Beta 0.5 - 22 Nov 2010
New:
- Human readable crawler log: When you click on the “Update now”
link to run the ThinkUp crawler, the activity log you’ll see has been
totally revamped. You’ll have an easier time seeing errors, successes,
and information about what’s working and what’s not.
- Better data integrity: The latest database migration enforces
some unique indexes which will make sure your datastore is cleaner and
free of duplicate links and posts. (Related mailing list thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/thinkup/browse_thread/thread/eac7e97f4f81265e)
Fixed:
- Reduced number of Twitter API errors: The order the ThinkUp
crawler gathers your data from the Twitter API has been adjusted in a
way that should result in fewer errors and faster data capture. In
practice, your friends and followers lists will not stay empty for as
long as they have been anymore. (One of several related mailing list
threads: http://groups.google.com/group/thinkup/browse_thread/thread/cfb9735d6e2ada39/8902e1903b0974ac)
- The database upgrader: The upgrader now supports custom table
prefixes (Guillaume, you will be the true test of this fix), and it
has more understandable messaging about what to do regarding the
completion email and after the upgrade is complete. (Related mailing
list messages: http://groups.google.com/group/thinkup/msg/021fb00f8f51881e
http://groups.google.com/group/thinkup/msg/9d26ae8574a1b851)
- Expand URLs hanging bug: The ExpandURLsPlugin used to hang
indefinitely when it hit a URL that didn’t respond quickly enough,
causing some people to have to deactivate the plugin entirely. The
timeout has been set so the plugin will move on after a set amount of
time correctly now.
- A few more little things: The grid search now works with
posts which contain Unicode characters, and plugin option errors no
longer have the endearing but completely uninformative “Sorry, but we
are unable to process your request at this time” message–instead, you
get specific details about what’s wrong. (Related mailing list thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/thinkup/browse_thread/thread/d4455d0344c8dedd)