The first Jewel beta is here! Those of you who have Chrome 2+, Firefox 3.5+, Internet Explorer 7+, or Opera 9+ will be able to beta test the beginnings of Diamond Luster's future platform by visiting the following site:

jewel.diamond-luster.com

There are a few notes you should know before using the Jewel beta:

1. The September beta is virtually unchanged from the DL3 that many of you saw during the month of August. We focused on backend changes that will allow us to expand the platform in the future.

2. Your "read" history (which threads you have read, and to what point) will be different on Gem and Jewel this month. If you were previously on Jewel, your reads from the month of August, but not from September will be visible on the Jewel beta. If you were not previously on Jewel, you will have no read history on the Jewel site. Gem reads remain unchanged. For the October beta, we will combine both read histories.

3. Feel free to use both sites side-to-side. Generally, Gem is better for guides, editing profile information, and creating/adding members to PTs (as well as miscellaneous features, such as the weekly poll), while Jewel is much faster (especially with PTs). Use the two as you see works best for you.

4. Share your thoughts! If you choose to beta test, please post suggestions, feedback, and glitches on the newly-made Jewel Beta Discussions sticky.