The big one is coming....

by **Herbas** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:05 pm

My guess is that it'll be a new website design which is long overdue and mr.lack showed it to volunteers to suggest various design tweaks before going live

by **Leehar** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:19 pm

Herbas wrote:My guess is that it'll be a new website design which is long overdue and mr.lack showed it to volunteers to suggest various design tweaks before going live

hmm, I'm not actually sure I even have access to the beta site :cry:

by **Army of GOD** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:29 pm

Anticipation for this is starting to wane because no one likes waiting over 24 hours

by **ljex** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:03 pm

Army of GOD wrote:Anticipation for this is starting to wane because no one likes waiting over 24 hours

by bruce posting this thread the update should have been 48 hours away tops. Anything more just causes the "hype" period to be over and the annoyed period to begin. I am already more annoyed just because of this dumb thread more than i have been by the lack of updates over the past year or so, and it just takes away from the update itself.

Let alone the fact that bruce posted the dumb thread instead of one of the admins...just promotes the continued feeling of inequality between the mods and the community.

by **Leehar** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:10 pm

lol, let lack put the finishing touches on it. I know he's been working on this for a long time, so I for one don't mind waiting until he's happy with it to release.

by **ljex** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:15 pm

Leehar wrote:lol, let lack put the finishing touches on it. I know he's been working on this for a long time, so I for one don't mind waiting until he's happy with it to release.

i have no issues waiting...the issue i have is people telling me something big is about to happen and is right around the corner and then waiting a week for it to happen. That is stupid...and for me more frustrating then none/slow updates.

by **danryan** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:20 pm

Agreed. Terrible timing. You tease it when it's ready, build up excitement, then release it. Not this, ummm, we've got something big, just wait and you'll see. :roll:

by **Army of GOD** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:20 pm

I work on dumps for a long time, doesn't mean they're good

by **White Moose** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:40 pm

danryan wrote:Agreed. Terrible timing. You tease it when it's ready, build up excitement, then release it. Not this, ummm, we've got something big, just wait and you'll see.

It'll come in a month. That's my bet anyway.

by **Bruceswar** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:16 pm

You guys are surely not patient. Good thing non of you work for the government.

by **MudPuppy** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:27 pm

by **ljex** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:41 pm

Bruceswar wrote:You guys are surely not patient. Good thing non of you work for the government.

its a shame you don't see it from the common members perspective.

Either way, who says we dont have patience? When you say around the corner the longest i expect it to be is 48 hours away and yet we have waited 5 days already and it will probably still be a few days. Let alone the fact that we learn of this pending update from a mod not even an admin or lack himself.

It just breads the notion of you creating a thread so you can say look what i know guys and annoy everyone reading who is not a mod.

by **ManBungalow** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:43 pm

inb4 lack releases an account sitting feature.

by **nippersean** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:28 pm

ManBungalow wrote:inb4 lack releases an account sitting feature.

No wonder Bruce introduced it then.
Is it codenamed "The Josko" in beta??

And no wonder it's taking so long Lack, Brucie and Josko are on MSN for 23 hours while Josko tells Lack which keystoke to use next.

by **Army of GOD** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:01 pm

If it's an account sitting feature then God damn, what a pointless hype. I want something fun like 12 player games or choose your own color.

by **gimil** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:13 pm

Army of GOD wrote:If it's an account sitting feature then God damn, what a pointless hype. I want something fun like 12 player games or choose your own color.

Oh. I am sure it will be ace, whatever it is.

by **isaiah40** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:53 pm

The grapevine has it that it will be a flash powered site

by **gimil** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:05 pm

isaiah40 wrote:The grapevine has it that it will be a flash powered site

We can all dream!

by **natty dread** on Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:35 pm

isaiah40 wrote:The grapevine has it that it will be a flash powered site

f*ck, I hope not.

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:29 am

ljex wrote:
Bruceswar wrote:You guys are surely not patient. Good thing non of you work for the government.

its a shame you don't see it from the common members perspective.

Either way, who says we dont have patience? When you say around the corner the longest i expect it to be is 48 hours away and yet we have waited 5 days already and it will probably still be a few days. Let alone the fact that we learn of this pending update from a mod not even an admin or lack himself.

It just breads the notion of you creating a thread so you can say look what i know guys and annoy everyone reading who is not a mod.

48 hours to me is not just around the corner. That would be super quick. It will be here before you know it.

by **anonymus** on Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:56 am

gimil wrote:
isaiah40 wrote:The grapevine has it that it will be a flash powered site

We can all dream!

yeah that would be funking awesome for the iphone.. but i guess then a mobile app could be sold in itunes-store.. yeah its probably that..

/ :?:

by **natty dread** on Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:09 am

Rather than make a slow, chunky flash-based interface, CC should invest in the future and create a HTML5/CSS3 based interface... Flash is on it's way out, HTML5 can do everything flash does but without the need for extraneous browser plugins. Not to mention it's an open format so CC wouldn't be dependent on Adobe or any other software company... what happens if (when) Adobe decides to discontinue flash?

Also, you could also use the site on iphone and other smart phones. Without paying for an app.

HTML5 is the way of the future. If lack is smart, he'll look into building a HTML5 interface and gain an advantage over all the sites who still use flash.

by **Leehar** on Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:29 am

Whats the current interface? html 3?

by **natty dread** on Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:42 am

Leehar wrote:Whats the current interface? html 3?

I think the current interface uses javascript & html.

Current browsers can already view pages with some html5 elements. The html5 format is not complete yet, but it will soon be, and all the major browsers will be likely to implement full html5 support as soon as the format is finalized.

With a combination of html5, css3 and javascript, you can basically do everything you can do with flash, except it will be faster and not dependent on browser plugins.

Even Adobe acknowledges that flash is on it's way out... they are already developing a software for developing html5 content, despite html5 competing against their own flash.

by **Dako** on Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:58 am

natty_dread wrote:Even Adobe acknowledges that flash is on it's way out... they are already developing a software for developing html5 content, despite html5 competing against their own flash.

It looked like that a year ago or so. But now with the coming release of flash 11 and flex 3 it will be changed again. Flash will be able to interact with graphic cards way more faster than now and applications that will be built on it will amaze people. Just read and watch some movies from this page - http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/20 ... air-3.html

And don't underestimate other ares (besides web) where flash can be used. It is very popular there. The only hard thing for flash to conquer will be mobile market. HTML5 has already take that niche. That is why Adobe switches to HTML5 as well. for mobile market. But they will fight over other areas till the end.