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[AgnesIO]

Following the V6 fiasco of blob announcing a month away (And V7 being announced as immanent back in August), giving any clearish indication of how long a version will be before it launches is no longer allowed (Technically Matt just gets annoyed at you but you're not really helping yourself out)

Not taking the piss here, genuine question; is it likely to be before Q4 2013?

[scottish]

That doesn't stop you from saying which parts of the system are complete though?

Nor does it stop you from saying the % of the system complete so;

Which parts of the system are complete?
What % through the project are you?
Which parts still need to be done (currently, obviously this could extend)?

You said the V7 imminent was a miscommunication between the team, you're the sole coder for the site and you'd be the one communicating so there's no room for error due to miscommunication

I don't see the issue in setting deadlines, hell it should be encouraged rather than your manager being annoyed at you, yes you may miss deadlines but at least you're going to have a rough idea if you've planned it out properly say you plan to complete something next week have to go out one night and study the next which was unexpected then you know you're delayed by two days and can state that

Should set partial deadlines for each section of the system and an overall deadline and give it to us, then you can give weekly updates to what you've done on the system and what your immediate focus is as well as what you hope to have achieved by next week.. if something comes up you can simply say 'oh i had 3 days of no work due to this'

As long as you're not saying 'LADS THE SYSTEMS GONNA BE READY ON SUNDAY' then turns out you're nowhere near it there won't be major issues and it'll reassure the community that it's actually being developed.

[MKR&*42]

There's only Fast Food, the one I did, we had to also make sure they weren't similar to the pages we already have.

I also did about 1/2 of the news page too, but the fact there was so much incorrect information was annoying . However, I don't mind doing more.

I'd be willing to come back for a short while and do the V7 pages with you if it means there's one less thing to wait for when V7 is (eventually) done?

[Chippiewill]

Not taking the piss here, genuine question; is it likely to be before Q4 2013?

It's a really awkward question to answer, because development of V7 due to other commitments is in flurries, generally around half terms and other breaks, so whilst I really hope not there are conceivable events which would lead to it happening. Exams and being away could push completion of V7 back by 6 weeks very suddenly.

[scottish]

Also @xxMATTGxx; have applications ever opened for site coder? :S

You said people typically want paid but i've never seen habbox ask for them

Typically its long term members who get close to management get the positions because they seem trusted

Why not open apps, obviously to begin with you'd be sending them files rather than giving them access and they'd update and send back etc

So while chippiewill is working on V7 someone else could be working on fixing V6

[GoldenMerc]

I vote @Calvin; to work on v6

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[scottish]

You pay him and he hardly works for you so i don't see that happening ;l

[Samantha]

I'd be willing to come back for a short while and do the V7 pages with you if it means there's one less thing to wait for when V7 is (eventually) done?

You probably can't due to department changes.

[Chippiewill]

That doesn't stop you from saying which parts of the system are complete though?

Nor does it stop you from saying the % of the system complete so;

Which parts of the system are complete?
What % through the project are you?
Which parts still need to be done (currently, obviously this could extend)?

None are complete, their completion depends on other stuff being completed, it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation so stuff will only be *finished* when V7 is finished. I can for certain say I'm 50% done, likely far beyond that.

You said the V7 imminent was a miscommunication between the team, you're the sole coder for the site and you'd be the one communicating so there's no room for error due to miscommunication

There's certainly no doubting myself what I think I need to do to finish V7. However the HxL panel took a lot longer than expected because I didn't realise how much there was to the panel and I didn't get half the feature requests until I'd already made a start on it.

I don't see the issue in setting deadlines, hell it should be encouraged rather than your manager being annoyed at you, yes you may miss deadlines but at least you're going to have a rough idea if you've planned it out properly say you plan to complete something next week have to go out one night and study the next which was unexpected then you know you're delayed by two days and can state that

I have deadlines in my head and I have given Skynus/Matt deadlines in the past. Unfortunately stuff comes up that delays me.. a lot, if I miss one of my general deadlines (e.g. hxl will be done by the end of easter) then it will be missed by 6 weeks almost certainly even if only 5% needs doing.

Should set partial deadlines for each section of the system and an overall deadline and give it to us, then you can give weekly updates to what you've done on the system and what your immediate focus is as well as what you hope to have achieved by next week.. if something comes up you can simply say 'oh i had 3 days of no work due to this'

Both Matt and the relevant department manager are kept constantly apprised of the progress made as it happens. There are good reasons not to make this public.

[MKR&*42]

You probably can't due to department changes.

Oh I see the whole merge thing I keep forgetting.

Would like it to be announced soon.