Steemit.com Development Updates - GitHub Issue Report

Here is the latest the latest news about what the Steemit dev team is working on. The dev team has been busy since the last update! Several issues have gone away and are now live on the site :)

Since other users have written posts about the new features that have been added, I will exclude anything that is now done/live and keep focusing on features that are still in the works.

Reminder - these are changes are being considered as well as being worked on. There is no guarantee that all of these will actually be implemented and put up on to the site! It does give you a good idea of what they are up to though :)

The biggest effort right now seems to be on the "Medium-like Editor Integration". I suggest all readers check out that issue's update!

If you are wondering what is taking so long for things you were hoping would be live by now, I suggest you check out this post: Steemit Development Timeline - Why "Coming Soon" might not seem very soon.

Since a lot of the information is a carry-over from the previous post, I am using these tags to make it clear what has changed:

• [NEW] - This is a new issue that has been added to GitHub since the last report.
• [ADDED] - This is not a new issue in GitHub, but I have added it to the report.
• [UPDATE] - This issue has been updated since the last report.
• [NO CHANGE] - This is an issue that has had not changed since the last report.

Related Posts [UPDATE]

In GitHub Issue 66, they are planning to add a "Related Posts" feature, so that when you are viewing a post - the site will automatically recommend other posts that you might be interested in. The current design is to use the "hot" posts within the same category as the post being viewed.

[Update] The dev team linked the issue to their private Trello board, so it is getting some attention behind the scenes.

Notifications [UPDATE]

GitHub Issue 72 is where they are discussing the addition of Notifications. They have acknowledged that this is part of their road-map, although indicated that it will take some time to implement.

[Update] The dev team linked the issue to their private Trello board, so it is getting some attention behind the scenes. They have also given some public info about their design plans. Their first phase will have notifications built into the application, with red badges showing the number of updated items. In later phases, they plan to add browser popups, as well as email. Also there will be a settings section where user can setup the details level and frequency.

WeChat Signup [UPDATE]

WeChat signup would allow most Chinese users to create a Steemit.com account using their WeChat account. (This is similar to what they allow for Facebook/Reddit.) GitHub Issue 86 is where this is being discussed. The hold-up right now is to try and figure out if there is a good enforcement mechanism to prevent bot registration.

[Previous Update] There continues to be discussion on this issue/topic, although still nothing has been decided.

[Update] This request may no longer be needed now that Steemit has switched to SMS verification. I am checking to see if this issue should be closed out.

See All Tags [NO CHANGE]

Currently the tags lists only show the top tags. A lot of users would like to be able to see all tags. GitHub Issue 115 and GitHub Issue 116 is where this is being discussed, and it looks like they are planning to implement it.

User Profiles [UPDATE]

GitHub Issue 118 is where they are discussing the addition of user profiles (bio line, url, etc.). There have been a few updates to this within the past week, so maybe it is something they are planning to do soon :)

[Update] The dev team linked the issue to their private Trello board, so it is getting some attention behind the scenes.

Schedule Post Time [NO CHANGE]

GitHub Issue 147 is an enhancement request to allow users to schedule what time a post gets created. The dev team acknowledged the request about a month ago, but no updates have been made since. It seems like something they will eventually implement, but it is a lower priority feature.

Posting Rules Guide [NO CHANGE]

I am not 100% sure what GitHub Issue 153 will do, but it is going to add some type of help guide / dialog when people post, to help clarify the rules. The change has already been committed, so we should expect something related to this to show up soon!

Medium-like Editor Integration [UPDATE]

In GitHub Issue 185, the developers are talking about changes to the post editor. This would be a very useful change if they were able to make posting easier!

[Last Update] The dev team has started actually working on this! I don't know what to expect as far as the changes, or when they will actually be released - but it is exciting to see progress!!

[Update] The dev team has done a lot of work on this. It looks like they are planning to do a major overhaul of the posting editor interface. I am not 100% sure, but based on what I can see in the code it might include the ability to paste in HTML, the ability to save drafts, and an image upload feature!

