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Per-watch & per-account notification filtering. User renames. PM/shout control. Pool/multi-file preload.

In testing now. No mockups. Are you ready?

P.S. We snuck in PNG icons and conformant drop-shadows. See the full release notes!

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Published: 8 years, 4 months ago
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ManaAraxis
8 years, 4 months ago
These look like very useful functions, thanks. =3
Lazyfableoldaccount
8 years, 4 months ago
Looks really nice~
nobodyisathome
8 years, 4 months ago
heck yes, bring it on!
Tweaker
8 years, 4 months ago
You guys always know exactly how to tickle my frenulum.
Bahlam
8 years, 4 months ago
Falls over laughing. 😹
PawtasticYosh
8 years, 4 months ago
Haha well said XD
JeffyCottonbun
8 years, 4 months ago
Ohhh, I can't wait for the new update <3
Hmm, here's actually a question/suggestion: If someone changes their username, and others have credited them in a submission description / journal or anywhere else, the following code "@ username" won't link to their new account name. Is it possible to somehow implement the option to link to someone's page using their account ID, so even if they change their username, the link would still be active and display the new username?
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
Yep. We're doing that. In fact, we're doing it for all the people who we've renamed manually in the past, where we have the relevant records. You'll show up in search, and it'll redirect your old URL, too.

Technically we'll transparently convert all names to/from IDs. It'll work as normal from your perspective.
JeffyCottonbun
8 years, 4 months ago
<3 !
Lamia
8 years, 4 months ago
so in a sense those iconname codes are just converted to ID numbers once they're actually posted?
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
Yes. Converting existing mentions will be one of the more time-consuming update activities!
sedkitty
8 years, 4 months ago
That's one of the things I really like about IB.  You're willing to do things like this.  You could've easily skipped existing ones, and I'm sure few would've complained, but you're actually going above and beyond the call of duty.  Thanks for all the hard work!

Bellyrubs for all. :3
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
For that feature,
Salmy
Salmy
deserves the rubs, with a scritch or two for @starling! You could probably handle it with both paws. :-)
sedkitty
8 years, 4 months ago
*reels both in veeery gently by their tails and fuzzles both*  Yay. :3
Khzhak
8 years, 4 months ago
I'm gonna one-up just that.

The dragon goes to those responsible, one at a time, and pulls a clone of them unnoticed from their main body, so they can keep working, uninterrupted, and gives them each a big soft bear hug, asks if there is a preferred way to show gratitude, and grabs one of his followers if that is preferred to lavish said gratitude on them.  Once they are finished, he puts them back into their main body, so they have the memory of having all the love and thanks, but were not interrupted from their difficult work, yet they now feel refreshed enough to continue, because dragons, and magic.
I know, it isn't real, it's just fantasy, but I typed a whole paragraph of basically "Thank you so much, we love you more than you know!"  Also, I know you can see this.  I just didn't want it to be intrusive.
^_^
Tinnitus
8 years, 4 months ago
You guys are killin' me here. That's such an amazing, common-sense feature!
Liquidhalo231
8 years, 4 months ago
I second this greatly! Would be such a useful timesaver.
mobkiller
8 years, 4 months ago
Things like this actually make me happy to be active here. A Furry site that actually improves~<3
Alfador
8 years, 4 months ago
Woohoo!
Telain
8 years, 4 months ago
Heck yea, this update looks great!
DracoPotens
8 years, 4 months ago
I'm ready!
Lamia
8 years, 4 months ago
spiffy features~
ShadowedEmber
8 years, 4 months ago
This looks great!
ZekLullaby
8 years, 4 months ago
Looking forward to this^
I like how noticeable is your work compared to "other sites" xD
JinxMcKenzie
8 years, 4 months ago
*__*
Hornybunny
8 years, 4 months ago
My butt is ready. bring it on.
baseballdude4578
8 years, 4 months ago
Hehe, so much awesome in a single update~ <3
rautamiekka
8 years, 4 months ago
If you knew what I had dreamed of before this, you wouldn't ask me ! This !
QueenKami
8 years, 4 months ago
My body is ready. -steps up on Wii Balance board-

