- Official Post
During development of a new release we usually take a look at every tiny piece of the software and evaluate it's current state. We're overall fine with the conversation system, it serves it purpose and provides a great usability, yet there is always room for small improvements.
The system allows editing of existing messages, which is great when it comes to typos, but also raises concerns when it comes to the reliability of written messages. With Burning Board 4.1 we'll introduce two different aspects which grant more control over message editing. First of all there will be a user group-based permission to either grant or revoke the privileges of conversation message editing, allowing you to grant this only for trustworthy members. In addition there will be a small noticed displayed clearly stating that a message has been edited and may not reflect the original content:
Participants can leave a conversation at any time, possibly causing conversations to be left with only a single participant. Whenever this is the case, a small warning will be displayed to point this out:
In terms of usability we're adding three more things which should help you to manage and use conversations a bit better.
You can now mark multiple conversations to mark them all as read at once:
Return of the message numbers in the upper right corner of each message:
Last but not least, the folder list provides more details on the number of conversations logically belonging to each folder: