We're live with a new release. What's changed? Here's the overview:
HOMEPAGE PREVIEW
Based on feedback that has come to be known as "serendipity & sidewalk," we've reorganized the way that the member homepage works, and you'll be able to compare two versions of the page and see how they stack up against the current one. We're trying to strike a balance for people who like to see posts, and people who like to track tribes, so please let us know which layout you prefer, and why.
SEARCH
Thanks to major work by half the engineering team, we're happy to release "one-box search," which will make it much easier to find interesting items on Tribe. Version 2.0 of our search is fast, global, and features a tabbed interface that lets you pick between seeing all the results at once, or filtering to a single item type. You can even save your searches to your favorite RSS reader.
VIDEO
Video is coming to Tribe. We're taking baby steps with this one, and trying it out on member profiles first. We've added a Revver module, so you can add your favorite videos to your profile. And you'll be in control -- video files won't start unless you press the Play button. We'll be watching to see how people use this, so let us know how you like it, and if you want more multimedia modules.
READABILITY
We're continuing to apply your feedback to the look and feel of the site, with adjustments to the grey page background, and the font combinations that are displayed.
We've set up a new April 2006 Release tribe to discuss this release and collect feedback:
tribes.tribe.net/april2006/
Head on over to find out more about the release, and check out the survey we're running too.
HOMEPAGE PREVIEW
Based on feedback that has come to be known as "serendipity & sidewalk," we've reorganized the way that the member homepage works, and you'll be able to compare two versions of the page and see how they stack up against the current one. We're trying to strike a balance for people who like to see posts, and people who like to track tribes, so please let us know which layout you prefer, and why.
SEARCH
Thanks to major work by half the engineering team, we're happy to release "one-box search," which will make it much easier to find interesting items on Tribe. Version 2.0 of our search is fast, global, and features a tabbed interface that lets you pick between seeing all the results at once, or filtering to a single item type. You can even save your searches to your favorite RSS reader.
VIDEO
Video is coming to Tribe. We're taking baby steps with this one, and trying it out on member profiles first. We've added a Revver module, so you can add your favorite videos to your profile. And you'll be in control -- video files won't start unless you press the Play button. We'll be watching to see how people use this, so let us know how you like it, and if you want more multimedia modules.
READABILITY
We're continuing to apply your feedback to the look and feel of the site, with adjustments to the grey page background, and the font combinations that are displayed.
We've set up a new April 2006 Release tribe to discuss this release and collect feedback:
tribes.tribe.net/april2006/
Head on over to find out more about the release, and check out the survey we're running too.
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 10:35 AMSo where is the video part Elliot? -
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 10:38 AMGo to your profile page, click on the "add modules" tab, and then select the Revver video module. -
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 10:43 AMThanks
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 10:45 AMWe'll be posting how-to's for the homepage preview and all the other new features at the April 2006 Release tribe:
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 3:37 PMI hate to be snarky, but are you going to have a new tribe for every new redesign? Why not stick to ONE main group to keep track of changes instead of yet another tribe? Better still, just bring back the old, pre-Jan. design.
I know, a girl can dream, right...? -
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 3:59 PMYep, we're going to start a tribe for every release (redesigns included). It's easier for us to track and review feedback that way.
If you're just looking for a place to understand what's changed with each release, there's the Release Notes tribe: releasenotes.tribe.net/
And, for more general ideas on how to improve Tribe, there's always TribeIdeas: tribeideas.tribe.net/ -
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one box search
Thu, April 13, 2006 - 5:30 PM
is awesome. makes so much easier to find everything.
Thanks
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Re: A new release, and a new tribe for feedback.
Sat, April 15, 2006 - 10:31 AMPlease tell me you have something like a bug tracking system set up for feedback - that it's not just monitoring the feedback *here*...
Well, you could always try what Upcoming's done - set up a wiki. Check out community.upcoming.org; the set up of what they've done in the Feedback and Announcements is a great example of letting people know what's up. Probably far easier to keep track of things too...
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