As of tonight, it's effectively dead.  

...I can still see the classic view, but the site automatically reverts to beta when you try to post anything.
So yeah....for all practical purposes, classic TER is dead.

You're effectively wrong.  

-- Modified on 5/3/2017 10:21:33 PM

I just had it kick me to the Beta version.  THAT SUCKS!

I keep fighting it to let me post on Classic. I did already but you got to fight it to do so.

With too many bugs, and they killed classic way too soon. ☹️
Last time they updated to a new version (what we are calling "classic "now) they left the older version as "classic" fully operational for years. I thought they would do the same thing now. Boo TER!

We have 2017 !!! Time for changes... be more flexible !!!

-- Modified on 5/4/2017 12:41:12 PM

.... a pain in the ass but not impossible to get around. I don't mind posting on the new site, it's reading/following posts that I don't like. After I post I just scroll to the bottom and enter classic again. A pain but better than staying in the new version. Plus I will now be posting much less just like I gave up reviewing after they royally fucked up the rules.

-- Modified on 5/4/2017 9:33:28 AM

This is -  as I recall - the 3rd system of TER I have been exposed to-it takes getting used to that's for sure !

TER must be the most consumer-unfriendly site around. I'll be even the limited version of the old TER won't  be around long. It's all about saving money. The sooner they kill the old TER the sooner they can stop paying for the storage capacity to house it.  BOO!
So glad I don't pay them a dime.

Who knows, maybe I will even do some actual work? lol

I have zero issues following threads and posting under the correct person using new TER. I find threads easier to read in fact. As you know, GaGambler, I am no TER apologist. In fact I don't like the changes to the reviews one bit. I actually prefer the new TER boards over cladsic.

TER had to pay some programmer or programmers to come up with the "new" crappy website. They have to pay to bebug and fix it and upgrade it with every new patch and update of their hosting OS (Linux? Windows? What do you think their servers are running?)
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TER could use FREE consortium maintained and upgraded, widely accepted and praised open source Forum Software.  There are plenty of choices!  TER would need to (a) customize it to be TER in look, feel, titles, logos, etc. (b) do their best to port the older versions to the newer version -- and there might be some losses or incompatibilities.  After the conversion, you need one guy to make sure that the periodic updates are installed.

If they leave the old version hot they have to adapt and maintain it, so it's going to cost them more to do so.

I have to log in through the classic site to even get in. 3 days straight it keeps saying password is incorrect, switch to classic and right in.

but I think the year 2525 would have been too soon to release it.

This is true, the threads are  hard to follow.