Messages between MallardVHS and hmph
The worrisome thing about 'get rid of beta' is that the next step in producing a site after a 'beta test' is to 'fix the beta' (if the programmers decide it needs fixing) replace the old version with the beta version completely, but it is RARE, if ever, that they scrap the beta, because they are excited about it and the testing is only to see if it 'fails' in a way such as 'crash your computer', not in the 'USERS DON'T LIKE IT!' way. If it doesn't kill your computer or have bugs that make it freeze, then it is 'successful', right? Right now we have the old version running (in most places) with the OPTION of going to the beta version- with the exception of the non-fp comments. We are looking at the precipice.
That's ok. It took me a minute for it to hit me... I had just been watching that .gif of a sloth looking thoughtful and that was still in my head when I read it. It's not like either one of us is from 'down under' (Koala's were my favorite animal for many years... still think they're KYOOT! But I hear they are mean, so it should have struck me sooner). $:D Although I do have several friends who are ... they would have been all over that!
