EasyDiscuss 2.0 sneak preview
First of all, I would like to wish everyone Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everybody had an awesome dinner last night.
By the way, I am Ajmal, the new hire here at Stackideas as the marketing guy. What can be more exciting for the new guy to start off than to announce the latest updates about one of our products, EasyDiscuss!
Notifications
In EasyDiscuss 2.0, there will be a new feature "Notifications". There will be a notification bar that notifies logged in users about EasyDiscuss activities on the site.
Enhanced toolbar
The toolbar now sports a better look including tooltips for each icon. Fresh and sharper for overall looks.
Badges
'Badges' is a new feature added to help make EasyDiscuss more engaging and fun to use! You can now create a badge for each action (we called them "rules") that available in EasyDiscuss. For instance, you can create a badge (totally customized) for user who answers a discussion thread (then say, a new badge for answering more than 10 discussion threads).
Improved interface
The discussion has some UI improvements to enhance user experience with EasyDiscuss. Replies now has a 'hide' option, 'Like' and 'Resolved' has been revamped and many more.
Profile
User profile has been polished and restructured. Profile now has a tabbed navigation for posted and replied discussions, together with tags that are created.
What do you guys think about the upcoming EasyDiscuss 2.0? Let us know in the comment.
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Comments
Alex,
Sorry but beta is not available yet right now 
wow. i can't wait to update to this version! 
Thanks guys! We are all also anticipating for this great release Still some more works to be done before we get ready for a beta.
Looks great.
A feature badly needed is an automatic search for existing questions to prevent duplicate or similar questions from being posted.
Jordan,
Yep, works is underway for this
When this will be released?
Romero,
We are planning to push for a beta release early December
This looks very promising indeed. I look forward to buying EasyDiscuss soon when the Beta program is available.
Thank you
Do you have or plan to have a Follow feature so a person can follow another user who provides good answers?
Check out focus.com as they are doing a questions and answers based system that is getting traction with business users.
Randall,
Thanks! This sounds like a great idea! Will try to see if we could fit this on in time
Since we will be able to create Badges, can you tell us what the dimensions of a badge icon are so we can start creating them ahead of time?
Randall,
Badges will be sized at 64x64
Wow those are some great new features! Can't wait to upgrade.
Thanks Jason! Stay tune on our blogs, Facebook and Twitter for more information
Thanks Jack,
This is very good news.
You are welcome Randall
Simply amazing!! If I purchased easydiscuss, do i get the new version when it is available?
Sheikh,
You will get the new version for free without any charges when the newer version is available.
great news! is there a beta to play?