下载完成后，运行适用于您的操作系统的安装程序并按照屏幕上的说明进行操作。
- 在 PC 或Mac上安装Discord Canary后，启动它。您可以在带有金色Discord图标的(Discord)Windows 开始(Windows Start)菜单或Mac Launchpad菜单中找到该应用程序- 选择此图标以启动该应用程序。
- Discord Canary将在您首次启动时检查更新。完成后，使用您的Discord帐户用户名和密码登录。
如何在 Web 浏览器中使用 Discord Canary(How to Use Discord Canary in a Web Browser)
虽然桌面应用程序提供了全面测试Discord Canary的最佳方式，但您也可以在 Web 浏览器中尝试新功能和修复。通过 Web 浏览器使用Discord提供了许多与(Discord)Discord桌面应用程序相同的功能，但某些功能（例如持续一键通语音访问）不可用。
- 要在网络上试用Discord Canary ，请在浏览器中访问 Discord Canary 网站。(Discord Canary website)选择在您的浏览器中打开 Discord(Open Discord in Your Browser)选项以继续。
- 您需要输入您的用户名，然后选中下面的复选框以确认您接受条款和条件。选择输入按钮(enter button)继续，然后提供您的密码以确认登录。
- 或者，选择Discord Canary网站 右上角的登录。(Login)
- 在登录(Login )屏幕上，您将使用您的用户名和密码再次登录。选择登录(Login)按钮以确认并登录。
登录后，您将能够尝试特定于Discord Canary网络版的新功能和修复。如果它太不稳定而无法使用，请打开 Discord Stable 网站(open the Discord Stable website)并登录以开始使用它。
测试 Discord Canary(Testing Out Discord Canary)
在您的 PC 或Mac上安装(Mac)Discord Canary或通过在 Web 浏览器中访问Discord Canary URL，您可以试用最新功能和错误修复。如果它有点不稳定，您可以切换到Discord Public Test Build ( PTB ) 版本中的 beta 测试版本，或者改用广泛可用的Discord Stable。
无论您使用的是Discord Canary还是Discord Stable ，您都可以通过(Discord Stable)设置新的 Discord 服务器(setting up a new Discord server)免费试用。如果您想从Discord获得更多信息，您可以添加新的 Discord 机器人(add new Discord bots)来扩展功能，或者考虑改用许多 Discord 替代品(number of Discord alternatives)，例如 Slack 或 Ventrilo。
What is Discord Canary and Is It Safe?
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Discord Canary is the alpha test release of the popular community chat software. Just like Chrome Canary and other “canary”-branded software releases, Discord Canary gives willing test users access to new features and fixes. If you’re curious about Discord Canary and want to learn more, here’s what you’ll need to know.
What is Discord Canary?
To help mining communities protect against the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning, miners would take a canary with them to work. Taking “a canary down the coal mine” wasn’t metaphorical—it was a test to determine the air quality. If the canary survived, the miners would be safe enough to carry on work.
While miners no longer rely on canaries, software developers do. In technology terms, a “canary” is an alpha build or release of software, available for other developers, quality testers, and keen users to try out. A canary release isn’t a stable release, so crashes, bugs, and other issues are expected.
Discord Canary is no different. This alpha release is the initial test build for new features and bug releases. It’s the first of three Discord release channels, allowing the development team to test and resolve problems with Discord before a wider release is issued.
If features or bug fixes in Discord Canary are safe, they’ll be added to the Discord Public Test Build (PTB) for further beta testing before they’re released to the wider Discord community in the Discord Stable release. This is the release you’ll see and use when you download the desktop app or visit the Discord website.
If these features or fixes aren’t stable or are unfinished, the development team could remove them from Discord before they release the PTB or Stable releases. These features may make a return after further refinement, or they may be scrapped entirely, depending on the development team’s wider plan for Discord.
Who is Discord Canary Suitable For?
Discord Canary is a very early test build. This means that the features, fixes, and other additions aren’t yet ready for the wider community. While Discord Canary is completely safe to use, it isn’t stable. If you’re keen to try it, you should expect the worst—it may crash or break, with features failing to work or work unexpectedly.
As a testbed release, only serious developers, testers, and enthusiasts should consider installing or trying out a Discord Canary build. However, if you’re keen to test out the latest Discord features, or you want to support the development team by helping to find bugs or problems, you can use Discord Canary to do so.
If you want to try Discord Canary, you can download it as a desktop app or you can try the web-based version in your browser. If you do test it, expect bugs, crashes, errors, and more to occur. Discord Canary is for developers and serious testers and enthusiasts only—other users should stick to the stable release.
If you want to help out the development team, you can submit bug reports for Discord Canary through the Discord website or by joining the official Discord Testers community server to report issues instead. New bug fixes will appear in Discord Canary first for a smaller group of users to try before reaching the Stable release at a later stage.
Android and iPhone Discord users won’t be able to try Discord Canary on their devices, but you can sign up for early testing of new fixes and features by joining the Discord Testers community server.
How to Install Discord Canary
You can try out Discord Canary by downloading the latest build release of the Discord Canary desktop app or by trying it out in your web browser.
- To start, download the latest Discord Canary release for your operating system from the Discord website. You can download and use the desktop app on Linux, Windows, and Mac.
- After the download completes, run the installer for your operating system and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Once you’ve installed Discord Canary on your PC or Mac, launch it. You can find the app in your Windows Start menu or Mac Launchpad menu with a gold Discord icon—select this to launch the app.
- Discord Canary will check for updates when you first launch it. Once this is complete, sign in using your Discord account username and password.
How to Use Discord Canary in a Web Browser
While the desktop app offers the best way to fully test out Discord Canary, you can also try out new features and fixes in your web browser. Using Discord through your web browser offers many of the same features as the Discord desktop app, but some features (such as constant push-to-talk voice access) are unavailable.
- To try Discord Canary on the web, head to the Discord Canary website in your browser. Select the Open Discord in Your Browser option to proceed.
- You’ll need to type in your username, then select the checkbox below to confirm that you accept the terms and conditions. Select the enter button to proceed, then provide your password to confirm the sign in.
- Alternatively, select Login in the top-right corner of the Discord Canary website.
- At the Login screen, you’ll sign in again with your username and password. Select the Login button to confirm and sign in.
Once you sign in, you’ll be able to try new features and fixes that are specific to the web version of Discord Canary. If it’s too unstable to use, open the Discord Stable website and sign in to begin using that instead.
Testing Out Discord Canary
With Discord Canary installed on your PC or Mac, or by visiting the Discord Canary URL in your web browser, you can try out the latest features and bug fixes. If it’s a little unstable, you can switch to the beta test release in the Discord Public Test Build (PTB) release, or to the widely-available Discord Stable instead.
Whether you’re using Discord Canary or Discord Stable, you can try it out for free by setting up a new Discord server. If you want more from Discord, you can add new Discord bots to expand functionality, or consider switching to a number of Discord alternatives like Slack or Ventrilo instead.