But nah, these look pretty snazzy. :D
NaydrxSpade
8 years, 4 months ago
So, is this update going to be available to all users, or is it just for those who donated, or for registered users (meaning they have a monthly subscription to the site)?
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
The new features will be available to all. Inkbunny donors receive nothing but a sponsor icon… and the satisfaction of knowing that they've helped make the site a little better for everyone – even those who can't chip in financially right now. On Inkbunny, we're all CORE members. :-)
NaydrxSpade
8 years, 4 months ago
Well, that's awesome news indeed ^..^
Khzhak
8 years, 4 months ago
it also saves on file space to not specify core accounts vs. non core.  also, keeping donations optional instead of mandatory generates so much more good will than the extra money would.  and that extra good will gets some to donate, more willingly, and some others to donate more, willingly.
NaydrxSpade
8 years, 4 months ago
That's a good marketing plan ^..^
Floofy
8 years, 4 months ago
Tinnitus
8 years, 4 months ago
So ready. Filtering through streams/journal updates is really helpful! Especially on a user-per-user basis.
RileyShepherd
8 years, 4 months ago
This is why IB, is way better than FA, you guys have way better admins, security, features, and community over all :)
I have one question, if a user is unactive for a long time will you guys disable their account?
Salmy
8 years, 4 months ago
Nope, we never did that! However, if an account has had no activity and the name is generic, and somebody else want it, we might try to contact the old owner and ask them about it.
RileyShepherd
8 years, 4 months ago
Keep up the great work guys ^^ I love this site! :)
KuniMiller
8 years, 4 months ago
Name change and name change notifications have been some of my highly wanted features and i'm really excited for this update
Now if we could just get notifications for if some you watch deletes their account or if a submission you favorited gets deleted
Then my life would be complete
Still awesome job
Salmy
8 years, 4 months ago
Those could be considered! although if somebody deletes their submission, then it's not there anymore for you to save it locally! It'd be better if you had the habit of saving things you fave at the same time you do it, it's what I do! ;)
KuniMiller
8 years, 4 months ago
that is true, i use that inkbunny addon for firefox and have it set to download on view
it has saved me a few times over the last year (7 people deleted their accounts without any warning :( )
Mousington
8 years, 4 months ago
change user name?????
oh hell yeah! im so sick of ygt76
EcchiNemi
8 years, 4 months ago
Can't wait for it ^^
Looks really nice :)
AvaBun
8 years, 4 months ago
Oooh~! this'll be lovely <3
FrancisJCat
8 years, 4 months ago
Fixed the UI layout for mobiles? mmnhn MMMMNGNGNGG??! :3
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
Nevar! Well . . . we made the footer a little shorter, and simplified the login page.
Also, I personally removed a duplicate <style> block from 44 separate files, so there's that.

Basically, UI layout was not the main focus for this release, sorry. :-)
starling
8 years, 4 months ago
We also moved the Logout button into the Account menu, because some mobile users complained it was too easy to accidentally hit Logout instead of new Notices/Submissions.
Athari
8 years, 4 months ago
Displaying old user names should be MANDATORY and FOREVER. It's very important information, it shouldn't be just hidden. Users should think about renaming, not change their names randomly every day (or month, whatever the limit is). It also opens the possibility for name squatting.
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
We had a few chats about that internally. The default is forever, but there's a tension in this case between what individual members may want, and what others may want - including non-watchers, or even non-members.

Often the reason people move on from a name is that they either no longer use it elsewhere and wish to get IB up to date; or worse, they feel it is holding them back. Let's face it, there are a lot of embarrassing choices out there.

In the end, we decided that, like shouts and comments and contact details, the display of past names on your user profile page is an individual service which a member may choose to restrict or decline.

This is separate from "losing the artist" in other respects. Past mentions will be converted. Old URLs will redirect. Indeed, we explicitly tell people that if they are looking to make a new start, they want to create a new account instead. Which they could always do, and have done.

As it is, we've been quietly changing usernames for years now on request, with no public announcement unless they choose to make one. This hasn't really been an issue.

Name-squatting is a valid concern, but a) as today, if it happens and you have a reasonable claim to a name, you can file a support ticket, and b) we can always at a later date say "you can only have X names" or "old names only last for Y" if it becomes a significant problem.
Athari
8 years, 4 months ago
Is there a limit on frequency of name changes?

