Wolfie

One of the things that I recall liking from the ideas I read (didn't read all of it) was the idea of the support time not starting until the first ticket is submitted, with a maximum deadline for support. I've never needed to get any real support on any of my licenses, but the idea of the support window being flexible sounds nice.

The other was that when someone owns a license (version), they get updates for that entire line for that version. Sort of like the perpetual license once offered by IPS, except that theirs is limited to the version the customer paid for.

With this being the area for feedback, I'd toss in the idea that perhaps when someone buys a new license (not including renewals), that they still get 6 months of support, but that the support starts on the first ticket, with the maximum being a year, with having access to downloads of that version for a year. If they use up their support (say they submit a ticket to have it installed after the first day), then they renew support 6 months later, their download time wouldn't extend any. Since I barely ever need support myself and already have the IPB licenses that I'll need, this wouldn't affect me, but I'm sure it would attract many more customers, especially now.

Just thought I'd toss that out there. Whether or not it makes any difference, again, doesn't affect me since I already have my licenses. Just want more people to buy IPB, so that the product has financial support and can continue to grow.

Is it sad that the screenshot containing Rikki's photo is clicked more than the one containing the attractive woman on the right? :lol:I guess Rikki's photo coupled with the natural reading from left to right wins over attractive woman :P

Oh dear... Just as I feared! *runs to safety*

We do not have a definite release date for 3.0.1.

If a major issue is discovered tomorrow it could be much sooner than a week. So far there haven't been any really major issues reported, so it could be longer than a week.

Matt stated that we plan to push out frequent patches for a little while to address bugs that weren't caught during beta and RC testing, but there's no exact timeframe for each patch at this point.

But posting "+1" is so much more fun!

Generally when Charles notifies me he has found a bug, I go hunt it down (because he's usually reported it by that time) and mark it working as intended or not a bug.


Then I go back and try to fix it later.

Here's my first round of suggestions :)

1 - It would be nice if the "Add Another Choice" button with Polls would add the text box below the box my cursor is currently in (and renumber the options accordingly). Right now if I want to go back and add an option I have to cut/paste to reorder each option below it.

2 - If you're feeling adventurous you could also add a few small buttons to the poll form like "A-Z", "Z-A" that will automatically sort the poll options alphabetically. This is good to use if the poll maker doesn't want to come off as biased (adding options they like first)

3 - Add a "Force Uninstall" option for applications. Basically the same thing as the uninstall routine but it catches/suppresses any errors. Good if the admin tried to manually uninstall an application or something went wrong in the uninstall and left the install partially in tact.

Great release by the way, I'm loving it :D

You guys remember there's a reputation feature in IPB3 that allows you to do a +1 built in right...?

Is it possible to give an "at least" idea? Like, "It'll be at least two weeks", with the bolding intact, so if someone does fail to read that part and tries to say anything, they can be referred back to it and given a road map to a few dictionaries that explain the concept of "at least"? Meanwhile those of us who understand can say, "Ah ok, won't be before that time, but on that day OR AFTER THEN".

The "at least" idea should only be used when there is a definite known date though, and the only hold up comes down to a few things that will definitely be done before then, leaving the release up to the discretion of IPS staff.



Should just take it out completely.. Or change it to say "RC 2.1".. To confuse people. :thumbsup: