On May 14, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Jess Shorland <jess@...> wrote:

Hey folks!

It's been a couple of weeks since we last saw an Ushahidi Release. But, there’s been a lot happening in the background leading up to today:-

• Sophie recently talked out designing the v3 frontend, and debut the Ushahidi platform pattern library (Demo here)
• We conducted some UX tests with a few legacy v2 users, led by Sharon, who posted results of the usability study
• The design team digested feedback from the UX Test, and has been using that as basis for iterative designs and changes.

Today, the v3 team rolled out v3.0.0.0-beta.17.

What’s in it?

A sneak peek into some of the things to expect from this release:-

• New features like:-
• We’ve made updates to the timeline and graph views
• New users can register through the web client, rather than being added by an admin
• Post lists now allows you to bulk delete posts, and go direct to editing a post
• We’ve fixed issues with anonymous access and logging out of the client
• We’ve also fixed and updated map settings and moved these two functions to the tools section
• Removed old translations and set up transifex to auto update with the latest source strings

• Collections and Saved Searches are now shown in the menu. However viewing the posts in each collection or saved search is still a work in progress.

Have a look at our release notes and blog post announcement for more details on changes in this release.

Take it out for a spin on our demo site (username: demo, password: testing), but keep in mind that this is not ready for production, but we continue to get closer.

How Can You help?

Translators!

• We just updated repository for v3 on Transifex, removing old strings and updating new ones based on the recent changes. We could use your help getting translations up to 80%(See our Translators Power Ushahidi Campaign). Here’s a quick guide on how to get started

Developers

• Download and Install the platform
• Set up a development build
• Follow our developer processes to send in bug reports and submit changes.
• If you’re not already set up on Phabricator, please head over to the Ushahidi Phabricator page and sign up. Once your account is approved, here’s a guide to get you started.

Users/Deployers

• Have a look at our roadmap, to track progress on tasks, and add your voice into anything you feel is a high priority for you.

Everyone!

• Join our discussions on IRC/Hipchat/Gitter (Posting on any one of these channels displays on all of them) and the mailing list.

We are grateful for you, the Ushahidi community for all your input and feedback! Do feel free to reach out to any of us with questions, comments and concerns.

In the meantime, stay tuned on our blog, meetup page, twitter, facebook page and wiki for more announcements.

Best,

Team Ushahidi