How long until version 3?

[lowlight]

My account expires shortly, I was just wondering how long it will be until an RC or beta of 3.0 will be released? Need to know if I should renew now, or just wait

[Radon3k]

I'm confused...If you're going to renew anyway, why not just do it then? And so many people have asked this, it will be out sometime in the next month I believe...

[lowlight]

If I renew new, and version 3 doesn't come out for another 8 months, that leaves me with 8 months with an account that I don't need to log into (since 2.2.2 is said to be pretty much the final 2.x release).

If I renew right when they do 3.0, I will be able to download all the updates as they come along... That's pretty important you know :)

If they plan on having 3.0 out right away, I don't see why I shouldn't just renew right away... Mostly it's curiosity really

[Craig Armstrong]

I'm not sure when a RC will be released. But I've heard the final version should be released sometime in Q2 (anywhere from 1 to 4 months from now).

[nuno]

you have to wait for v2.2.3 to be released first dont you think? :)

[GameCrash]

Don't think 2.2.3 will have too much changes ;)

[Floris]

There have been a few threads around with the same content. The awnser was: Somewhere around/in q2/2002. Certainly not in March, and it will be gold when it is ready.

In a few days, version 2.2.3 will be released. It is always smart to upgrade to get some typo's and bugs fixed.

[Jake Bunce]

i remember when it was Q1

[Floris]

Originally posted by Jakeman
i remember when it was Q1

:) Me too :) But I am willing to wait till the end of the year, as long as that helps improving and getting it bug free-ish

[M_E_W]

I'm guessing 2.2.3 will be released soon seeing that it's being used here already but it's not in the members area yet, i already checked ;).

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[nuno]

Originally posted by xiphoid


:) Me too :) But I am willing to wait till the end of the year, as long as that helps improving and getting it bug free-ish

well i'm not :p

[Jake Bunce]

i got a bad case of the gimmes

gimme gimme gimme! :D

[Freddie Bingham]

You might see beta.jelsoft.com opened this month.

[Steve Machol]

Originally posted by freddie
You might see beta.jelsoft.com opened this month. freddie is such a tease! :)

[Floris]

Originally posted by nuno


well i'm not :p

You rather have a vB version 3.* beta with errors and other bugs which they can not give support to? Ok :) [mooo]

Originally posted by freddie
You might see beta.jelsoft.com opened this month.

I now have all my browsers set to: beta.jelsoft.com / beta.vbulletin.com (like i am going to miss that!)

[lowlight]

What are some of the features expected for 3.x?

[Goldfinger]

freddie it isnt nice to tease the wolfpack... :rolleyes:

[GameCrash]

They don't want that everyone copies the new features ;)

[nuno]

Originally posted by xiphoid


You rather have a vB version 3.* beta with errors and other bugs which they can not give support to? Ok :) [mooo]


yep thats it u guessed it :D
anyways, the team can fix any bug :p

[XiXora]

Originally posted by xiphoid


You rather have a vB version 3.* beta with errors and other bugs which they can not give support to? Ok :) [mooo]



I now have all my browsers set to: beta.jelsoft.com / beta.vbulletin.com (like i am going to miss that!)

IT COULD BE ANYTHING MUHAHAHA
:)

hehe

[ja5es]

Originally posted by lowlight
If I renew new, and version 3 doesn't come out for another 8 months, that leaves me with 8 months with an account that I don't need to log into (since 2.2.2 is said to be pretty much the final 2.x release).

If I renew right when they do 3.0, I will be able to download all the updates as they come along... That's pretty important you know :)

If they plan on having 3.0 out right away, I don't see why I shouldn't just renew right away... Mostly it's curiosity really 1. If you are on a rented licence, then you must renew just to run the boards, right?

2. If you renew now and vB 3 comes out in 2 months then you'll still be able to DL it with no extra cost.

[tubedogg]

To answer the original question no matter when you renew it gives you 365 days from the anniversary of your original vB license purchase, not from the day you purchase the renewal. So renewing now or in 6 months would not make a difference as far as how long it lasts.

[cihangir]

Originally posted by tubedogg
To answer the original question no matter when you renew it gives you 365 days from the anniversary of your original vB license purchase, not from the day you purchase the renewal. So renewing now or in 6 months would not make a difference as far as how long it lasts.

i can not find such a kind of information at license agreement or any other pages. can you please show me, where i must look at?

[tubedogg]

I don't know if it's written down anywhere or not but that's the way it works.

[cihangir]

tubedogg, i just renewed my license.

Thank you for purchasing an renewal for your owned license (number: xxx) - you will now be able to download software updates from the members area until 03-07-2003.

;)

[aaronx88]

Originally posted by tubedogg
I don't know if it's written down anywhere or not but that's the way it works.

