Hey all,
While working on vBShout for vB5, I made some technological advances that I realised could significantly benefit the current vBulletin 3/4 versions. Thus, we're proud to present vBShout v6.1.0 Beta 1 available immediately to Pro customers with active licences.
The main feature in this version is the fact that the performance penalty associated with enabling the Context Menu (the advanced JavaScript menu that has additional options) has been completely eliminated! This menu is now enabled for all users, and offers the same functionality as before.
We also made significant improvements to the general speed of the JavaScript. Each time an action was taking place in JavaScript, the time needed to look up the elements has been significantly reduced, which should result in less CPU power used on your computer. Low-end systems may have in the past experienced browser lock-ups or crashes, which if the cause was vBShout should now be alleviated.
When we first released vBShout, vBulletin 3.x was still quite popular compared to vBulletin 4 - we recognise that many of you are running this mod on vB3. For that reason, we've updated the user experience on the vB3 version to more closely resemble that of the vB4 version. You'll now find the Colour Picker, Font Face Picker and Font Size Picker styled in the same way the vB4 version is.
The new editor style in the vB3 version introduced new CSS, and some of you have expressed in the past that the way CSS worked in vBShout needed to change. Having too much inline CSS on the page could potentially impact SEO, and doesn't allow for leveraging the browser cache. This has been addressed - all CSS from the vB3 version of vBShout is now served by a cache-able file. The vB4 version has always served its CSS from cache-able files, and is unaffected by this change.
If you like the product, you can show your support by nominating it for Mod of the Month here: vBShout (vB4) or here: vBShout (vB3), and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods. Thanks
vBShout v6.1.0 Beta 1
DBTech Affiliate Link
Improved Shout Templates
Improved JavaScript Performance
Improved Context Menu
(vB3) Modern Shoutbox Editor Controls
(vB3) CSS Loader
General / Other
Thank you for your continued support
Discuss this news here.
While working on vBShout for vB5, I made some technological advances that I realised could significantly benefit the current vBulletin 3/4 versions. Thus, we're proud to present vBShout v6.1.0 Beta 1 available immediately to Pro customers with active licences.
The main feature in this version is the fact that the performance penalty associated with enabling the Context Menu (the advanced JavaScript menu that has additional options) has been completely eliminated! This menu is now enabled for all users, and offers the same functionality as before.
We also made significant improvements to the general speed of the JavaScript. Each time an action was taking place in JavaScript, the time needed to look up the elements has been significantly reduced, which should result in less CPU power used on your computer. Low-end systems may have in the past experienced browser lock-ups or crashes, which if the cause was vBShout should now be alleviated.
When we first released vBShout, vBulletin 3.x was still quite popular compared to vBulletin 4 - we recognise that many of you are running this mod on vB3. For that reason, we've updated the user experience on the vB3 version to more closely resemble that of the vB4 version. You'll now find the Colour Picker, Font Face Picker and Font Size Picker styled in the same way the vB4 version is.
The new editor style in the vB3 version introduced new CSS, and some of you have expressed in the past that the way CSS worked in vBShout needed to change. Having too much inline CSS on the page could potentially impact SEO, and doesn't allow for leveraging the browser cache. This has been addressed - all CSS from the vB3 version of vBShout is now served by a cache-able file. The vB4 version has always served its CSS from cache-able files, and is unaffected by this change.
If you like the product, you can show your support by nominating it for Mod of the Month here: vBShout (vB4) or here: vBShout (vB3), and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods. Thanks
vBShout v6.1.0 Beta 1
DBTech Affiliate Link
- Participants in the Affiliate Program can add your DBTech User ID to the vBShout Options
- Adds your referral ID to the vBShout copyright footer links
Improved Shout Templates
- Shout templates (for Shouts, /me, PMs and System Messages) are loaded from the main Shoutbox template
- Takes up less browser memory than old JS templates
- Uses jQuery Templates to achieve the same functionality of the old rendered templates
- Offers greater customisation options without worrying about breaking fragile JavaScript code
Improved JavaScript Performance
- Leverages more advanced jQuery usage to reduce the time it takes to perform JavaScript operations
- Takes up less browser memory as less time is needed to search for the elements in question
Improved Context Menu
- Context Menu is always enabled for every user, offering the same quick links to member profiles and username auto-fill
- Zero performance impact from using it - no longer increases bandwidth usage / data transferred with each AJAX request
- Uses jQuery Templates to achieve the same functionality of the old rendered templates
- Offers greater customisation options without worrying about breaking fragile JavaScript code
(vB3) Modern Shoutbox Editor Controls
- Colour Picker now uses the same "modern" look as the vB4 version of the mod
- Font Face Picker now uses the same "modern" look as the vB4 version of the mod
- Font Size Picker now uses the same "modern" look as the vB4 version of the mod
- CSS-based editor controls rather than table-based
(vB3) CSS Loader
- File loader that outputs the 3 CSS files from templates
- Browser cacheable
- Improves crawlability
General / Other
- Fix: Display Order in the Instance Management screen was using the wrong input type.
- Fix: Opening lots of context menus without reloading the page would add "infinite HTML" to the page over time, taking up unneeded memory
- Change: Improved RTL support
- Change: Removed the ability to turn off the Context Menu, to eliminate confusion
Thank you for your continued support
Discuss this news here.
