BoonEx Roadmap Updated
...and we have a date for you. We can't set a date for final release, or even release candidate, since testing/bugfixing time is difficult to estimate. What we can do, and what we do do, however, is set a date for the feature-final Beta version of Dolphin 7.
20th of June 2009
...is the projected date of Dolphin 7b release. The beta will be feature final, which means no new features, no major tweaks after that - just bug-fixing, performance improvements, testing and polishing. We hope to come up with real-deal final release in about 3-4 weeks after beta, but don't take my word for it.
Updated Roadmap
You can now browse the planned features and can track progress at BoonEx Trac at Dolphin Roadmap. Take a good look at the Dolphin 7 tickets list and let us know if we missed something important. We'll be gathering bug reports after Beta stage. For now - it's all features and tweaks.
Note that we have added Dolphin 6.1.5 and Dolphin 7.1 sections too. 6.1.5 is the much requested update for the current version, which should be released shortly after Hookie. The 7.1 section now serves as a placeholder for features we wanted to include but decided to postpone in order to release Hookie sooner.
We need to finalize the list for Hookie this week. Please, leave your comments with what you think should definitely be in 7.0. We all want it to be released soon, right?
Dolphin 7.1 is also planned to be released in a comparatively short period after 7.0 mostly as a pack of updates for separate modules.
So, we have a date now and the big rush is now officially under way. Buckle-up.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
Thanks for this update.
No indications yet about price settings ?
It is possible to integrate the "experts" accounts on Expertzzz with the ones on Unity. There was a debate going on why the downloads/jobs section here is dormant as compared to the one on Experts. The reason for that is that experts have to start from points "0" and have to start building up their reputation from scratch. Pls give this idea due consideration of integration see more
I think the homepage should be more unique to the individual rather than a world wide thing?
had a quick look in the trac and can't see it there, good work boonex on progress....you are all stars :-)
- IMHO Shared Music still has sense -
What about the removal of the Avatars ???
Dolphin Mobile Version is now planed for D 7.1. This is a quite urgent feature as more and more users are browsing the web with mobile phones...
We're still working on photo albums and avatars. We won't be killing avatars, but some improvements are on the way.
Send : Click Befriend > befriend button deactivates > "invitation sent" status instead of "member already on your friend list" if the other user did not yet accepted/refused > the other user accepts/refuses invitation > befriend button re-activates only if user refused..
Receive: If you visit the profile who sent you a invitation a button with accept invitation and reject should be visible on that profile page..
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Annabel see more
Me too insist for a whole content email addresses/URLs/bad words filter !
Send : Click Befriend > befriend button deactivates > "invitation sent" status instead of "member already on your friend list" if the other user did not yet accepted/refused > the other user accepts/refuses invitation > befriend button re-activates only if user refused..
Receive: If you visit the profile who sent you a invitation a button with accept invitation and reject should be visible on that profile page..
Yeah :-) see more
Rather than to base this module Files on media sharing, it will be more adequate to base this new feature on Photo Album (with privacy settings)...
Related to the Profile, Files will be very useful, for example, to upload a printable (.doc, .pdf...) resume (curriculum vitae) that cannot be shared.
If the user choose Top or Bottom position for this Floating menu, the template has to open a landing area (no hidden site content).
If the user choose Fixed option, this Floating menu will display over the site content.
we don't need something that we don't want.
am i right MichelSwiss?
As far as I can see, Dolphin 7 will be more modular and will even allow to install/uninstall features...
Thanks for moving and adding ticket #574 i.e Youtube embeds / Flickr embeds into 7.0b from 7.1, I really really would like to see the feature in 7.0 :)
On February 26, 2009 you said “- Private Preview (limited)… - Public Preview - 7-10 days after the Limited Preview…- Alpha - 7-10 days after the Public Preview….- Beta - 5-7 days after Alpha….All in all we're looking at about 5-6 weeks…”
On March 20th you said “And in about 2 weeks I hope we'll get the source code out for download.”
Now on April 13, 2009 you say “20th see more
I am as impatient like you but I prefer BoonEx to take the needed time to make each feature as perfect as possible.
And the main part of the delay is due to the fact that BoonEx really is listening to us and trying to satisfy every of us.
If you have some experience, you know that every projects, not only programming, need much more time than expected.
Speaking of facts, in June will be 8 months since the promise was made for a new release...that's like a year and a half in 'Internet Time'. Everyone wants this software to be like facebook or like Twitter both of which are just fads...the see more
Video Profiles:
You'll have that in D7. You have it in D6, Members can record all the profile videos they want.
Video E-Mail:
I might buy into that. Perhaps in D 7.1 Member to member videos, should be reasonably see more
Kill shared photos.
Kill shared Videos.
These two things involve basic core functionality. They are an inevitable change, and should be implemented in 7.0
To upgrade 6.1.4 site to 7.0, just create an upgrage script that organizes all existing shared media into a file structure and organize the media according to owner. Then, when a 6.1.4 site is upgraded to 7.0, members will find all of the videos and photos see more
I think that quite all Dolphin users are with us for Photo/Video Albums and Privacy settings, houstonlively :-)
Maybe you already seen that it will be a new feature: Shared Files !!!
As for me I'd like this Files feature to be done as Photo Albums, not as Shared media... What do you think ?
If the file module is Boonex's way of handling existing shared media, I can't think of a worse solution. I've said on multipl occassions, that the way to handle existing shared media, would be to run an upgrade script, that reorganizes all the shared files and gives them back to the user that owns them. All ownership info is in the database and can be used to create a directory structure to organize see more
I asked for ascending/descending sort possibility alphabetically and on age in members search result and I can't find it in the roadmap. This feature was available before v6 but it was deprecated. I really would like to see it back.
