I’ve been quiet about Newsburst for a while now, but there are a few more changes out there to enjoy.
- Category-level stream and dashboard pages: lots of readers asked for these, and I know I wanted them, too. Stream view lets you see everything at once, but it’s nice to filter it down to a category at a time. Click on a category name to view.
- Cleaner “Manage” page: improved Javascript and easier UI. Just more polished all around for managing your sources, whether renaming, moving, exporting, deleting, etc.
- Simplification: the Dashboard and Stream tabs were replaced by a Home tab. Dashboard and Stream are still available, and you can change your preference — but first-time users were puzzled by the choices. Also, Today Online is a bit smoother.
- Performance: shouldn’t be the last thing I mention, but the performance is much improved. Even a page with 100 items from various sources now screams.
More to come, and more to do, but this is progress.