New Friends List
Hi all,
Well, last we left off a few days ago, we were getting a crazy amount of snow. We actually did pretty well in the storm compared to the rest of our town – there were a lot of power lines and trees down, and hundreds of people out of power (some still out). We only lost power for a few minutes here and there – and then spent a couple days digging out and cleaning up parts of trees that had come down. That job involved buying an electric pole saw (like a 10′ pole with a chainsaw at the end) and I have to say – I love that tool 😁. We were able to cut down all of the broken limbs and get them to the town dump yesterday.
So, things are back to normal today and some fun news to report. Our Engineering team has been working on an upgrade to the Friends list that we rolled out two nights ago. You might have already noticed – but if you didn’t, the Friends list is now sorted by the last entry your Friends made, with the newest entries at the top.
We are still doing some work on this – one thing that I want to do is make it so the list will highlight those entries that are new since the last time you visited the site. We should be able to do that in the very near future.
Did you know there is a list for bookmarking entries that you want to save to read later? It’s under the “Saved” selection on the main dropdown menu. Any time you want to put an entry on that list, just click the Save icon that looks like a star on the entry. This will add it to your Saved list and you can always find it there later.
Hope everybody’s having a good weekend!
That tool does sound fun to use
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thanks!!!!
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Could there be a way to receive some sort of notification when a friend posts a new entry?
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My ex had one of those. I called it “chainsaw on a stick.” LOL of course, I didn’t trust him with it because he knew nothing about proper pruning. He would just lop off random branches. Thanks for the flashback. LOL 😂
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It’s wonderful to be here on Open Diary. It’s a work in progress and that makes it’s fun!
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I have been using the Save option since I reclaimed my diary. I Save entries of people I want to folow that I’m not friends with, however I quickly found that you can only Save 20 entries. I wish there was a better option, such as a Follow List for those that aren’t friends.
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Oh and thank you for the new Friends List and for removing the last active or latest active, don’t remember exactly.
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The new toy sounds very handy. I need one of those to trim the tree out by my driveway.
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Awesome!! Cant wait till try out the Save feature!
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Thank you soooo much for the upgrade to the friends list. Awesome! Starting to feel more and more like the old homeplace with some new stuff added in. A new happy place. ☺
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Thanks for more upgrades…your new OD is becoming a home again. 🙂
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Thank you!!! That’s just what I hoped for.
Glad you got through the storm safely.I
Btw, I love being able to add media right from the create an entry page (no more fussing with photobucket).
@gypsywynd glad you like it!
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I did see the change to the friends list but wondered if I just hadn’t been paying attention. 🙂
Thanks for that and the bolding of those who have recently updated will be similar to OD v1. All useful improvements.
@sheetmusic you’re welcome!
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PS I love African Penguins!
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Glad to hear you didn’t lose power. I always totally hate that! Arlen rented one of those saws last summer and scared me to death. He was on a ladder and reaching as far as he could!
@dlk082244 I was up on a ladder doing that, don’t think anybody wanted to watch 🙂
@thediarymaster Must be a guy thing!
@dlk082244 probably! 🙂
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thanks!
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excellent!
@glitterampwings thanks!
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As always, I am thankful and appreciative of the work that you and your crew do!
@lakelady thanks!
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Yay! Thanks for the friends list upgrade.
@cat you’re welcome!
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Thank you for bringing this back…
@beelz you’re welcome!
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Your weather is in the news again.
@sleepygene I know! Not as bad this time around though (at least for us).
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this is going to sound really daft and I apologise that its not really related to this post but I am currently viewing od on a laptop and cant seem to find the add entry button that appears with the search and notifications at the top. its there on my phone just not on my laptop am I being blind or is od now set up for mobiles rather than laptops?? sorry for long comment and thanks in advance
@volcanicerruption that’s really strange, it should be there regardless of the device you are using – did you try refreshing the page? If you still don’t see it, please send a message to the support team by clicking Contact Support at the bottom of the page and they can investigate.
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Woo, thanks! This definitely makes the site feel more navigate-able for catching up. I lost track of things for about a month so haven’t been around (possibly I was in your area – I was in New Jersey for a business trip in the middle of a nor’easter!) and I like what I’m seeing 😀
@asilliamagdalene I’m glad, and yes we’ve had quite enough of storms thank you 🙂
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