AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years


Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works — the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site — announced the update on Thursday, which comes 17 years after AO3’s launch in 2009.

“Since 2009, AO3 has grown and changed a lot,” the announcement says. “We’ve introduced many features over the years through the efforts of our volunteers and coding contributors, as well as the contractors we’ve been able to hire thanks to generous donations from our users.”

The post highlights some of the features that AO3 has since its launch, including a tagging system, fanworks downloads, privacy settings that allow creators to limit access to their work, and more. Just because AO3 is exiting beta, doesn’t mean the updates will stop flowing:

As the AO3 software has been stable for a long time, the change is mostly cosmetic and does not indicate that everything is finalized or perfectly working. Exiting beta doesn’t mean we’ll stop continuing to improve AO3—our volunteer coders and community contributors will still be working to add to and improve AO3 every day.

One of the most significant changes to the site is the absence of the tiny “beta” label inside the AO3 logo displayed at the top of the platform. (AO3 briefly changed the beta to “omega” for April Fools’ Day this year).

You can keep tabs on the updates coming to AO3 by viewing its projects on Jira



Source link

  • Related Posts

    Artemis II is NASA’s last moon mission without Silicon Valley 

    SpaceX launched its IPO on the same day the U.S. sent astronauts to the moon for the first time in 54 years. And the timing is appropriate: This is likely…

    Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer – Permission to Print Part 1

    This is the first post in a series on 3D print blocking, for the next entry check out Print Blocking Won’t Work – Permission to Print Part 2 When legislators give…

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    You Missed

    As Trump rails against NATO, secretary general heads to D.C.

    As Trump rails against NATO, secretary general heads to D.C.

    Oil cargo prices surge as fears of supply shortage grip market

    Prairie Lily slated to set sail again with new owner – Saskatoon

    Prairie Lily slated to set sail again with new owner – Saskatoon

    Candidate ends his bid for Conservative nomination in Poilievre’s former riding

    Candidate ends his bid for Conservative nomination in Poilievre’s former riding

    Artemis II is NASA’s last moon mission without Silicon Valley 

    Artemis II is NASA’s last moon mission without Silicon Valley 

    News of the day: Housing crisis, GST hikes, economic forecast downgrade, diesel shock, market volatility and more