Loomio 1.0 pre-release
Today is a pretty exciting day - we’re bringing on the first people to see an early version of Loomio 1.0! To access the new version, you need to be logged in on Loomio Beta, and then navigate to loomio.org/angular - go on, check it out!
(To get back to Loomio Beta, just refresh the page.)
This is early days, so there are lots of broken things, links that don’t work, missing images, weird ugly icons, etc... There is still plenty of work to do before we release this publicly, but we wanted to share our progress with our supporters to get some early feedback.
We expect to make big progress over the next three weeks, so we’ll be updating this thread when there is new functionality for you to check out.
For now, here’s some of the stuff that should work:
- Live updates - when someone votes or posts a new comment, it will show up on the thread immediately (no more reloading the page!)
- Infinite scroll - if you are reading a long discussion thread, comments will be loaded as you scroll down the page, rather than split out across multiple pages.
- New navigation - This new version includes the ‘inbox dropdown’ - click on the inbox icon on the top left and you’ll see a list of all the latest threads. At the bottom of the list there’s a link “Keep this menu open”. This pins the inbox to the side of the screen, so you can navigate from one thread to the next quickly.
- Mobile responsive - we’ve designed this new interface “mobile first”, meaning it should work great on a small screen.
And here’s what we’re working on in the very near future:
- Mute button: as discussed in this thread, the mute button will be an easy way to ignore particular threads, so you won’t be notified of activity you don’t care about.
- Starred threads: adding a ‘star’ to a thread is an easy way for you to mark it as important, and easily come back to it later.
- Inbox filters: you’ll be able to customise what gets loaded in your Inbox. e.g. so it only shows you starred threads, or just the threads you are participating in.
- Plus a general styling upgrade, and of course we’ll fixing up all the obviously broken things, missing images, links, etc.
Once those things are in place, we can get stuck into some really exciting features, like the activity feed (all your content on a wall), a plugin architecture (e.g. to support multiple decision types), and a super lightweight way of making decisions without having to form groups.
Stay tuned!
Wael Al-Saad
Tue 2 Dec 2014 2:31AM
Big hug to all the team .. you are making history and steps toward better future ..
Inga Jensen
Tue 2 Dec 2014 2:34AM
Sending a digital (insert your favorite accolade) across the photons and phosphors!
Deleted account
Tue 2 Dec 2014 2:46AM
Fantastic achievement. Well done the team.
Greg Cassel
Tue 2 Dec 2014 3:45AM
Thank you for helping to facilitate the genuine advancement of civilization.
Pierre-Yves
Tue 2 Dec 2014 8:00AM
yeah, great job !!!! :)
Rachel B. Wickert
Tue 2 Dec 2014 9:09AM
Félicitations!
Joe Mitchell
Tue 2 Dec 2014 9:20AM
Woohoo!
Joshua Vial
Tue 2 Dec 2014 9:57AM
nice work
Steve Phillips / @elimisteve
Tue 2 Dec 2014 1:36PM
I'm Steve Phillips and I approve this message.
Nico Aumar
Tue 2 Dec 2014 1:57PM
Thanks very much!
Mary Jo Kaplan
Tue 2 Dec 2014 3:08PM
Kudos to this whole circle of support for cheering on Loomio and making 1.0 awesome with your feedback.
Michael
Tue 2 Dec 2014 8:03PM
Well done!
Jess Ducey
Tue 2 Dec 2014 10:05PM
Beautiful work everyone! <3
Tekarihoken
Tue 2 Dec 2014 10:34PM
it works fine
Nandini Nair
Tue 2 Dec 2014 11:21PM
you peeps are rockstars
Clark Davison
Wed 3 Dec 2014 12:29AM
The platform continues to improve and member feedback and suggestions are pouring in.
Simon
Wed 3 Dec 2014 1:18AM
Super achievement. Love the passion and focus. Very well done
Boaz Chen
Wed 3 Dec 2014 6:39AM
thumbs up means a real thumbs up this time :)
Deleted account
Wed 3 Dec 2014 1:41PM
It works great!
Matt Lemmon
Wed 3 Dec 2014 5:57PM
Hey guys, looks awesome! Is the stand-alone install ready for testing?
