Good news everyone!
We’ve finally upgraded all communities to ‘version 6′ today. Englishforums.com was the final step, taking approximately 6 hours to complete. Just a few points to add onto the previous post:
The focus of this update was primarily speed (due to rising traffic volume) and stability (we’ve fixed almost all the known bugs).
Certain elements of the interface have changed for convenience and to defer rendering processes. For instance a menu is no longer rendered to the page on each request, it’s ‘loaded’ when needed. This results in millisecond delays on certain UI elements, but reduces page load times considerably. Why generate 15 menu items, and 20 button panels when you won’t necessarily use them.
We’ve also improved the focus of the forums with cleaner ’shortcut’ displays on the alternate homepage. We’ve reduced noise from usenet, and established filters that quickly eliminate pointless content.
In addition you’ll now see ‘rating’ icons everywhere. As time goes on the value of your rating will increase, the content you rate is re-considered by the system according to the rating. Spam can be removed by community voting, and quality content can rise to the top. The more you rate, the more power your ratings are given.
If you have been answering questions previously, or participating you’ll notice your ‘rating power’ will be higher than that of an ordinary user.
There are many other changes, our team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Cheers, hope you like it,
Frank (hitchhiker)
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