vBulletin 3.0 Out?

[naervod]

I was browsing the Paradox Entertainment Forums (which uses vBulletin) when I noticed this announcement:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/announcement.php?f=122

Scroll down to the bottom of the main forum (and any forum I think) and you will see they are using a test version of version 3! So, when do we get this?

 

[anarchywrksbest]

When it's no longer a test version, which could be a long way away.

 

[Strider]

hmm... Is it out, or is that just a version of the current one?

 

[hbdragon88]

Originally posted by naervod
I was browsing the Paradox Entertainment Forums (which uses vBulletin) when I noticed this announcement:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/announcement.php?f=122

Scroll down to the bottom of the main forum (and any forum I think) and you will see they are using a test version of version 3! So, when do we get this?

TF said that he was going to install the test version of 3.0 in one of the many 3.0 topics. I dunno about here, in these forums. I think that it would be far better to wait until the full released version comes out.

Also, it may be a beta forum - a tech support guy said that they'd do a beta trial before releasing it. This could be one of the forums that is testing out the bugs.

 

[Bootstoots]

I've seen the vBulletin forum running the beta version of 3.0 for months now, and I don't know if the full release is going to come out in this century or not.

 

[cgannon64]

What's better about it? Looking at the forum I see nothing new.

 

[ainwood]

www.visualbasicforum.com has been running the VB3.0 beta for at least 6 months IIRC, although they update the 'beta' version occasionally. Currently at beta 4.

Seems to run fairly stabily, and has some good new features.

 

[Archer 007]

Another forum I post at is using the beta. I dont see big difference. TF already said we wont be using it until the full version comes out. This here is a prize jewel.

 

[Padma]

While most posters won't SEE a big difference, there is a great deal of difference "under the hood" so to speak. Many of the changes will improve life for admins/moderators.

 

[Archer 007]

Is there a list of differences anywhere?

 

[Strider]

Originally posted by Padma
While most posters won't SEE a big difference, there is a great deal of difference "under the hood" so to speak. Many of the changes will improve life for admins/moderators.

Then I whole-heartly support staying in this version.

 

[Octavian X]

Don't you see, you fool? vB version 3 is only a conspiracy! A cover up! It's an excuse used by forum admins to put off the impleamentation of new forum features!

 

[Ankka]

That is what I've always thought, o wise doughnut-eater.

 

[Thunderfall]

They released a "Gamma" version of vB 3.0 recently. It looks pretty good and has lots of built in features, even though a few people said it seems to be slower than previous versions.

My guess is we should be running vB 3.0 by the end of January...

 

[ainwood]

Originally posted by Thunderfall
My guess is we should be running vB 3.0 by the end of January...

Sounds promising. Are the different forum styles directly transferable over, or will they have to be redone?

Does the MacOS Style come with the PM box meter?

 

[Grille]

Originally posted by naervod
I was browsing the Paradox Entertainment Forums (which uses vBulletin) when I noticed this announcement:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/announcement.php?f=122

Scroll down to the bottom of the main forum (and any forum I think) and you will see they are using a test version of version 3! So, when do we get this?

...a forum using vb 3...

Yeah, sounds like paradox entertainment...

 

[Strider]

Originally posted by Thunderfall
They released a "Gamma" version of vB 3.0 recently. It looks pretty good and has lots of built in features, even though a few people said it seems to be slower than previous versions.

My guess is we should be running vB 3.0 by the end of January...

It's about time... We've been waiting how long?

 

[hbdragon88]

Originally posted by Strider

It's about time... We've been waiting how long?

More than year. I remember asking about something...back in December 2002 about adding some vBulletin.org hacks. TF said that they would be in the vB 3.0 release. Now it's December 2003, and it's still not out...

 

[Archer 007]

Originally posted by Thunderfall
They released a "Gamma" version of vB 3.0 recently. ...

Fearing sounding stupid, but what is a gamma version?

 

[Padma]

"Gamma" is the third letter in the Greek alphabet (IIRC). So after you have an "Alpha" release, for bug-testing, you have a "Beta" release, which is often a public bug-test. Normally, the next step is the "Release" version, but apparantly there was still enough *wrong* with VB3 that they decided to go for another round of bug-testing, ergo: "Gamma".