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Changelog

This page contains a list of some of the more notable changes that happened in our codebase.
For a full list of changes, please see the git commit log.

For a summary of all our other latest and greatest changes, see the Changelog file. Please go there for a more recent overview.

2012

July

  • Update jQuery MentionsInput plugin to latest upstream version
  • Mobile toggle now works with desktop browsers, too
  • Flash messages are visible again (CSS fix)

June

  • Upgrade to Rails 3.2.6
  • New error page indicating a limited post being accessed when not logged in
  • Uploaded images are rotated correctly based on Exif data
  • Visual improvements to the oembed overlay
  • [SECURITY] fix vulnerability to malicious federated messages

May

  • 'Back-to-top' button comeback
  • Performance improvements for new post show pages
  • Beta profiles now feature background images
  • Refactoring of email generation and templating
  • Upgrade to rails_admin 0.0.3
  • Rake task for fixing mixed-case hashtags

April

  • New quick-setup script to get started with a dev-installation
  • Bootstrap is now unified into one version
  • Update to Rails 3.1 + new asset pipeline
  • Update Backbone.js to 0.9
  • Major refactoring in the JS view templates and the config file
  • Photo stream comeback - fully Backbone-ified
  • Improvements in embedding 'rails_admin'
  • New 404 'Not found' page
  • First appearance of the role system

March

  • Allow non-ascii characters in links
  • Notifications on mobile web app
  • Invitations are now done by sharing a user-specific link, the amount of invites on that link is configurable
  • Youtu.be and Vimeo embedding is now possible
  • oEmbed video content is now shown as thumbnail instead of directly embedding the player in the stream
  • Update Bundler version to 1.1.0

February

  • Participate and Explore streams implemented.
  • Status updates can now be "Pinned" rather than "Liked"
  • Layout adapted to better fit "Conversation-Centric" design.
  • Links now open in a new window by default
  • Publisher/Bookmarklet now works as intended
  • Messages now retain navigation when opened in new tab

January

  • Pods run via SSL by default
  • Stream rewrite with Backbone.js and client side Markdown rendering for faster UX and 400x better garbage collection server side

2011

November

  • Ignore user

October

  • Longer posts and comments are truncated with a "show more" link to reveal the rest of the text
  • Stream can now include posts from all followed tags and @mentions as well as aspects (formerly known as "soup")
  • @Mentions stream to see all posts you were mentioned in
  • #Followed tags stream that aggregates posts for all of your followed tags
  • Community spotlight stream
  • Embed videos and audio into posts (using oembed)
  • De/select all aspects and improvements to aspect de/selection
  • Alphabetized tags list
  • Add tags directly from the followed tags list, rather than having to search for them first
  • Reshare on mobile web app
  • Tag pages now indicate how many people are following a tag

September

  • Mobile web app redesign
  • Database improvements (scaling)
  • Reshare notifications
  • Aspect dropdown in the publisher, showing clearly which aspects are receiving a post

August

  • Featured users
  • DiasporaHQ account
  • New Getting Started page

July

  • General UI redesign and cleanup.
  • Notifications partially moved in a handier dropdown in the header.
  • Likes use ajax now.
  • Ability to "follow" (subscribe to) hashtags.
  • Reshare feature

June

  • Revamped login page
  • Facebook connection now working
  • Added posting to Tumblr
  • You can now view more than 15 people when searching for a tag
  • Revamped (simplified) contacts management interface: Replaced aspects manage page with contact list page.

May

April

  • Bookmarklet for posting from any site
  • Added ability to hide posts
  • Lots of backend improvements

March

  • Private messaging
  • Hashtags
  • Larger photos in stream
  • GIFs can now be uploaded
  • Comments can be deleted

February

  • Added the ability to view posts by activity or post time
  • Added admin interface
  • Header remembers which aspects are selected between sessions
  • Various bug fixes
  • Added the ability to mention a contact in a post by using @

January

  • Added autocomplete in search bar
  • Added new login page
  • Added a mobile interface
  • Added ability to post to multiple aspects from the header

2010

December

  • Notifications for share requests and comments
  • Add a new line in a post by hitting Enter/Return
  • Added ability to turn off email notifications
  • Edit aspects a person is in from their profile page
  • Ability to remember username and password on login page
  • Infinite scroll
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