Mike D. wrote:
Yes it's a lot more accessible to a lot more folks that way, especially on mobile devices. beta forum isn't going away, though.
Oh well, I guess this is progress...
No, it's not, but the decision has been made.
I fear that this is going to have a bigger negative impact on AP than they think. It's one thing to say the beta forums will stay up, but it's another to get people to participate in them. Months ago, AP said they were going to release betas at a cadence of once per week. Since then, I think there have been maybe 3 releases. There's usually a flurry of beta test responses shortly after a release, and then folks tend to hold off on further comment until the next release. But if nothing happens on the forum for weeks at a time, then even the beta testers are going to lose interest and stop checking in, and AP will lose that valuable resource.
So I think this is a bad decision for many reasons, but...the decision has been made. We'll see what happens. {shrug}