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Audio Chat

Later today we're going to roll out a tiny little UI widget which I think will make a huge difference to event organizers:

You will be able to add audio chat to your event halls if you feel that text chat alone won't work for your attendees.

How will you be able to add audio chat? With the new store UI widget:

Those items are from our test suite, but you get the idea.

I believe that these two features are characteristic of how we approach development. They're simple to use, accessible to anyone, and they're both based on customer feedback. Keep those comments and emails coming, folks!

Testing underway

A few days ago we opened the doors a little wider and invited 70+ people for a sneak peak of tomorrow space. They've created their avatars and organized a few events. It's really satisfying to log into my account and see all of the activity.

I must admit that between browser plugin woes and a couple of server side problems it's been a rough ride for some people. But we're stomping bugs like mad and rolling out fixes every day.

Thanks to everyone who's given us a hand during this round of improvements and kept a good attitude about the quirks! It warms my heart each time one of our excellent volunteers takes the time to give us a detailed bug report so that we can prevent problems when we open the site to the public.

There will be another batch of invites soon so don't fret if you weren't in the first group. If you'd like to join the test, email your preferred username to humans at transmutable dot(.) com with the subject "Beta Me!". I can't promise that the site will be perfect just yet, but I can promise that we'll continue to work overtime to make tomorrow space a great tool for online communities.

A Quick Screencast: New Space, Body Customization

Click the icon above to see the video in glorious full screen. Unfortunately, my voice will not be appropriately resized.