Does member search consider old names?
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
Yes, currently once a month. We'll see how it goes. And yes, it considers old names just as it does contact details.
Gennie
8 years, 4 months ago
You guys actually got it done before furaffinity. That wasn't difficult.
Xial
8 years, 4 months ago
My <body> is e.
Aydun
8 years, 4 months ago
Cool :) Out of curiosity, are there plans to upgrade the site to somewhat more modern web design practices?
Even small things like border-radius instead of round images for corners. Maybe slightly higher-res buttons.
I mean, I find the layout very nice and easy to use! But on a 4k monitor with UI-scaling, some things could look a bit clearer.
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
We've had an issue in the tracker to consider replacing the box-shadows since last year. I guess now that IE8 is losing support (and it and Opera Mini combined are at most 0.2% of our hits), it might be a good time to make it happen. Edit: OK, done!

More generally: we still use tables, center tags, inset <style>, etc., and while these may not be "good practices", changing them incurs an opportunity cost - we could spend that time doing something else. So, we will generally do it where it provides a clear benefit, or where we can do so while we are doing something else. Small evolutionary changes are more likely than big changes because as seen on other sites they have a way of taking a long time and perhaps not being finished, or confusing users.
Charliemon
8 years, 4 months ago
fml yes i cant wait to turn of streams thanks you xxxx
AndyBunneh
8 years, 4 months ago
*imagines you as a beaver*

*giggles* ^^
Charliemon
8 years, 4 months ago
lol
benthelittlesquirrel
8 years, 4 months ago
this is a update ha sir?
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
It is an update to the Inkbunny website, which is being prepared for release.
benthelittlesquirrel
8 years, 4 months ago
i hope your right about i don't know how long it takes
EsmeBelles
8 years, 4 months ago
FINALLY! I need to rename my account sooooooo bad D:
CeilYurei
8 years, 4 months ago
YAY! i can correct my spelling mistake!
ScubaCat
8 years, 4 months ago
Inkbunny is the vatican compared to FurAffinity :D and nice you can turn off journal and steam notifications, saves me the trouble of complaining to those who post about 21 journals a week :D
KNIFE
8 years, 4 months ago
Why are you guys so Awesome?
This is why. :D
Kittzy
8 years, 4 months ago
The site it about to go from a perfect 10 to a ultra-perfect 11.
leinad56
8 years, 4 months ago
Bite that facebook... ok no, anyway, keep with the cool
CharlesDragon
8 years, 4 months ago
coool
ScottySkunk
8 years, 4 months ago
oh hey... my stream suggestion was accepted
hdmi
8 years, 4 months ago
Any hope for a mobile version, maybe?
LexiTheShunamir
8 years, 4 months ago
By the way starling or who ever will see this first, I have certain keywords blocked and I checked the " don't show blocked at all" option but it still shows the submissions in my new submissions list with the blank thumbnail instead of not at all.
starling
8 years, 4 months ago
Are they old submissions that may have been added to your New Submissions list before you started blocking that word? Old submissions in your list will stay (until you clear them out) but will show the blocked icon. Hiding totally will only work when you're browsing people's galleries or userpages.
LexiTheShunamir
8 years, 4 months ago
No I clear mine more than once a day, its new submissions that are still showing up there, in fact it happened just yesterday with a snuff related submission. And I did not want to know it even existed.
starling
8 years, 4 months ago
Be sure to file a Support Ticket and someone can look into it!
LexiTheShunamir
8 years, 4 months ago
Oh also I think inkbunny needs a offline, online tracker thing that would have a way for a user to know if the person they are PM-Ing or shouting is online to see said message. Could just be a little red or green dot by the username. Oh and a back to top of page button.
TrebleSketch
8 years, 4 months ago
Hurray!
Peony
8 years, 4 months ago
I have a question- In the fourth image it shows that we can change how long our old username displays. Now that the update is live, I'm just wondering where this option is? I've gone into the settings and such and cannot find this option anywhere. Maybe I'm just blind! :,)
GreenReaper
8 years, 4 months ago
It's under "Privacy". :-)
Peony
8 years, 4 months ago
Thank you! :D
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