Hello and welcome to the new and improved Qri Desktop 0.5.0! We've listened to your feedback and have a new and improved Collection view, a dynamic progress viewer, as well as some new functionality built into the app!
Collection
The collection view can now do so much more than before! You can quickly filter between datasets that you own and datasets that you have cloned. You can view high level stats on each dataset, such as the last update, the size, the number of versions, and whether the dataset is published to the cloud or checkout out to the filesystem. You can also export or remove any dataset from the collection view by clicking the additional options at the end of the row.
Pull (or Update/Sync) a dataset
We’ve made it very easy to sync a dataset that you have previously added from the Qri Cloud to the latest version! Just use our new Pull action on the Collection page to make sure you are always up to date with the latest data.
Multi-Select/Batch Actions
We are very excited about the multi select functionality that we've added to the Collection view, and we will probably be expanding it down the line to do even more! From the collection view you can now quickly select multiple datasets and perform batch actions on them, such as removing them or pulling down the latest version from the cloud.
We hope this new batch ability and the remodeled collection page will make it easier and more enjoyable to browse your datasets in Qri!
Transfers/Progress
We wanted to clean up the story around transferring datasets, aka, pushing a dataset to or pulling a dataset down from Qri Cloud. When you push or pull a dataset, Qri can track its progress and update you as it’s working. We've added some progress indicators to the navigation bar that you can expand to see the progress of your transfers! This will also track progress for multiple pushes and pulls so you are aware of all the actions the app is currently taking.
Updated New Dataset Flow
In prior iterations, we’d try to name your dataset for you based on the file name you selected. But this left most datasets ‘title-less’, since we did nothing to encourage the user to add a title before publishing. And since it’s so important, we wanted to make it easier for you to lead the process. Now, when you add a new dataset, you specify a title and we infer the dataset name based on that!
Dataset Page Layout
We've incorporated a lot of user feedback into our new Dataset page layout. When you open up a dataset, the sidebar now contains a 'History Track' - a visual indicator of all the versions of this dataset. Clicking a stop on the track will bring you to that version of the dataset. If you are looking at a dataset that you yourself created, then you will also see (as the most recent version) a 'working dataset' stop. This is where you can craft the next version of your dataset!
Expanded Export options
Previously, we offered no flexibility when it came to exporting a dataset, you just chose a location and we added the exported zip file there. We've added an export modal that allows you to be more specific about what you want to export from that dataset version!
Fixes
We made a large number of bug fixes based directly on your feedback (you can view them below under 'Bug Fixes'). Thank you! Please keep it coming :)