Miles Thompson
Thu 4 Dec 2014 12:08AM
hell yeah
Joseph Cederwall
Thu 4 Dec 2014 12:27AM
Love your mahi!
Ramsey Margolis
Thu 4 Dec 2014 12:45AM
It's been an incredible journey so far, and it's far from over. Well done everyone!
gregory kramer
Thu 4 Dec 2014 2:15AM
Great job!
Josemi Sobron
Thu 4 Dec 2014 2:55AM
Congrats!
Jeremy Gilpin
Thu 4 Dec 2014 3:11AM
Great work! Really looking forward to seeing how this evolves. Well done indeed!
Malcolm Colman-Shearer
Thu 4 Dec 2014 4:21AM
Yee har!
Steve Coffman
Thu 4 Dec 2014 5:38AM
+++
Miguel Prados Rodriguez
Thu 4 Dec 2014 6:45AM
Enhorabuena !
Steven Palmer
Thu 4 Dec 2014 8:55AM
Congratulations!
Neofytos Kolokotronis
Thu 4 Dec 2014 10:31AM
Can't wait!
Christine Yancy
Thu 4 Dec 2014 3:24PM
Nice work!
Raphaël Jadot
Thu 4 Dec 2014 6:09PM
Loomio is such a great tool!
Tyler Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:14AM
Looks nice and clean
Tyler Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:15AM
can't click on avatars :(
Alanna Irving Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:18AM
Thanks for the encouragement everyone! The team has been working really hard to get this out.
Just so everyone knows, this is only a first iteration and we'll obviously be making a bunch of improvements as we can. If you do have feedback, it's welcome here as comments, but keep in mind it might take time to get to it all.
Phill Coxon Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:24AM
Looking amazing! Yay!
Phill Coxon Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:24AM
Suggestion: tool tips over the menu icons.
Robert Guthrie Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:28AM
Thanks @phillcoxon. We're going to be doing tooltips, animations and walkthroughs/welcome experience as a final pass when all the features are in place.
Kirsten Jensen Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:25AM
Well done! great work - keep at it
Greg Cassel Tue 2 Dec 2014 8:46PM
It'd be really dramatic if a bunch of oligarchic bigwigs came in here and voted 'Block' before the poll closes.
Gray Tue 2 Dec 2014 9:12PM
Oh! Pick Me! Pick Me ! I wanna be a Oligarchical Bigwig. I ain't never been one of thems befores. Sounds like fun !!
Greg Cassel Tue 2 Dec 2014 9:16PM
I'm sorry but I'm guessing that you can't afford it! ;)
Boaz Chen Wed 3 Dec 2014 7:09AM
Wasn't the 1.0 supposed to allow several open proposals? or am I missing something?
Richard D. Bartlett Wed 3 Dec 2014 7:16AM
Boaz that will be coming in plugin format, most likely. Plugins are really close now because the new interface is built on top of a nice api which we can expose soon.
Robert Guthrie Wed 3 Dec 2014 7:43PM
@mattlemmon the documentation is there on our wiki we're just going to merge the branch today that cleans up the marketing stuff and uses your own hostname in the branding.
Clark Davison Thu 4 Dec 2014 7:19PM
I tried to @ somebody today using the mobile interface while I was away from the computer. The feature was unusable unfortunately for 3 reasons:
The auto-fill list of names of people in the discussion was pushed over to the right hand side of the screen with a single letter per line causing the whole list to disappear off the bottom of the screen.
I tried turning the phone sideways (auto-rotate turned on) which made entry slightly easier but encountered the same problem with the list fractured and mostly hidden behind the keyboard. The highlighted entry still obscures the text as well so I can't see which name is "selected".
The name I ended up selecting in the end did look right but had a space in it unlike any of the other @ links I have used previously. When I checked after posting the @ name was not a "clickable link"
I hope I have explained these issues clearly if you require any further details or I can shed any more light on this discovery please let me know.
Philippe Ponge Fri 12 Dec 2014 12:11PM
I missed this important decision ! So after all, I also want to congratulate the Loomio team :-)
Friendly.
Matt Lemmon Fri 12 Dec 2014 7:37PM
@robertguthrie Thanks. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes.
Richard D. Bartlett · Tue 2 Dec 2014 12:10AM
Ben you are cool <3