I think it should not work that way. This is because there are someone who might have purchased a license but did not use Vbulletin. A year might have passed and when he decided to use Vbulletin again, he wanted to renew but does this means he have to pay renewal fees for 2 years?

I still have my UBB license and i do wondered when the expiry date will be when i renew it now.

[JamesUS]

Originally posted by aaronx88


I think it should not work that way. This is because there are someone who might have purchased a license but did not use Vbulletin. A year might have passed and when he decided to use Vbulletin again, he wanted to renew but does this means he have to pay renewal fees for 2 years?

I still have my UBB license and i do wondered when the expiry date will be when i renew it now.

I completely agree - I'm not sure if it's been done on purpose or if it's simply a limitation in our systems. It may well get changed.

[cihangir]

the renewal begins the day, when we purchase it. just see my previous post :)

[aaronx88]

Originally posted by cihangir
the renewal begins the day, when we purchase it. just see my previous post :)

I was confused with Tubedogg post and when i saw your post, i thought your license expired on 7th March and you renewed it on the day it expires.

So now i assumed that you license has expired quite some time ago and you just did a renewal which entitles you to 1 full year access to membership.

[Myriad]

If this has not been changed, I think Jelsoft should change this business practice. For one reason, paying for upgrades that one has not had the chance to utilize from the anniversary date of your purchase is simply unfair. Put the case that the one purchases a copy of the software--and is perfectly content with the features he or she has with that version of the product. If, for some reason, the user did not wish to download newer version(s), revision(s), or update(s) of the product at one point, but decides two years later to download the newer version, he or she should only pay for upgrades from the day he or she wishes to renew his or her subscription.

Penalizing a user to purchase two years of upgrades for not electing to download upgrades for a year is a very bad business practice. I do appreciate your concern, JamesUS; however, I hope the management of Jelsoft does see the problem here and rectifies their potential error. Of course, if this was some foresight error by the company--or programming error--I'm sure we can all forgive and forget this issue.

[John]

Originally posted by cihangir
the renewal begins the day, when we purchase it. just see my previous post :)

*cough*

[cditty]

Can someone please verify this? I agree with aaronx. If I don't upgrade/download during that year, I don't think I should have to pay for 2 years licenses just to become current.

Chris

Originally posted by aaronx88
I think it should not work that way. This is because there are someone who might have purchased a license but did not use Vbulletin. A year might have passed and when he decided to use Vbulletin again, he wanted to renew but does this means he have to pay renewal fees for 2 years?

[Freddie Bingham]

Originally posted by John


*cough* Your renewal begins on the day you purchase it, at the current renewal rate, and expires one year later.

[Floris]

Originally posted by freddie
Your renewal begins on the day you purchase it, at the current renewal rate, and expires one year later.


So,
I currently have untill dec 31st 2002 ...
next year no real reason to upgrade, just a few typo's & bugs, no real security .. then, somewhere ni november 2003, I read about the big security upgrade.. and i renew immediatly on the 21st, then I have from Nov. 21st 2003, till Nov. 21st 2004. Right? ..Right! Looks logical to me.

[SysMom]

Now that we have all the details about the renewals out of the way...

...how about that feature list? :)

It isn't like the competition can hold a candle to the current vBulletin, anyway, let alone a better one!

Who, me, anxious?

Yeah!

deb

[bigmattyh]

I oughtta be ashamed at how much I am anticipating v3...

I find myself falling into the black hole of geekdom at an ever-accelerating pace... :)

[etones]

Originally posted by bigmattyh
I oughtta be ashamed at how much I am anticipating v3...

I find myself falling into the black hole of geekdom at an ever-accelerating pace... :)

Dont worry, you should have been here when v2 was on the books,.. wow, john converted atleast 34.9% of us into total vb geeks/nerds :)

Well, i managed to break free soon after launch :D

[Fusion]

Originally posted by etones


Dont worry, you should have been here when v2 was on the books,.. wow, john converted atleast 34.9% of us into total vb geeks/nerds :)

Well, i managed to break free soon after launch :D etones, care to point us to the thread(s) in question? If not for novelty reasons, it'll help pass the time. :D

[etones]

I have no idea the thread links, its been a year if not more. Do a search for v2, im sure you'll see plenty :)

Regards

[bigmattyh]

john converted atleast 34.9% of us into total vb geeks/nerds :)

... picturing John as Peter Popoff, laying his hands on all the vB enthusiasts' foreheads and converting them into loyal geeks...


* Peter Popoff is one of the more notorious televangelists of the 80s, known for laying his hands on people's foreheads and pushing them down, thereby performing all manner of miracles in the name of God.

