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On June 4, Autodesk is upgrading the technology behind our discussion groups. The result is a significant improvement to posting & replying, navigation, search and other features. While we launch this upgrade, the discussion groups will be unavailable from 3pm (PDT) Thursday, June 3 and Friday June 4.
As part of the upgrade, Autodesk has taken the decision to discontinue the time-honored use of the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). This was a difficult and bittersweet decision, given the company’s past investments to maintain NNTP, but one necessary to continue providing the state-of-art web experience Autodesk customers have come to expect. For active NNTP users, we know this will change your workflow when using the forums. To help transition to the web-based forums, the new updates include a simpler, more intuitive interface to post and reply, bookmarking and e-mail notification features to track favorite posts, and more powerful search tools. While not a substitute for the NNTP experience, the streamlined capabilities of our RSS feeds also provide an enhanced and alternative offline forum reading experience.
Autodesk is excited about this change, and is confident that all the valued users of our discussion groups will quickly appreciate and benefit from the improvements to this web experience.
Eric Wright
Product Manager – Support & Learning
Web & eBusiness
Autodesk, Inc.
Eric Wright
Sr. Web Product Manager
Autodesk Knowledge Network
Autodesk, Inc.
As part of the upgrade, Autodesk has taken the decision to discontinue the time-honored use of the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). This was a difficult and bittersweet decision, given the company’s past investments to maintain NNTP, but one necessary to continue providing the state-of-art web experience Autodesk customers have come to expect. For active NNTP users, we know this will change your workflow when using the forums. To help transition to the web-based forums, the new updates include a simpler, more intuitive interface to post and reply, bookmarking and e-mail notification features to track favorite posts, and more powerful search tools. While not a substitute for the NNTP experience, the streamlined capabilities of our RSS feeds also provide an enhanced and alternative offline forum reading experience.
Autodesk is excited about this change, and is confident that all the valued users of our discussion groups will quickly appreciate and benefit from the improvements to this web experience.
Eric Wright
Product Manager – Support & Learning
Web & eBusiness
Autodesk, Inc.
Eric Wright
Sr. Web Product Manager
Autodesk Knowledge Network
Autodesk, Inc.
Just curious - are the upgrades being done in-house or has this been contracted out? Contractors don't necessarily know the requirements such as the ability to cleanly post code which comes with all sorts of special characters, so spell it out and keep at it till they git-r-done! If its in house they should know better.
I've been muddling through the web side since the beginning so the loss of NNTP won't be a factor. That being said, I sincerely hope this upgrade is far better than the last one (get some more moderation in here while you're at it).
If a change riled me up to the point of going elsewhere, well... thats a sign to turn off the computer for a couple of months. Its only a discussion group, and a free one at that.
I've been muddling through the web side since the beginning so the loss of NNTP won't be a factor. That being said, I sincerely hope this upgrade is far better than the last one (get some more moderation in here while you're at it).
If a change riled me up to the point of going elsewhere, well... thats a sign to turn off the computer for a couple of months. Its only a discussion group, and a free one at that.
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If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
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