8.4 Open Beta

[Dayle Diamond]

Where do we discuss the 8.4 Open Beta?
Looks like it debuted today, and it's not gotten its own forum subsection yet.

If you haven't updated yet, the new user interface is pretty neat.

[Joe_H]

I will check into that. I was informed recently that the developer was pushing towards a public Beta, but hadn't received any notice that it was live. It is possible the most recent Alpha was posted on the wrong page, the Alpha page still lists 8.4.8.

If the Public Beta is supposed to start, I will see about creating a forum for that.

[Dayle Diamond]

Great! Until then, here's some feedback:

I really like the mouseover '?' symbols that give simple definitions for what each figure means.
We should have even more of those. RCG, PPD, TPF, ETA - no acronym should go undefined.

The last time we could see the file size we've downloaded was the desktop version, and I'd still like that feature back.

[calxalot]

The most effective place for enhancement requests is github. The dev doesn’t generally read this forum.

https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-we ... tet/issues

There is also a release discussion for testing feedback on github.

https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-cl ... ssions/308

[pcwolf]

The FAH-Client carried in the AUR fahcontrol package for Arch Linux has been displaying v8.4.3 for many months now.
AUR also reports it is out of date.

[calxalot]

Yup. It is maintained by third parties.
I think you can email them, or leave a comment on
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/foldingathome