dw_news: Update, 1 September 2010

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Update, 1 September 2010

Hi Dreamwidth!

I've been stuck with a craving for Lucky Charms (they're grrrreat! And are for kids, silly rabbit), so I've been having that for breakfast this entire week. Also had it for lunch this one time a cat leaped up onto the dining table and ate my lunch for me. Hey, at least the cat didn't get my cereal.

Anyway let me just hand off my cereal bowl and we can start with the update.

A Warm Welcome

We've noticed a lot of new members this week! Welcome to those of you who are coming from LiveJournal -- you might want to check out the Guide to Dreamwidth for LiveJournal Users.

Last Week's Progress

This week's code tour was done by the ever awesome

cesy.

That brings us to exactly 2002 bugs which have been resolved fixed, and almost 2300 bugs that have been resolved in some way. This week also brought us another milestone: I filed our 3000th bug!

Since our bug list contains planned features and code cleanup as well as actual bugs, I'm really proud of this milestone.

This Week's Request for Feedback

We have another version of the update Create Entry page up for feedback.

And first of all thank you to everyone who left feedback for the last version! We weren't able to respond to everyone individually, but we read all your comments and tried to take all of them into account while working on this latest version.

The short list of changes is:

less options on page startup

ability to customize the page so it fits your posting habits

full list of tags

editable individual tags

fix for the red flash issue

tweaks for older browsers, including better support for resizing

various appearance and behavior tweaks

Play around with it a bit :)

We built in drag and drop functionality for mouse users. We are aware that this only works for mouse users, and we'll be working on ways to have something that will work for everyone, not just mouse users.

We'll also start integrating the mockup into the backend soon, which means that the next time we do this, the mockup should respect your site scheme and use your icons/tags/etc (it still won't remember your settings, though, and it won't work to actually post).

Communities that Link to Other Communities that Link to Other Communities

This week's theme for community plugs is communities that link to other communities to get you started on finding and making those communities that you're interested in:

dw_community_promo - the official community promotion community

community_promo - an unofficial community promotion community

create_my_comm - a community for community ideas, in case the community you want doesn't exist yet

And finally, some links that don't fit into the theme, because I've said "community" so much that it doesn't look like a real word anymore:

getting_started - for any questions you may have about getting started here on Dreamwidth

interests search, to search for people and comms which share your interests

site search, to search by keyword for posts about topics you're interested in

the latest entries page, to see the latest public entries posted to Dreamwidth. Also possible to see the latest public entries with a specific tag

Equally Warm Goodbye

And that's it for this week. Rest of this month is

denise's as per usual. As always, if you're having problems with Dreamwidth, Support can help you; for notices of site problems and downtime, check the Twitter status page; if you've got an idea to make the site better, you can make a suggestion.

See you again next week!

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	no subject ekmisao 2010-09-02 04:37 am UTC (link)
	This is why people are migrating to your place: http://news.livejournal.com/129190.html we all beg you not to make the same mistake. (Reply to this)

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denise
2010-09-02 04:41 am UTC (link)

Fear not. We do hope to add Facebook and Twitter crossposting someday, along with Wordpress, Tumblr, Movable Type/TypePad, etc, etc, but it will have to be set up by the end-user, and if we ever allow the crossposting of comments (which I sincerely doubt we will), it will only be available on locked entries if the comment poster is the same as the entry poster. (So, nobody will be able to crosspost comments from your locked entries.)

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	no subject inarticulate 2010-09-02 04:43 am UTC (link)
	Oh, my gosh, customizable posting page! So every time I think it can't get better, it does. No, I don't have any feedback that's actually helpful, I am just here to be ridiculously happy. (Reply to this)

	no subject sophie 2010-09-02 04:45 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. I'm not DW staff myself, but trust me, DW staff know allllll about this. (I strongly suspect the paragraph about lots of new members this week was probably mostly because, you know, staff here probably don't want to come across like they're slagging LJ off. grins) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject another_social_casualty 2010-09-02 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Just out of curiosity, how many new users have you gotten in the past 40ish hours? (Reply to this)

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kyrielle
2010-09-02 04:48 am UTC (link)

Thank you for the latest mockup! I like it a lot, and am looking forward to it going live.

But...sad face. I can't make the "Current" items go away. There's no checkbox. I so often don't use those. And if I could keep the mood and kill the other two, even better.

Sadder face: I can't put anything above the subject and entry...which is exactly where I want the "journal" options, since I know when I'm starting where I mean to send the post.

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ekmisao
2010-09-02 04:48 am UTC (link)

Thank you.

We'd like to keep that assurance that ranting about the world at large is restricted to people online who we actually want to see that ranting. Often the people we rant to are NOT the people we brush elbows with everyday, the people we are often obliged to add to Facebook for good relations's sake. This is especially true about our geekier or weirder interests, that would raise flak if known by older relatives or employers.

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	no subject karayan 2010-09-02 04:49 am UTC (link)
	The new update page is pretty much the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Drag and drop! The ability to choose a full-width update box! Control over the number of options! AAAAH ♥ (Reply to this)

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cheyinka
2010-09-02 04:49 am UTC (link)

Awesome, backspacing after a tag has gotten the dotted circle around it deletes the tag! (but backspacing once won't do it!) Was that true in the last mockup too?