I also suggested a possibility to send group email to all participants of an event (f.e. when something changes), but this is not mentioned in the roadmap.
Private photos request see more
Timezone is maybe still missing... Could you please give more explanations about that you are expecting ?
Admin should be able to adjust timezone on where the script is running, not being installed.
So why has Twitter become so poular then? Is it based on profile custom? No it's based on status updates, thats the next big thing. Infact we are to late, that is classed as basic now.
Yes i agree with you maximum profile cutom is well worth adding, thats old hatt now. Dolphin needs the next best thing from someone who can come up with new ideas
Just a suggestion !!!!
When I would like to add an event, the first thing I go searching for is the event menu in the top bar. I think that is rather obvious.
As it is now, it's really confusing
Private folders, everything inside, locked if user wants that, and he can grant access to public only if flagged public.. if the photo/video/audio file is flagged as private then allow access only to a selected group of users or individual users selected one by one.. simple and most of all secure..
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How privacy settings should be:
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Types of groups: Registered users, Friends, Custom Group with users chosen by the member.
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Advanced privacy settings see more
Depending on what type of site we build, admin needs complete control as well. There are dating sites, community sites, dating/community sites, etc...
If I (as admin) want to make a photo folder public...and another folder set as private for each one of my members...I should be able to do that. I should (as Admin) also have see more
I wish add moneybookers payments in pays processor
regards
I know it's always possible to "simply" edit the code, but what I would like to see in Dolphin 7 is to be able to do all this through the admin panel. For example to be able to manage the content boxes on EVERY single page, not only a few of them like with see more
Basically what I would like to see is to be able to add some Facebook Apps on the main profile page + on a tab named "boxes" or "apps", just like on Facebook.
That way the Dolphin communities would look much more attractive to prospective members because of the ease of profile customization through the millions of Facebook Apps available.
It would also see more
Still don't know if the upgrade patches will be 6.1.4 -> 7.0 or 6.1.4 -> 6.1.5 -> 7.0
But next time, publishing the version updating news when your job is 95% done. So I don't need to waiting from couple of weeks becoming six months long, long way to go and stopping site building.
Make sure the new version D7 will be:
1.Integrated photo album to just one or two photo album with multiple options, such as public or private. Profile photo, shared photo album and so on confused the user;
2. Having at least basic tools for photo album, such auto play, next, previous and see more
I hope not but it is easy to become a cynic if you have believed the see more
every month have some news..but the news now is the projected date of Dolphin 7b on 20th of June 2009..
maybe after that will say final version will be 20th Sep 2009..
I am sure there will be an upgrade once everything is setup and completed..
We need an easy lang translation system.
Zoom for Photo's-evrybody ask me this.
CALTRADE have reason to ask for social community-business oriented-need more information in profil's.
The security-all aspects "gest book in 6.14".
All, we need to be unique-templates,some script or tools - or 2-3 more, for easy chages home page-no need to be a web-designer.
My opinion: I dont like facebook,sorry.
Dolphin must keep identity-We too.
Thank you for Great job see more
I would like to have a choose in admin planel to open the videolinks as PopUp or in a new window...´cause in germany you would have some problems with licences with http://www.gema.de/en/ ....
To open as PopUp is the only way to use videos (like youtube) without paying € 0,1278 per videoclip (per 5min)
Video emails: That would be awesome! When an user records the video email and sends to an email address. The receiver see a special link to click over to website with the video email playing on a web page.
Youtube-like feature: People have the option to record themselves and submit to the video gallery with admin option to limit number of allowed recorded videos. Include option to provide video comments.
Dating/Friends option: Admins set a prestandard option to open site for see more
I sent in the suggestion, but never got a reply on this!
At least they will bring us a reworked core that is has modularity and universal stability.
Well thanks unoboonex,I'll just crawl back into my corner, it's obvious you do NOT want to answer my only question.
As regards to the ads i would be happy if we can have two things:-
1. A repost feature. This is to repost ads after the time has expired. ( apparently you can edit but can't repost).
2. An option to charge for the ads which can be switched on and off at the admin panel. This would allow see more
Email sending to event creator when someone subscribes for the event.
Will this new feature allow members to send e-cards to people who are not yet members, to their e-mail address, and cards recipient having to subscribe to see that card ???
Such feature will be very useful :-)
Or will Cards just allow members to send an e-card to another member ?
In this case this will be just a quite useless toy...
Passed events should disappear from upcoming events list automatically (but should still be available to check in the calendar).
Participants of an event are not shown. Maybe you should consider an event to be private or public. In case of public event, everyone should be able to see who the participants are and see a clickable thumbnail to the profiles of the participants.
Will the site Admin have the possibility to only allow pictures upload and to disable external links to thumbnails + links to http://www.shrinktheweb.com ???
Rob
p.s. This may be an arcane see more
Nothing is finished in the alpha version. I saw somewhere that Victor asked his staff to add TinyMCE for Blogs, description and "everywhere" ;-)
I see nothing changing in the roadmap. Still 41 tickets open ...
I would appreciate someone of Boonex' team just answering with 'OK'.
We discussed your suggestions and comments. As you may see we are being torn between "please add..." and "please hurry!". Anyway. updated roadmap will be up today.
1.) Make it easy & loadable for slow dial up internet conections .(like social engine, php fox etc.)
2.) For publicity make a contact importer or friend inviter like openinviter. & provide a free api key.
3.) Make admin can controll all feauters. for reove unwanted plugins & install others. & please make language transilation easy..