What's New

This is a summary of new features added to the site. You can see the full development history on GitHub

7/12/2012

Areas are now the default type when adding locations and issues
File sizes are shown for attachments and library documents
Messages can be promoted into library items, depending on the message type
Group descriptions can now contain links and are automatically formatted like messages
Library notes can be edited for a short time after they are created, to fix typos
A new issue (or a new thread) will only generate one notification email, regardless of your settings, groups and locations
The issues map has improvments, making large issues transparent, smaller ones easier to click and highlighting which one is selected

Email attachments sent to a thread will create new photo or attachment messages as appropriate
Fix bugs in the map when editing issues on IE8
Tags are copied from issues onto new threads
Maps on the group pages now only show issue in the group area
Allow tagging of library items when they are being created
Tabs are now "sticky", so if you click 'back' you'll end up on the pane you were looking at
... and you can also link to a particular tab in the same places
Posting any type of message will subscribe you to the thread
Increased privacy - last poster on a private thread is no longer shown
New "catch me up" feature on user locations - easily subscribe to existing threads in your area
Various minor bugfixes and restylings

Committee members can now add issues to administrative threads, or change the issue on an existing issue thread
Tags now have autocomplete suggestions - type a few characters to see matching tags
You can link directly to messages more easily - click on the posting time to see the url
Fixed a bug with document creation not giving friendly error messages

Textareas now automatically resize as they fill up with text, making longer comments easier to write
Duplicate display names are no longer allowed (matching full names are of course permitted)

Reduce duplicate messages by disabling submit button after posting
Rework the logic for where you end up after signing in - should now handle more situations gracefully
Improvements to message posting speed by making thread search update an asynchronous process
Groups can now have custom joining instructions

Thread search! Shows results from all public threads and private threads that you have access to
Added a new "User Priorities" tab to the dashboard, showing your prioritised threads
Replying to a new thread notification will now subscribe you to that thread
Added functionality to reply to certain new thread notifications
Fixed bug with subject of new group location issue notifications
Fixed bug with display of attachment messages in some thread summaries
Fixed bug with unsubscribed threads showing up in dashboard

Upgrade of underlying Rails technology to the 3.2 series.
Fixed bug with incoming emails. Messages from some people were being lost if they contained £ symbols
Less ugly thread unfollow button