Quillz Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Today marks the official release of Invision Power Board 3.0. I'm just curious... Does Neowin intend to upgrade the board to 3.0 in the near future, such as within the next couple of months or so? Or will the management prefer to wait for a few point releases? I'm asking because 3.0 is a very nice release, and I think it has greatly improved upon the 2.x series. I've been using it since the public beta and am very surprised at how stable the final release has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWDweller Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 My best educated guess would be that it is on one of the servers here already and being examined, and retrofitted. From my understanding this version that we are using now on here is so highly customized that they can't blindly patch what they have with a new version out of the box. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Blue Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 i think it'll conflict the modifications on the current forum... the plugins might not work at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted June 25, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 25, 2009 Do not expect an update any time soon. There are features missing in the first 3.0 release that neowin uses it (features they removed from 3.x that were in 2.x, and will be added back in the future). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Do not expect an update any time soon. There are features missing in the first 3.0 release that neowin uses it (features they removed from 3.x that were in 2.x, and will be added back in the future). I figured you'd wait a while. But out of curiosity, what features were removed in 3.x that were in 2.x? Certainly the CSS and templating system is different, but I'm looking through the 3.0 ACP right now and I don't seem to remember anything missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I would also be interested in knowing what exactly is missing, may help me decide on whether to update my own forums or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaez Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I figured you'd wait a while.But out of curiosity, what features were removed in 3.x that were in 2.x? Certainly the CSS and templating system is different, but I'm looking through the 3.0 ACP right now and I don't seem to remember anything missing. For one, the subscription service is missing at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 That recount certainly wrecked havoc with your posts, Eric :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 IPB3 is horrid... too flashy. Surely you just need a forum to be a forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 You should downgrade to 1.3 1.3 ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 That recount certainly wrecked havoc with your posts, Eric :laugh: LOL thanks for pointing that one out, made me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 IPB3 is horrid... too flashy. Surely you just need a forum to be a forum? What's so flashy about it? You do know it's fully customizable, right? You can strip out the tables, images, everything. IPB 3 is also much more CSS-based than any previous version of the software, making it much better in terms of skinning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted June 26, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 26, 2009 Haha, Eric's post count is epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 For one, the subscription service is missing at the moment. That's a rather big omission, any idea why? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 That recount certainly wrecked havoc with your posts, Eric :laugh: :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 That's a rather big omission, any idea why? :/ I read some posts, and it seems it was flawed and will be improved in time for 3.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiftie Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I read some posts, and it seems it was flawed and will be improved in time for 3.1. Don't know about 3.1 but maybe 3.0.1. Anyways IIRC IPS hopes to have the Subs Manager ready for customer testing this week. After Matt has it released then I believe it's going to go Community Based after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindTooth Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Version 3.0.2 is released. And it would be nice to see one of the largest IP.Board hosted forum upgrade to the latest release. Birger :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Version 3.0.2 is released. And it would be nice to see one of the largest IP.Board hosted forum upgrade to the latest release.Birger :) Why? I don't think there's any rush for Neowin to upgrade. Nothing wrong with the site as it is that will be solved by IPB3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Version 3.0.2 is released. And it would be nice to see one of the largest IP.Board hosted forum upgrade to the latest release.Birger :) Patientice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Have they put the subs manager back in yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandaevus Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Why? I don't think there's any rush for Neowin to upgrade. Nothing wrong with the site as it is that will be solved by IPB3. The mobile site for iPhone is busted, rumors say v.3 will fix that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I'm typing on the mobile skin right now with an iPhone 3G. There's nothing wrong with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylands Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I'm typing on the mobile skin right now with an iPhone 3G. There's nothing wrong with it Yea, the mobile site is perfectly fine on my iPhone 3G too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Yea, the mobile site is perfectly fine on my iPhone 3G too. Shame there is no 'Latest Forum Activity' section. Forces me to view the 'classic'/standard Neowin Forum to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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