New BB software coming!

[Erin]

Hey folks,

Just wanted to let everyone know that a new “look” will be debuting on the BB sometime this week. Infopop has just made available a new software upgrade that will include a LOT of new features and will look slightly different.

There may be a few glitches along the way… Infopop has already discovered and fixed a few bugs. But the new software should run more efficiently, and will also offer a ton of new options.

So, be patient, please. Feel free to let me know about any problems you encounter after the upgrade. I’m hoping to turn everything on in the next day or two, but we’ll see. It will most likely happen late in the evening, and I will probably close the BB for a half-hour or so while the upgrade is being put in place.

Thanks for everyone’s patience!

[Erin]

Yes, ETBW, it will remember you.

Things will look different and there will be new toys. And there may also be some bugs to work out, but hopefully those will be few and far between. Other than that, it will be the same BB.

I think you guys will like it!

[Erin]

No spellcheck in this update, unfortunately. Sorry!

There are some other cool toys, though…

I’ll have to scout around the Infopop boards and see if anyone has come up with cool smilies. Heaven forbid y’all’s emotions be limited to

[Dolce_Vita]

I like it, I like it, I LIKE IT!

But I don’t understand the MyPop and PopIt things…So I think we need a tutorial

.:Chelsea & Kudos:.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=278828&a=2074616

[SGray]

"I liked it better along the side, too, but this is the way it is on the new version… nothin’ I can do about it. Sorry!

That’s ok, Erin, I didn’t know you couldn’t change it. "

– we thought that Erin could do EVERYTHING – disillusionment sets in

[Everythingbutwings]

:sad:

[brilyntrip]

all i want is to be able to figure out HOW TO USE THE G@#$@!!#^ Smiles

[Erin]

Hats Off, check my “new BB” thread… which keeps disappearing intermittently! I’ve done my best to explain things, although I’m learning how to use it all the same as the rest of you!

Kryswyn, Infopop likes to call them graemlins… don’t argue.

[Erin]

Hey folks,

Just wanted to let everyone know that a new “look” will be debuting on the BB sometime this week. Infopop has just made available a new software upgrade that will include a LOT of new features and will look slightly different.

There may be a few glitches along the way… Infopop has already discovered and fixed a few bugs. But the new software should run more efficiently, and will also offer a ton of new options.

So, be patient, please. Feel free to let me know about any problems you encounter after the upgrade. I’m hoping to turn everything on in the next day or two, but we’ll see. It will most likely happen late in the evening, and I will probably close the BB for a half-hour or so while the upgrade is being put in place.

Thanks for everyone’s patience!

[ErinB]

What kind of new toys will it have?

~Erin Lizzy
Visit my Website!

[DarkerHorse]

<<all i want is to be able to figure out HOW TO USE THE G@#$@!!#^ Smiles >>

Karin, LOL, see below the post now button? See all those ‘instant smilies’ as they are called? Just click on one and have your cursor where you want it posted .

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[JustaLurker]

Is there some way to know whether a reply is a new reply? Something similar to the white / yellow indicator of old. Perhaps there’s something I’m overlooking?

[findeight]

I hope you’re not going to do what a certain other site did and run us all out cause we can’t do it. If you can keep the same format and get rid of the infopoop glitches that keep getting worse it will be alright tho.

[Erin]

ErinB, I think y’all will have to wait and be surprised.

ETBW, believe it or not, I have tried to find you a teary-eyed smiley, but haven’t had any luck. I will try again, I swear.

BTW, according to Infopop’s own BB, the recent problems have been due to hardware issues, not software issues. Their site is hosted on the same server cluster as ours, so they are definitely trying to fix those!

[findeight]

Erin did you get this switched already? I’m impressed. Looks good, seems quicker and I CAN USE IT! I was imagining the BB shut down for weeks then some kind of thing laden with advertising

[Merry]

Ah, so crisp, so clean, so clear. So… “bumble bee-ish”.

[Janet]

Does it include more server capacity? Will performance (response time, number of simultaneous users) improve, or will be get “more bells and whistles” at the expense of performance?

Sorry to be a sceptic.

[Chanda]

Will it have a spell checker?? I am so desperately in need of help!! hehe

[second_chance]

just like the other one, its gonna take time to get used to it again, when you are nice and familiar with the system you have to go up and change/add something j/k

Nellie

[Merry]

Wait a second! It just went all gray with me! What happened to the pretty yellow and black colors? Or is this just a sign that my vision is being affected by my advancing years?