February 7th Update

Posted by Devon W. on Feb. 7, 2024, 8:23 a.m.

There have been hundreds of bugs and features in our ticketing sytem closed since September. But here are a few recent ones:

Website Changes:

Various Features:

• Auto login from email verification to make initial registration easier.
• "Show Password" option added to all forms with password field (Thanks Bill Martin).
• Ability to cancel registration.
• (Organizers) Ability to reset a device's login code.

Bug Fixes:

• Organizer event and device admin much more stable.
• Rewrote signup page, removed unstable downstream UI library.
• Improved entry list table layout.
• Fixed social media link normalization.
• Fixed "save vehicle" in profile page not working (due to breakage in downstream UI library, which we will remove).
• Fetching event weather is now asynchronous - no periodic slow page loads.
• Fixed map sometimes not rendering on event page.

Timing App Changes:

Various Features:

• App can now check for updates. Shows changelog from installed to current version.
• New last-time display meant for external screens. Shows if run is overall or in run group fastest.
• Added "Send Diagnostics" feature for remote debugging.

Bug Fixes:

• DB now stored in hidden directory in user's home folder.
• Better initial experience when no data has been entered yet.
• Many other stability and experience improvements.

Upcoming:

• (Organizers) Support for creating and asking questions on registration, like for SCCA memberships.
• (Organizers) WYSIWYG editor for event description.
• (Organizers) Pronto PDF Import.
• (Organizers) Entries registration table & export in admin.
• (Competitors) Improved stability and UI improvements to user profile etc. Rewriting to remove unstable UI library.
• (Organizers) Subscribe event owner to comments on event page.
• (Organizers) Ability to create custom classes.
• (Timing App) Offline results rendering and publishable to external monitor. Create shared open-source library for rendering times, and share same code across site and timing app for consistent reporting.
• (Timing App) CPU usage improvements to lower power requirements.
• Automated tests for the most common features on the site.