Rename the "Early Access" section to "Early Access Testing" or something?

And maybe add something to the blurb, like “This category is for discussing the latest Early Access testing releases, or Roon’s Early Access program”

This is an attempt to prevent Production users constantly going to Early Access and wondering why they don’t have feature X. I can’t understand why calling it Early Access is not enough, but apparently it isn’t.

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I think part of the problem is that the posts just appear in the ‘latest’ or ‘new’ filters and people read and respond to them without paying attention to the category from which they come.

Maybe, the Early Access category should be set to ‘muted’ by default so at least it does not appear in ‘new’.

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Doh! I just seen this post… Typed a long boring post on the latest early access as I had to sift through loads of pointless posts to find info I needed. Plus the fact that many users are just using the forum index (fluid view) to view topics and just click into the sections without realising it’s a testing areas…

“This is an Early Access section of the forum. While you may see topics listed here, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have access to the features being discussed. This area is specifically designed for testing purposes, so it’s important to understand what that involves before diving in.

If you’d like to participate, you’ll need to be comfortable enabling Early Access on all your devices. Keep in mind that the software being tested may still have bugs or issues, so you might encounter things that don’t work as expected. Your feedback is a crucial part of this process, as it helps us identify and resolve any problems before the features are fully released.”

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