The next beta release has not been given a codename yet, but we'll update the forum title once we do.
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All times are in Pacific Standard Time, relative to where our office is located. These times aren't set in stone, by any means, I only write it up here to give everyone some idea of what our typical day looks like for a beta release.
Our next release will be today, February 8th.
Here's a rough schedule of our day:
8:30am, we're all in the office, getting coffee or Diet Dr Pepper, and coordinating our morning events, squishing last-minute bugs. We furiously test our code internally on several operating systems and browsers to see if there are any specific layout/render bugs we need to fix. 9:00am, I generally start tweeting our status, what we're working on, and issues we see. Justin will probably send out several tweets about the release as well, either by re-tweeting me or sending his own notes. 9:00am, I flip a switch on the database to increment the next beta phase, and migrate new users to our mailing list software. Any users signing up after that will have to wait until the NEXT beta release to get an invite code. 11:30am, lunch time. BLT's, anyone? 12:30pm, we reconvene to do a final status check on our code, see how everything looks on our test server, and work furiously to fix last-second problems.
Between 1pm and 5:30pm, we get all of our code checked in, deployed to our production servers, start preparing our newsletter and get ready to queue up any invite codes.
The newsletter will explain more about what we've been working on, what's in the new release, that sort of thing, but does NOT include beta invite codes. Invite codes are always sent in a separate Email to users.
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It's important to note up front that several things will seem "missing" from the site, such as the forums, etc. This is to be expected, because we're rolling out the beta in phases where we add new features every two weeks or so.
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The next release's feature set isn't official yet, but may include the new goodies we've been working on for game favorites. We may also include some new features for keeping track of which games you play so you can see a history of what you play and how often. I think we have some stuff planned for the play page for each game as well.
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Found a bug? Found something you absolutely love-omg-squee-happybacondance? Please post it on GetSatisfaction for us. The rest of the webdev team is deathly allergic to lurking in the forums, but posting a message on GS will send an Email update to everyone, which usually gets priority over other things we're doing.
The Inbox stuff is underway. The beta release on Tuesday will have a limited set of features that we'll expand over time.
We're also working on showing you the last few games you've played on your profile under the "Recent Games" box which you'll find at the lower right area of the profile page.
The Inbox stuff is underway. The beta release on Tuesday will have a limited set of features that we'll expand over time.
We're also working on showing you the last few games you've played on your profile under the "Recent Games" box which you'll find at the lower right area of the profile page.
You can sign up here. Keep up the good information by reading the sticky topics on the forum to keep up the good information about points, forums and if you want to share an idea, put on GetSatisfaction
Tomorrow's release will be called "Scimitar" and will not include the private Inbox. We want to make sure it's done right, and wanted to focus on getting some other stuff polished up.
Our March 8th release will introduce the Inbox and all of its nifty features.
Hmm, this name does sound very familiar. . I honestly think that I posted this a while back, but due to my post being off-topic you deleted it so I have no proof.
Well, it's nice to see all these updates coming so fast and the awesome new features along with them.
I was logging in yesterday on beta and then the site got stuck for a while and the enter box got white. I closed the page and opened it again and I was logged in. Weird.
