Omega Forums 2.0 Public Beta Test

dsio
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Hi guys,

Over the last few months, we've been developing a completely new interface for Omegaforums.net to replace the existing one. We've analysed how people use and interact with the forum, which controls and aspects work, which are not used, which are convenient and which need to be made more so in developing the new interface in order to make it faster and more intuitive to use.

Our crew of moderators have been on the new version for a week or two now, with myself and Trev having used it for about two months during testing, and we're at the point where we're keen to open it up for public testing before we bring it online for all users, so we're keen for anyone that's interested in trying it ahead of time volunteering to be switched to the new style.

What we need from you if you're interested is to make a post below, with your operating system and web browser version (example, Windows 7 Ultimate, Google Chrome 25). We will then switch you over to OF2, if you experience any bugs or issues, please reply to this thread with the problems you experience, screenshots, and as much detail as possible, Thanks!

Screenshots of Omegaforums 2.0:

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You guys are gonna like the new format. 馃憤 It took less than a few hours for me to get used to it, and I'm a dinosaur who fears change. 馃槣
 
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I am in. But I am on 2 different systems, Windows at work and Android at home.
 
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Gavin Gavin
I am in. But I am on 2 different systems, Windows at work and Android at home.
Android tablet? What model?
 
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Gavin Gavin
Samsung note 2.
Do you use tapatalk or just the normal website?
 
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dsio dsio
Do you use tapatalk or just the normal website?
Normal website.
 
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Gavin Gavin
Normal website.
K, its not entirely polished on tablets but see how you go
 
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To summarize:
- On desktop sized displays, we're about 95% complete. IE8 or less isn't tested. This is all very new, some popup dialogs aren't even styled. It's pretty stable and nice if you're on recent versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and IE9+.
- For tablets we're about 60% there, don't expect it to be pretty (or even close to as fast as the final version will be).
- For phones, it's not finished or suitable. This includes big phones likes the Sammy Note2.
 
CanberraOmega
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Yep, interested. I use tapatalk on iPod touch at home and IE at work, I think IE7
 
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You guys are gonna like the new format. 馃憤 It took less than a few hours for me to get used to it, and I'm a dinosaur who fears change. 馃槣
Excellent 馃榾

I'm taking the weekend off from coding/design work. I went a bit nuts on it and burnt myself out. Forum browsing only, no building 馃榾
 
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CanberraOmega CanberraOmega
Yep, interested. I use tapatalk on iPod touch at home and IE at work, I think IE7
... seven? uh oh, I've only ever seen this happen in the military, and other government agencies 馃榾

That browser was released 4 years before the iPad was even invented, to put things in perspective re: tech time-lines. Unfortunately, we're not aiming for anything below IE8. Even IE8 isn't a priority.

Users with IE7 and less will see the following notice:
Your version of Internet Explorer is too old for our site. We're committed to supporting popular devices of the present and beyond. Sometimes this means letting go of the past. We recommend updating your browser to enjoy a better experience and improved security everywhere.

Essentially, IE7 would be pretty messy looking, perhaps unusable in some areas. We're using CSS selectors and other modern/clean code that it doesn't understand 馃檨

惟F1 would've been "ok" on 7, but we've stripped out all of the legacy cruft that was wasting space.
 
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I am such a non techie I'm probably wrong. Will check on Monday!
You could be correct. I know a guy in the Aus military who mentioned they were still running IE7 everywhere, at least where he was.

We would like to support old browsers too, of course. It just reaches a point where the effort/benefit ratio makes it very impractical.
 
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Maybe I'm confusing it with windows 7? I think we are on outlook2010, so I assume our IE is similar vintage
 
dsio
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Ok if you're on Windows 7 you're fine, its IE8+ by default
 
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At home - Windows 8 Home and IE10
At work - Windows 7 Pro and IE8
On cellphone - iPhone 5 and Safari Mobile.

Not sure if this helps or hurts,
gatorcpa
 
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OK I'm game.

Mac OS X 10.6.8

Firefox 19.0
 
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