Did a minor push today to fix some bugs. Not a lot of new feature functionality in this release because the major things we’re working on are either not done yet or only exist behind the scenes. Here are the details:
- Fixed a couple bugs having to do with storage of UTF-8 text (as of last week it was possible to store UTF-8 documents; that feature is now 100% functional)
- Added a document creation scriptlet and added a tools page that explains how to use it. If you use the scriptlet, you can create a document on Approver.com with a single click if you’re logged in.
- Provided the ability to remove a document from your My Documents queue once you’ve viewed and/or approved it.
- Added polish to the list of reviewers/approvers that appears in My Documents.
- Added polish to the list of uploaded files in My Documents (specifically, added colored icons for uploaded files).
- Fixed an bogus error message that was occurring when you deleted a document.
- Removed “Add to My Yahoo” as a syndication option because it wasn’t working. If anyone is really passionate about getting My Yahoo integration working, post a comment here or leave feedback and we’ll try to find time to work on it, but it’ll likely be deprioritized for this milestone since there are other readers that we know our RSS works with such as NetNewsWire and NetVibes (i.e., it seems likely like this bug is My Yahoo’s fault).
- Improvements to internal usage reporting and error tracking to help us see how people are actually using the system.
We are looking into using TypeKey as an alternate authentication mechanism for Approver.com in hopes of making Approver.com more compelling for the corporate blogging use case. The rationale for doing this would be to make it easier for those who were already using Typepad to use Approver for the collaboration/workflow part. If this use case applies to you, we’d love to get your feedback on how it should work and whether it would be meaningful to you.
