A new release of peakd.com is now available. Keep reading to discover the new features and check the full list of improvements ;)
The new release is now live at https://peakd.com
1. Automatic Node Switch
Starting with this release there is an option to automatically switch the API node used when you browse peakd.com.
This is the default option for new users and also for users that were previously using the default API node. To check which API node you are using be sure to review your Settings: https://peakd.com/me/settings?select=hiveApiNode
This new feature is powered by a new project we are working on (this tool is free and available to everyone). Plan is to officially release it as an open source project soon.
2. Update API calls to 'get_account_history'
A recent updates to the Hive 'get_account_history' API required changes to the API call. A bit more work for the frontends, but a great improvement overall as this allow to filter the result of the account history.
For users this means some pages will load much faster:
- Wallet transactions
- Account Activities
- Curation Trail feed
- Dashboard
3. Post rendering improvements
Some adjustments to improve the layout of the posts on PeakD ...and make them more comfortable to read ;)
Feel free to report your feedback on this change both for desktop and mobile ;)
4. Add Cryptobrewmaster to Wallet games section
Cryptobrewmaster is now included in the games showcased in the Games wallet section:
Find out more about the game here.
5. Some minor improvements and bug fixes
As always some minor improvements, updates and fixes across the website. You can check the full release notes here: https://peakd.com/about/changelog.
# Improvements and Fixes
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[update] Improve loading times for Trail page
[update] Improve API call for Wallet transactions history and Activities
[update] Improve vote display after casting vote
[update] Improve vote display after casting a vote
[fix] Various fix for HF 24
[fix] Fix incorrect page layout and text for Proposals
[fix] Fix icon color after casting a downvote
[fix] Fix analytics dashboard load
Support the @peakd project
Now is probably a nice time to remind you of the ways you can support the development of @peakd.
We have a proposal on the Decentralized Hive Fund. You can review the proposal here.
If you agree to the proposal and you think the points mentioned add value to the Hive Blockchain consider supporting it using the above links or directly with this link.
We also run a witness server to help produce the blocks for the Hive Blockchain. You can vote for our witness so we are in a position to process more of them.
Vote on the witness page: https://peakd.com/witnesses
- Using Keychain: You just have to click and approve the transaction
- Using HiveSigner: You'll need access to confirm the transaction with your Active Key at least
The PeakD Team
About us: https://peakd.com/about
Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Fy3bca5
Addendum... this is a foundational start to what we hope to do to help users with Nodes. We can build off of this tool to help make sure users can avoid node issues on our end but hopefully help them with other software they use such as keychain and hivesigner.
We would love to combine this tool with our node benchmark tool as well.
Ah very good news on the updates thank you as always! I love the automatic node switch I’ll have to explore that more tomorrow. I’ll also see about the API calls, I’m hoping to do some stuff related to that but I will have to give it a look!
My favorites list is only showing posts from 12 days ago.
Seems you fixed all the comments ticker showing up as 1 comment even when there is more?
Anyway, no complains, you do amazing work, and I'm always looking forward to the updates
Yes comment count (ticker) has a bug from the hivemind servers we are waiting for them to fix this.
Great update! Helping us with the nodes is really great. Thanks!
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The number of comments is still not shown correctly. This is quite annoying.
Also, if I do an upvote, the payout of the post is not updated.
Both bugs exist since the HF.
Both issues are not related to peakd. After the HF some things have changed and some still have to be fixed. So we focus on what we can improve on peakd itself ;)
Hmm, but the number of comments is correctly shown on Leofinance.io (at least the direct comments, not the comments on comments), how is that possible?
Because Leofinance is powered by Scotbot, not Hivemind. So it does not rely on core Hive software as much as peakd and hive.blog.
Hey I'm curious if peakD could open up the option for users to have more freedom on how their profile could look, and more boroadly, on the experience using this frontend? For example I like how onchainart community gives the option to have the content display in clean images. I would love to view everything like that and believe each profile would look so much more appealing too. I selected "portfolio" but then looks like I need to upload images now so I'm thinking, why doesn't it take into account what's already posted?
I recall reading a post from agro that was talking about tribes and having the freedom to make it look unique but everything out of that fella is money first. Charging some hundreds of dollars for that is absurd. Something like visual appearance is also an option that platforms that offer it, usually offer it free as a "skin" effect. So I'm thinking that maybe Hive and the front-ends are all lacking in that area.
Anyway if this is not at all something that you consider doing then this comment is pointless. If it is however, then I would wonder if a "click on/click off" option to edit the look of things would be doable. Which as a benefit to this frontend, means it becomes more inviting, and in effect, is what keeps a person returning. Content is obviously KING but the physiological thing of "look and feel" is also pivotal to sustaining users.
PeakD is superior to the other fronts but IMO, needs polish.
That view is called the photo view and all communities are open to using it they would need to go to their settings. It's important to note that communities can only suggest by default it's still the consumer's choice.
But perhaps you're talking about opening up that view style to all consumers at all time. This is something that is doable BUT it's not a popular view style nor helpful in many cases (mostly just helpful for photography communities) so there is a give and take... do we give all options all the time or do we not overwhelm the majority of users who would hate that viewstyle most of the time? Perhaps there is something in settings that can be done to let users enable that view style however we need to think carefully about how we make sure the settings doesn't get to overwhelming. I'm guessing we will tackle it in the future after we tackle some big things... in the meantime we also would love to figure out if the 3 to 4 view styles really are the best options or if they can be tweaked to be even better. For that we will take mockup suggestions if anyone had any. For sure making sure the most used view styles are best should be top priority.
Yeah I agree with your reasoning and believe in simplicity too. That's why I wondered if an on/off option would work where a person sees a live change to the things they're choosing to show or not show and not so much about adding a whole lot but simply cleaning up the look.
For example, I find it an eye sore to see on the profile the "SETTINGS" and "ACTIONS" when they could be in the drop down menu or reduced to their icons. The "FOLLOW" would be better suited under the avatar of users. Then BADGES seem too large too and labels like ADMIN and user and tag identifiers could be less loud.
Even simple tweaks like making the notification icon count the same color red as that which in in the PEAKD logo all work towards that look and feel which humans automatically find satisfying. SKINS would then have another positive effect and Dapplr have pleased a lot of people with their app by doing that.
Good to know it's on your horizon then and maybe I'll mock up something in time. I decided to add a banner to my profile recently and it gave me a half chub so then I thought more broadly about the look and feel of this place.
Cheers for your response!