Vyew 4.0 Beta – Fixed intermittent missing pages
Note:On Wednesday at 3pm PST -- minor update to fix this bug on the beta server will be performed. At the most, you may experience a temporary error while loading a room. This will last about 10 minutes.
Last week a bug was discovered in which certain pages on the beta product were missing. The data was not lost, it was just not loading. We have fixed it and will be updating the beta server. This bug was reported to occur less than 10% of the time. If you experienced this bug and require a missing page to be replaced, please contact support with the exact Book name/ID and page number.
Announcing Vyew 4.0 beta
Important: The purpose of the beta release is to let a portion of our users test our new UI and give us feedback. Please read the section below about what is missing. The product itself is not yet ready for mass public use.
The Vyew team has been working hard on a new version we are very proud of. We're still working out the final kinks, but we have something thats ready to be used.
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What's new in the final Vyew 4.0 release?
It's been rebuilt from the ground up in the latest Flash Flex4 technology which means...- The interface is more responsive, faster, and more stable.
- Loading times* will be faster.
- Simpler, easier to use interface.
- Secure - We've added more security to keep your content safe.
- Searching - Search for content within your rooms.
- Unified Invites - Scheduling meetings and open-ended invites can be managed in one place.
- Notifications* - Get notified when certain rooms are modified, or people leave you comments.
Note: VyewBooks have been renamed to "Rooms." We've dropped the term VyewBook, because it didn't seem as intuitive as a generic name like "room." So from now, we'll be referring to VyewBooks as Vyew Rooms.
But wait there's more!
With our new technology platform we're able to do more things. Right around the corner from the 4.0 release will be...- Export to PDF/Print - Yea, we know, our current print function isn't very great. This one will rock.
- New Page Navigator with page thumbnails.
- Email in/out of Vyew - Send an attachment to your Vyew room, and it'll get imported immediately.
- Recording/Playback of meetings - We've been promising this for a while, now we can do it right.
- Encrypted Meetings - Business customers can rest assured with fully encrypted meeting room.
What's missing in the BETA release?
- There are many little final touches in the interface that are not done.
- Most of the "plugins" are not available, such as graphing calculator, dynamic button, video player, etc.
- You cannot upload interactive SWF files.
- The text tool is lacking many of the final features.
- No foreign language support.
- No naming and arranging pages in the room yet.
- No multi-select tool.
We are dedicated to your collaboration experience
In the coming months we'll be listening even more closely to our users and continuously testing and refining our interface. We are committed to building the easiest to use, and most capable collaboration platform on the market. We apologize if any of you felt ignored in the last six months, but now you'll know why -- Vyew 4.0 has a lot of bug fixes since our last version.How do I use Vyew 4.0?
Goto: http://vyew.com/go/switchversionsWhat if I find a bug?
Please report it to us here: http://vyew.com/bugWhat if I dont like Vyew 4.0?
We will leave our old version online until Vyew 4.0 is rock solid. By going to the same url, you can switch back to the old version.Database maintenance notice
Over the weekend we ran routine maintenance on our database servers. Today we are re-syncing all our user accounts across all servers to make sure all data is in sync. Between 11:15am and 12:37pm today (PST Pacific Time), one of our servers fell out of sync, so it may have appeared to a handful of our users, that they had lost some data. All servers are back in proper working order and no data has been lost. We apologize for the inconvenience.Reassurance
I just want to reassure all our users:- Data integrity and security is our highest priority
- Vyew is continually sync'd and backed up across multiple U.S. locations
- All Vyew rooms auto-save to the servers every 3 minutes
- Incremental backups are made every night
- Complete snapshot backups made every 3 days
Upcoming System Maintenance
The Vyew system will go down for routine maintenance on:.
Thursday Dec 10 / 10:00 pm (Pacific)- EST: Friday Dec 11 / 2:00 am
- Mexico City: Friday Dec 11 / Midnight
- London: Friday Dec 11 / 7:00 am
- Moscow: Friday Dec 11 / 9:00 am
- Hong Kong: Friday Dec 11 / 3:00 pm
- Sydney: Friday Dec 11 / 5:00 pm