I like the compromise between "give me my oooooooooptions where are my oooooooooooptions" and "auuuugh too many options" for what's displayed the first time the page is loaded. I also really like that I can choose to have some things on the side of the entry-composing box, even though my browser window's relatively small!

I am really looking forward to seeing what this looks like in Celerity :)

(p.s. I am really delighted one of my icons is in the example set :D)

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	no subject ekmisao 2010-09-02 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. They're nice that way, yes? ^^v (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject swordage 2010-09-02 04:52 am UTC (link)
	That Create Entry page is GLORIOUS. It is exactly what I wanted. Thank you so much, Dreamwidth. Collective-you is/are awesome. So much awesome. (Reply to this)

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charmian
2010-09-02 04:53 am UTC (link)

Update page is looking very good! I like how we can make it wide (although my personal pref is for it to be a bit longer). The ability to customize the options is great, also, although is it intended that we can't get rid of "Currents"? (I'd like to delete it too, as I never use it) It's also great that we can drag and drop the things, to get a nice streamlined experience.

The only thing I still think is kind of questionable is the placement of the 'delete' and 'post' buttons, which feel aesthetically kind of off to me. Maybe they could be made somewhat larger?

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	no subject ily 2010-09-02 04:53 am UTC (link)
	LJ should have thought this out like you have. I'm glad to have my account(s) here. :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject ily 2010-09-02 04:53 am UTC (link)
	I'm very curious about this too! lol (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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denise
2010-09-02 04:54 am UTC (link)

Sorry,

sophie let me know that my original comment was a little unclear: I should say, if we do allow crossposting of comments, it will be only available on public entries or when you comment on your own locked entries, not somebody else's. (I think that's a lot easier than people having to go turn on/off the ability for others to crosspost comments on their locked entries!)

Your privacy is absolutely one of our Guiding Principles, and since I've been working in social media since before social media was called social media, I've got a really strong grasp of what 'privacy' entails, especially in the use case of those who use DW most frequently! Besides that, I've got a lot of people (starting with

mark and

fu and going allllll the way on down) who'd come find me with the Mallet of Loving Correction (+5) if I made bad decisions about this. *G* We absolutely believe it's possible to merge interoperability and privacy, as long as we put the choices in your hands, and that's not going to change.

(We also are beholden to nobody but you guys. Paid account subscriptions are the only way we make money, so there is zero economic incentive for us to piss y'all off!)

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	no subject denise 2010-09-02 04:56 am UTC (link)
	You can see the stats history at the raw data page -- the stat you're looking for is 'newbyday'. It hasn't run yet today (I think they run at around 0200 EDT?) but I'm expecting it to be pretty large. G (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject timeasmymeasure 2010-09-02 04:57 am UTC (link)
	It won't move! Is the drag and drop supposed to be functional already, or is that for the next time? Personally, I think that'll be the clincher for me. If I can move things where I want them to, then everything else sort of falls into place. I love the tag module. It's lovely. (Reply to this)

	no subject dancing_serpent 2010-09-02 04:57 am UTC (link)
	And if I could keep the mood and kill the other two, even better. That would be most awesome! I always post moods, but never location and music. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject sophie 2010-09-02 04:58 am UTC (link)
	You know, when I said that I wanted a pony, I didn't expect you to go and give me one! Honestly, this is love. <3 And you already know that it's not accessible for those who don't use the mouse, so that's even better. :D Will play with the update page more tomorrow, but I wanted to get this piece of feedback right in there :D (Reply to this)

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ninetydegrees
2010-09-02 04:58 am UTC (link)

Customize this screen is very nifty and I see lots of little improvements too (browse tags, clearer labels, icons replaced with text, better action bar, simpler looking date). I'm not sure drag and drop's obvious enough but it sure is awesome. However, I still dislike the styling, I still wish Save and Preview were with Delete and Post and the bar was duplicated below the entry, it still feels a little cramped, and I don't know how I feel about hiding boxes be default either (it's different from collapsing them).

But this version's tons better than the previous one for me. Thanks for listening to critiques. :)

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	no subject lluvia 2010-09-02 04:58 am UTC (link)
	o-omg drag-and-drop for the Create Entry page. ;o; I have no other feedback than THANK YOU GUYS, THIS IS PERFECT. (Reply to this)

	no subject ekmisao 2010-09-02 04:59 am UTC (link)
	LOL. Thank you once again. ^^ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject timeasmymeasure 2010-09-02 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Thanks for addressing this concern. smishes DW staff (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject lluvia 2010-09-02 05:00 am UTC (link)
	You have to click 'customize this screen' first to be able to drag and drop! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject dancing_serpent 2010-09-02 05:03 am UTC (link)
	The new Create Entry page looks much better than the last version. I love how the browse function works for icons and especially for the tags. ♥ It would be even better if I would be able to move all the modules above the subject line and entry field, but if not, I could get used to how it works righ now. (Reply to this)

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