Photo album sharing comes to WeBot

We pushed out a new flex(flash), xml, back end, new bot and new website last night -- yes it was a helluva long night, bubba. but it's all here for you this morning,sparkling new and full of goodness.

First a run down of what we pushed.

new features and enhancements list/description, 12.5.07

• photo sharing!
• password reset!
• iTunes auto and manual configuration
• music player page enhancements

1. "play next"
2. add playlist to queue
3. view playlist in search returns panel
4. now playing queue
5. add search returns to queue
6. now playing song scroll in progress bar
7. loading/stopped messaging in progress bar

• search enhancements (music page)

1. designation in facet top bar = search term
2. clear search term in facet top bar
3. select artist doesn't clear artist facet
4. search history back button!!

• configuration page layout

1. buttons grayed out unless applicable
2. manual iTunes config only allows for selecting .xml file and prompts user to this action

Major bug fixes:

• user logged out for inactivity with no messaging
• photo albums showing up in music playlists - iPhone
• search speed performance
• config tunnel servers bugs

This is the first layer in the foundation for our sharing meme and social interaction meme. Expect immediate updates and and a fleshing out/buffing period as we strive to make the sharing experience seamless and flawless for y'all. be sure to come by our forums and drop a comment on us to let us know what we did right, what we did wrong and what we inadvertently completely ignored. We're happy to take all your comments and suggestions for the future.

WeBot on Download.com

Ayup, Download.com put us up on their site today. And our servers are feeling the crush. It's a nice crush. ;-) At the moment it's only the Windows version of WeBot that you can snag (for free, of course) with a quick click and 14.3 mb of hd space. But reliable sources tell me you can expect to see the Mac and Linux links put up on Download.com straight away. Please drop by and give us a positive comment and a nice rating, if you'd be so kind. Tell you friends cause within the next few weeks you'll get your Happy Hannukwanzamas present -- sharing content between friends on WeBot. Keep your eyes on this spot and I'll keep you up to the minute informed of the upcoming fun.

ciao,

BT

More new changes pushed out live last night

We've been working like crazed weasels this week and managed to knock out a bunch more GUI updates and general app polishing today. Enjoy.

9.22 changes pushed out to you.


Seth's mcc changes

* "Playists" instead of collections -- more bettah, eh?

* Moved playlists to left nave, parallel to main song search
returns -- this makes a heckuva lot more sense and figuring out that dropping and dragging creates a playlist is now easy as pie. I like pie

* Moved ad to right nav -- which also puts the current song info right underneath the player controls. a no brainer.

* Added randomizing and alphabetizing to lists -- main and
playlists -- you have the right to be as random as you like.

* Moved stop button on player control to be after play/pause -- another no brainer.


* Search for photos by partial word -- not all of us got an A in spelling bee class. this should make it easier for everyone to find stuff

* Drop down choice of number of songs to display on the main page
after a search. 100/250/500 -- a bunch of ya's asked for this feature and who were we to say no.


Enjoy, boyos. Plenty more coming next week. We'll rest up for a few hours and get back to it.

enhancemnts and polishing

Some major bugs have been fixed over the last week and some major (imm) and minor enhancements and tweaks have hit the ground running.

things we're working on:

• CPU usage and general resource stability. We're actively working to make WeBot's footprint on your computer's available resources lighter and more transparent. Great strides have bee made in the last few days and the latest builds are far superior to those from the olden times (like last week).
• search code has seen a ton of re-write and it's plenty faster, more accurate and efficient than ever. Partial word searching is now active so if I can't remember if it's Metheny, Methany, Metheney or Methaney when I want to listen to my favorite modern jazz gtr player, no worries. I just type in "meth" and get a slew of returns from Pat Metheny to 147 bpm techno. har.
• collections and how they are created and edited have been revamped making organizing, editing and using playlists a whole heckalot easier.

In progress and design are a major buffing and polishing of the photo viewing pages, more clarity in the accessing your stuff from your iPhone, easier upgrade process and a general more manageable guided flow down the path from first visit to streaming music and viewing your photo collections in living color.

Thanks a million to all the kind early testers and users and friends who've generously given of their time to play with this first incarnation of WeBot and pontificate on how to make it mo better. we appreciate and listen to every syllable.

We cant do it without you. Please keep those cards and letters coming.

general feedback

Hey waddya think? This thread is your direct pipe to the WeBot product department. we're here and want to listen to what you've got to say about what we've built, what you think we shouldn't have built, and what you think we should build next.

We're not kidding, Sport. We'll be rolling out new features and enhancements as quickly as we can and we value real world input to avoid "built by engineers strictly for engineers" syndrome.

So pipe up let us know what you think. Come up with an idea for a new feature or fixing a major feature that we bloggered and maybe we'll send you a coolio hat or some other bit of priceless schwag.

thanks,

BT