New Features
PicoWiki had a good weekend. It was blogged by WebWorkerDaily and LifeHacker, got hundreds of new members, a few generous donations (thank you!), and some good feedback.
In response to the feedback, I’ve added the following new features:
- A submit button on the password form for users of Opera on mobile phones
- Nicer-looking login page
- Bigger icons for easier use on iPhone by thick-fingered users
- A password reminder option
- A graphical editor so users don’t have to learn the markdown syntax if they don’t want to (disabled in some mobile browsers that don’t support it)
- Live Preview (disabled in mobile browsers due to screen size limitations)
- Export feature - one button exports all your PicoWiki pages to text files, zips them up, and sends them via http.
As a result, PicoWiki is now more friendly on more platforms and really rather nice in a laptop or desktop browser.
Some good ideas that I have not implemented yet, but will are:
- The ability to change the password
- The ability to toggle public/private settings
- The ability to upload text files (or a zipped collection of text files)
- The ability to synchronize your PicoWiki with with a local folder (no promises on this one - tricky)
I’ll try to work on these features next weekend. I do have a pretty demanding day job.
My thoughts on preserving change history are mixed. PicoWiki is really intended to be a simple personal tool. There are great wikis out there for group collaboration. I am not convinced that a personal wiki needs history. I worry that would complicate the application. What do you think?
Please keep the suggestions coming.