[Ghostsuit]

Why is it when you know somethings coming it seems to take soooooo long when in reality it's probably not that long. I feel like I'm a kid again waiting for christmas and it's the end of november "only a month to go...but thats like YEARS mom"

[WebmasterAJ]

I'm so looking forward to vB3.0 it should be NICE! Everytime I request for a hack on vbulletin.org, someone tells me, "Just wait a few more weeks and vB3.0 will have it."

Can someone let me and a few others know of a few features on vB 3 !?!

Thanks :D :cool:

[Floris]

Originally posted by WebmasterAJ
I'm so looking forward to vB3.0 it should be NICE! Everytime I request for a hack on vbulletin.org, someone tells me, "Just wait a few more weeks and vB3.0 will have it."

Can someone let me and a few others know of a few features on vB 3 !?!

Thanks :D :cool: '


"Just wait a few more weeks and vB3.0 will have it."
there ya go :) hope it makes you happy

[WebmasterAJ]

LMAO.... thanks... thanks a lot :rolleyes: :cool:

[hypedave]

I can get into the beta.jelsoft.com is that a tease for us members, lol, I hate teases especially when I look at I guess whats supposed to be the new logo for vb3

[cditty]

How do we access beta.jelsoft.com? I thought I used to have access and that my license info would work, but it doesn't.

Chris

[GameCrash]

Can't access, too :confused:

[hypedave]

we want access
we want access

jus thinking of vb3 makes me high

[Ghostsuit]

I tried my username and password and licence details and they don't work I wonder how he got access.

[bigmattyh]

I doubt he did get access. I mean really, could you even make out what, exactly, he meant in the first place?

I can get into the beta.jelsoft.com is that a tease for us members, lol, I hate teases especially when I look at I guess whats supposed to be the new logo for vb3
Which, translated, probably means:

I can't get into beta.jelsoft.com. Is that [meaning the aforementioned website] a tease for us members? I hate teases -- especailly when I look at what appears to be the new vB3 Logo [which is probably referring to freddie's avatar].

[hypedave]

Originally posted by bigmattyh
I doubt he did get access. I mean really, could you even make out what, exactly, he meant in the first place?


Which, translated, probably means:




well damn my bad, typographical error on my part,

I meant to say that

I CAN'T GET INTO THE HTTP://BETA.JELSOFT.COM URL THAT WAS POSTED AND LOOKING AT FREDDIE'S AVATAR, I WOULD SAY THAT SINCE HE IS A VB DEVELOPER THEN MAYBE THAT MAY BE A PREVIEW TO WHAT THE NEW VB LOGO WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT HEY JUS JUS ME SAYING ALL OF THIS, SORRY IF I BROUGHT TO MUCH ATTENTION TO THAT URL

[GameCrash]

:cry: ;)

[hypedave]

why should I cry

[bigmattyh]

My guess would be that HE'S crying... sad that you can't actually access the beta site.

I'm not sad. But I am getting a little tingly!

[Ghostsuit]

BAHH humbug guess it's back to the waiting game

[bigmattyh]

Waiting game, eh...? (rubs chin thoughtfully...) How do you play?

[JamesUS]

In the past beta.jelsoft.com was used to provide an online beta/preview to vB 2 before release. At the moment it is used by us (developers and moderators) to develop, experiment on and learn the new features of vB 3. It is quite likely that it will be opened to the public again when vB 3 is nearly ready for a beta release.

[hypedave]

okay I see now, so actually you guys are getting a little training section on vb3, cool, can we get some screen shots :D

[ja5es]

Hmmm... I grow tired of waiting. :(

[Floris]

Originally posted by ja5es
Hmmm... I grow tired of waiting. :(

It is worth the wait :)

[Kehfera]

Have there been any new updates as to the time factor here?

[tubedogg]

Nope, we are still aiming for a release sometime this summer. A beta is likely in June/July.

[XiXora]

whens beta.jelsoft open?

[Kehfera]

Sounds good to me. Let me know if I can assist in any way. I have a site that is not used but live - www.dowsers.net. I am getting ready to do the 2.2.5 update tonight. I am sure you already have all the help you need but thought I might offer anyway.

Kehfera <==== always appreciating the hard dedicated work of all persons who work on vBulletin.

[Floris]

Originally posted by Kehfera
Sounds good to me. Let me know if I can assist in any way. I have a site that is not used but live - www.dowsers.net. I am getting ready to do the 2.2.5 update tonight. I am sure you already have all the help you need but thought I might offer anyway.

Kehfera <==== always appreciating the hard dedicated work of all persons who work on vBulletin.
'Wait another day and save yourself the trouble when 2.2.6 comes out :)

[grace819]

Are we getting any closer? :D

[ccd1]

Originally posted by grace819
Are we getting any closer? :D

Technically, we get closer every second.

vB3 is still in Alpha though, it will still be a few months.