From: Evan Prodromou Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:00:26 +0000 (-0500) Subject: update the README X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fae7c08f2db136f14d8e2d51e834c680a610cd3d;p=quix0rs-gnu-social.git update the README --- diff --git a/README b/README index a0758e5ee0..c307dac32e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ README ------ -Laconica 0.6.4 ("Catapult") -11 December 2008 +Laconica 0.7.0 ("Rockville") +27 January 2009 This is the README file for Laconica, the Open Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ microblogging platform. It helps people in a community, company or group to exchange short (140 character) messages over the Web. Users can choose which people to "follow" and receive only their friends' or colleagues' status messages. It provides a similar service to sites -like Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce and Plurk. +like Twitter, Jaiku and Plurk. With a little work, status messages can be sent to mobile phones, instant messenger programs (GTalk/Jabber), and specially-designed @@ -71,56 +71,35 @@ for additional terms. New this version ================ -This is a minor feature and security improvement version from version -0.6.3 (release 24 Nov 2008). Notable features of version 0.6.4 include: - -- "private" installs won't show any data to the outside world; redirect - non-logged-in users to login. (See "Private" below) -- Ability to "block" a subscriber, which forces them to unsubscribe, - doesn't allow them to subscribe again, and doesn't allow them to send - @-replies -- Fine-grained control of subscriptions; users can choose not to receive - notices from other users over SMS, or IM, or both -- support for Mozilla microsummaries - (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Microsummaries) -- more efficient support for blacklisting users from the public page -- instructions on the public page for people who aren't logged in -- better registration instructions -- a check for license compatibility in receiving OMB notices -- HTML output in RSS 1.0, 2.0, and Atom feeds -- tuned and more reliable 'rememberme' cookies for username/password - and OpenID logins -- a utility for setting user passwords -- a "ban" configuration variable to ban certain users from posting - notices -- an configurable posting throttle to keep any one user from flooding - the site with messages. -- fine-tuned url-shortening: only shorten if it's needed, only expand - certain URLs, and handle failure of URL-shortening services reliably -- disable Ajax input for notices, subscribe, nudge, while the - request is processing -- early implementation of support for Last-Modified and ETag-based - caching -- initial microformats support -- redirect on bad nicknames in URLs -- correctly send emails in recipient's, not sender's, language -- correct email content type -- Change "Most Favorited" page to "Popular" -- properly support the "since" parameter in API calls -- Fix for changes in validate_credentials API call for the Twitter - bridge -- Fix for fatal error when sending email confirmation on registration -- Better replies for commands sent through the Ajax channel -- Add a User-Agent string for OMB requests -- Upgrade upstream library XMPPHP -- Upgrade upstream library JQuery Forms -- Code cleanup: checkboxes have proper