Recent Steemit UI Changes
Many of you have probably noticed some new changes to the Steemit UI! It looks like a new release was deployed today :)
Here are some of the highlights:
Follower Count Fixed
The issue where follower counts were being incorrectly reported should now be fixed.
Witness Proxy Voting
If you would rather delegate your witness voting power to someone else, you can now do it through the Steemit witness page.
Muted Users Shown On Settings Page
If you have muted someone, they will now show up on your settings page. This makes it easy to keep track of who you have muted.
Auto-Populate Usernames
When a dialog box pops up, it will pre-populate the username box with the appropriate username. The usernames also now have an @ in front of them, to help the user know the correct format to use when typing them in.
Wallet Stripes
The wallet page now uses gray/white stripes, to make it easier to read.
SBD Conversions Shown in Wallet
SBD conversions that are in progress are now shown in the wallet, and counted towards your wallet total!
Here are the full release notes from GitHub:
- ability to set witness proxy voter #797
- add muted user list on Settings page #834
- add zebra stripes to wallet page #818
- allow votes dropdown to expand past post modal #836
- always show comment collapser #835
- fix phone verification issue #839
- clarify power down error message #838
- disable follow buttons while pending #832
- translation of markets #604
- mixpanel - track more events #828
- add contributors.md #825
- support for secure server sessions #823
- fix post footer promo text #822
- translation of blocktrades deposit #821
- display pending conversions & add them to account value #804
- fix follow counts #802
- fix unknown account flashing #801
- login/transfer updates, autofill username #798
- prevent post footer wrapping #781
Remember to vote for witnesses:
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
If you aren't sure who to vote for, check out this Witness Voting Guide!
Thanks Tim.
Is there any talk about why five tags cause issues?
Yes, there is a lot of discussion/activity around it. It is a glitch in the Steem blockchain code though, so unfortunately it is probably not going to be fixed until the next hardfork.
You can track the progress here:
https://github.com/steemit/steem/issues/673
That bug can be fixed without requiring another hardfork. To track progress for that bug, see this pull request. Of course, even after the pull request is merged into develop, Steemit would still need to upgrade their servers to the latest code for the bug to be resolved on steemit.com. But none of that requires a hardfork of the blockchain.
Ah, cool. I didn't realize that after the pull request was accepted that it could be deployed to some nodes without having to get rolled out to the rest of the network in order to work. Thanks for the info!
Tags do not affect the consensus of the network (that is, the rules that dictate account balances).
Thanks - appreciate the clarification! :)
Cool (well, not the "until the next hardfork" part). Thanks!
arhag replied - looks like a hardfork isn't required :)
I am happy the follower counts were fixed. I also noticed the view counter is back to normal as well.
So MANY great updates! That's awesome!
Nobody's mentioning my favourite. Your lists of followers and followees are now alphabetical.
Oh, wow! I didn't notice that one :)
Very cool, I noticed it but did not make anything of it. It makes it much easier to manage.
Thanks for this Tim. Lots of good information!
VERY, very nice. Much appreciated,
THANK YOU to all who worked on this! :)
think I'll make you my witness delegate @timcliff
Wow, cool :) With great power comes great responsibility!
You can see who you would be voting for here:
https://steemd.com/@timcliff
(scroll down, on the left hand side)
Thanks. Just noticed following counts are working:)
Hi @timcliff, I just stopped back to let you know your post was one of my favourite reads today/yesterday and I included it in my Steemit Ramble. You can read what I wrote about your post here.
Thanks @shadowspub!
Thank you very much Mr. @timcliff for disseminating this valuable information.
Welcome :)