Flag / Downvote Changes [UPDATE]

Changes to flagging/downvotes are being discussed in GitHub Issue 215. This issue is still in the discussion / design phase, so nothing is decided yet. The community and dev team are still trying to decide on the correct way to change things.

[Last Update] The discussion continues, but no huge progress.

[Update] The discussion has moved out of the Steemit.com thread and into a separate Steem issue, since this will likely require a hardfork. The dev team acknowledged this is part of their roadmap, although it sounded like it might not be implemented for a while.

Translation Support [UPDATE]

I glossed over this one last time because I couldn't understand what it was, but it looks like the dev team is spending a lot of time on this. GitHub Issue 233 will update the site to be able to present the UI in multiple languages, depending on the language setting of the browser accessing!

[Update] The dev team has continued to work on this.

Block Button [NO CHANGE]

GitHub Issue 239 is where they are discussing the implementation of 'block' functionality from the Steemit UI. I know this is an important feature for several users. One of the developers assigned this to himself about a week ago, so it looks like there is some progress on this!

Show posts that are paying 100% in SP [NO CHANGE]

This is being worked on in GitHub Issue 261, and it sounds like it will be something they will add soon!

Specify Language for Post [NO CHANGE]

GitHub Issue 300 is open for this. I don't see much progress on it, but I will continue to track it.

Avatars! [NO CHANGE]

GitHub Issue 322 is where avatars are being discussed. It sounds like they have a possible solution in mind, but it hasn't been confirmed if it works yet.

Verifications Page [NO CHANGE]

GitHub Issue 355 was opened to add a verifications page using this post from @mynameisbrian as an example. This issue was opened up by @ned himself, so I suspect it will be given high priority :)

[Last Update] The dev team and community are still discussing the best way to implement this.

Display Resteem Count [NO CHANGE]

It looks like this is going to be worked on in GitHub Issue 356.

Resteem Confirm and Undo [ADDED]

This is being discussed in GitHub Issue 374. I don't see much progress on it, but I will continue to track it.

Tip Button [UPDATE]

GitHub Issue 401 was opened to add a "tip" button to comments and posts. It looks like there is interest in this, so they might start working on it.

[Update] There has been discussion on how to best implement this.

Updated Follow Button Location [NO CHANGE]

GitHub Issue 402 was added to create a more visible follow button, with the same style as the promote button, making it easier to follow user's instead of having to click the drop down menu from their name. It looks like this has been assigned to a developer.

Welcome to Steemit Page [ADDED]

@bitcoiner and I are working on this. We are planning to add a new "Welcome to Steemit" page that users will see when they first create an account on the site, which will have a bunch of helpful information for new users. This is being tracked in GitHub Issue 404.

Make resteemed posts stand out in feed [NEW]

GitHub Issue 495 is a new issue opened by a user to differentiate more between authored and resteemed posts. Possible solutions include using a different background color and/or giving the user to turn off Resteemed posts. No action has been taken on the issue yet.

Update to Comment Depth [NEW]

GitHub Issue 497 looks like they are considering expanding the comment depth beyond 6. The main thing to figure out is how to make it look organized on the page if the comments keep nesting further and further.

Fix for Chinese Image Verification [NEW]

Many of the Chinese users are reporting that they cannot sign up using the new verification process, because the image verification uses Google, and Google is blocked for them. I opened GitHub Issue 515 for this.

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This concludes the list of relevant issues that I found to report on. There were quite a few other updates to things that I figure most users would not care about (or even understand), so I excluded those. There are also a lot of feature requests that don't seem to be getting any attention at the moment - so I left those out as well.

If you are interested, you can view all of the open issues here:
https://github.com/steemit/steemit.com/issues

You can also create an account on GitHub if you are interested in adding issues of your own, or commenting on the issues that are there.

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