Right now (on top of day to day minor tweaks/fixes) :
- Supporting recent Android update.
- Releasing the updated analysis board (minor update)
- Releasing the unfinished chess puzzles feature.
- Improving site authentication for new users
- Improving app authentication for new users
Incoming
- UI update. This should come quickly after the above, last April's refresh was largely about preparing for future updates such as this.
- Proper tablet support for Android App. (Currently works as mobile app, scaled up.) and more features.
- Native IOS release. (iProducts)
This will take us right to the end of the year, I suspect. That last one is going to be painful. 🙂
20 Jun 14
Originally posted by Russnice to have...
Right now (on top of day to day minor tweaks/fixes) :
- Supporting recent Android update.
- Releasing the updated analysis board (minor update)
- Releasing the unfinished chess puzzles feature.
- Improving site authentication for new users
- Improving app authentication for new users
Incoming
- UI update. This should come quickly after the abo ...[text shortened]... will take us right to the end of the year, I suspect. That last one is going to be painful. 🙂
- an indication who has given thumbs up or down to posts (maybe a mouse-over pop up)
21 Jun 14
Originally posted by moonbusNo, this is a bad idea on the face of it.
nice to have...
- an indication who has given thumbs up or down to posts (maybe a mouse-over pop up)
Imagine having in a file somewhere a record of everyone you ever voted for in any election. Even the most non-imaginative can see this would be a bad thing.
Thumbs need to be anonymous to have any validity. We don't need witch-hunts, people being ostracized based on who they don't agree with.
It's easy to sit back and wish to know who dared disagree with you. But no, in a democracy, you don't get to know their names. Removing the teeth of the vox populi is always a serious mistake.
21 Jun 14
Originally posted by SuzianneElections shape the laws of the land and the prosperity [or lack thereof] of society.
No, this is a bad idea on the face of it.
Imagine having in a file somewhere a record of everyone you ever voted for in any election. Even the most non-imaginative can see this would be a bad thing.
Thumbs need to be anonymous to have any validity. We don't need witch-hunts, people being ostracized based on who they don't agree with.
It's easy to ...[text shortened]... on't get to know their names. Removing the teeth of the vox populi is always a serious mistake.
Votes down or up on an internet forum have no effect of remotely comparable importance. What's the worst they can do - write a few disparaging posts about the 'haters'? They already do that as it is. It doesn't have much effect.
22 Jun 14
Originally posted by SuzianneIn some cantons in Switzerland, voting takes place on the public square in broad daylight by raising of hands. So all your neighbors know just what you voted for or against. That's direct democracy in action.
No, this is a bad idea on the face of it.
Imagine having in a file somewhere a record of everyone you ever voted for in any election. Even the most non-imaginative can see this would be a bad thing.
Thumbs need to be anonymous to have any validity. We don't need witch-hunts, people being ostracized based on who they don't agree with.
It's easy to ...[text shortened]... on't get to know their names. Removing the teeth of the vox populi is always a serious mistake.
The idea behind revealing who gives a thumbs-up or -down at RHP is this: I have noticed recently that certain people's posts are routinely given thumbs-down, no matter what the content. The thought occurred to me that these might be grudge-votes; this would become obvious of the downer were revealed.
24 Jun 14
I'm not against making the likes public, its is something I would like to do myself, but it would be for all future posts only. (Records of existing "likes" would be removed, but not the total number of likes recorded to historical posts)
It would require a consultation vote for this change. From an implementation perspective, this is a very minor update.
08 Jul 14
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Originally posted by RussThanks for the reply. What would constitute a quorum for a consultation vote on the issue?
I'm not against making the likes public, its is something I would like to do myself, but it would be for all future posts only. (Records of existing "likes" would be removed, but not the total number of likes recorded to historical posts)
It would require a consultation vote for this change. From an implementation perspective, this is a very minor update.
Would it be technically feasible to offer an opt-in / opt-out feature for having one's ID be made public on forum thumbs? Or would that constitute code bloat?
EDIT: no ex-post-facto updates please. 'Only for future posts' is entirely reasonable (since people who have left the forum would have no chance to opt out).
24 Jul 14
Originally posted by RussWe abate with weighted breath.
Just a little update, I'm looking at the UI refresh already - ahead of when I initially planned. There will need to be an extended beta for this, so that time can be used to work on other incomplete projects on that list.
BTW : The new UI will be going full screen again.
Thanks for your hard work on this.
