Hi folks!
I'm crazy when it comes to programming! But, I must admit that I'm really lazy and not that good when it comes to writing blog posts --while I really should do it. In fact many features were added to NoiseRiver since my precendent post (a week ago) and I think that it's time to give people some updates here on the blog --even if I was posting Live Dev' Updates in FriendFeed.
So here we go:
Feature 1: Hide by URL
Say you've seen a blog post (or any url) posted on FriendFeed, and that you're done with it. And you want to hide any further posts about the same URL. FriendFeed doesn't offer this kind of hiding, so I added it to NoiseRiver. Now you can see a URL only once if you want.
Feature 2: Little reply icon
You want to reply to someone in the comments cluster? Simple, click on the green little arrow and it will bring you with a comment box already filled with this person's nick.
Feature 3: On the fly interests settings
Many people admited that filling their interests by giving them all at once in the "Your interests" page was a little bit annoyong. Ok! Now you click on a little icon (a heart with a tag) beside each entry and a little pop-up shows with some keywords. You decide how much you like/hate them. Click and with some ajax magic, you're done!
Feature 4: On the fly neighborhood settings
The same idea as in "on the fly interests settings" was implemented for people. And this is really nice! Trust me. All you have to do is hover a user's name in the page, a tooltip shows, you select from a dropdown box how much you like/hate their entries and tada! Ajax makes your settings saved on the fly. And your whole flow will be filtered/highlighted with these settings in mind.
Feature 5: Permalinks to single entries
I was really eager to have this feature in the API. I asked for it in the FriendFeed's API room, and I didn't got an answer, so I went to the google group and asked for it again! And there, Bret Taylor told me that it's actually available and that the doc was not up to date. In a matter of 10 minutes, the feature was in NoiseRiver! Now you can refer to single entries in NoiseRiver with permanant links (permalinks) --Expect other cool features with these permalinks ;-)
Feature 6: Share pictures and sounds!
Yes, not yet available in the FriendFeed's UI. You can share pictures and sounds directly from NoiseRiver and people will see them and listen to them in friendFeed or NoiseRiver easily! Look at this: on NoiseRiver or on FriendFeed.
Feature 7: View Seesmic, youtube and vimeo videos directly in NoiseRiver
I always somehow delayed that media thing because of the lack of complete doc and the big variety of media content that are shared on FriendFeed, but now i'm starting to make it available in NoiseRiver! This is very very complicated, believe me. But I'll fully integrate it! :)
Feature 8: Improved filters
During the week, there was a big fuss about the new iPhone and NoiseRiver was the cure for some people who didn't wanted to see anything about it! It worked fine and the filters were much improved than anytime before thanks to people reproting issues! Thank you Tim, Alexander, Dread, Brian and everyone who helped! :)
Well that's it folks, it has been a real pleasure to code these things, it was a real fun and some people are already enjoying them! So I'll cary on, and I really welcome all your suggestions and questions! Come and join us in the room!
