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Contributor Updates
Below are all the status updates that all LiveJournal contributors have posted in the past two weeks.
* LiveJournal News -- Issue #2
2000-05-19 01:50:11 - bradfitz
Brad Fitzpatrick, Head Programmer NEWS:
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The main news for this newsletter is that there are TONS of new features being worked on or coming very soon. I'll briefly summarize them below:
* LOGIN SUPPORT (completed)
You can now "login" to FreeVote and you won't ever have to type
your username and password at the website anymore. You can
choose to login until you close your browser (best for public
computers) or forever (best on your own computer). Of course,
you can logout anytime.
* SECURITY
In a few days you'll be able to set the security level on each
one of your posts. The default will be "public" like it is now,
but you'll also have the following options:
"private" -- only you can read it
"friends" -- only your friends can read it
"custom" -- you can pick what groups of your friends
can read it
For a friend to read protected stuff in your journal, they'll
have to be logged in. Login/Logout links will soon appear
on journals. (You'll be able to hide them if you want.)
This will be in LiveJournal 1.2.6 for Windows. The web
update stuff will lag behind a little bit.
* SUBJECTS/HEADLINES
A lot of people have requested the ability to add subjects
(like headlines, for news posts) to their journal entries.
The database and unreleased beta client now support this,
but I have to modify the style system to show the subjects.
This will be in LiveJournal 1.2.6 for Windows, and on
the web update page when it's ready.
* SPELL CHECKING
A lot of people have also requested spell checking to be
added to the Windows client. I looked into it, and I think
the best way is to buy a commercial spell-checking component
that I'll be able to plug into LiveJournal. It's royalty-
free and easily redistributable, but it costs a one-time
fee of $169. If I made money off of LiveJournal I would pay
for this, and I almost am tempted to buy it myself, but I
just can't justify it. A few people have volunteered to
help pay for it. If you want to pitch in $10-$20 or so, let
me know. I'll give you credit in the application and on
the website for bringing spell checking to LiveJournal.
That's about all I can think of now. I need to go do homework
now.... grrrr. :/ |
So many new features...
2000-05-18 12:11:28 - bradfitz
Brad Fitzpatrick, Head Programmer Boys and girls, watch out... a bunch of new features are on their way:- logging in (done)
- security on posts (public, private, friends, or custom...)
- subjects/headlines on your posts
- bunch of stuff I forgot
Anyway, it be some excitin' times for LiveJournal.... :-) |
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