{"id":669,"date":"2009-01-12T12:47:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T20:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2009-01-12T12:47:54","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T20:47:54","slug":"snowl-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2009\/01\/snowl-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowl 0.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">We&#8217;re pleased to announce Snowl 0.2.\u00a0 This version of the messaging-in-the-browser experiment builds on the <a id=\"ri9w\" title=\"initial release\" href=\"..\/2008\/08\/introducing-snowl\/\">first release<\/a> with an updated river view, a new stream view for keeping track of messages in a sidebar while you do other things, the ability to send tweets, and support for multiple Twitter accounts.<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The updated river view now shows a single column of messages by default, groups them by time, and includes preview images and excerpts:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-670\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/uploads\/2009\/01\/picture-1-300x189.png\" alt=\"a screenshot of the river view\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2009\/01\/picture-1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2009\/01\/picture-1.png 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The stream view is a new way of tracking messages that opens in a sidebar and shows incoming messages as they are received.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a simpler, more compact window into the flow of incoming information that you can leave open at the side of your browser and glance at occasionally for the latest updates:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-671\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/uploads\/2009\/01\/picture-2.png\" alt=\"a screenshot of the stream view\" width=\"240\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2009\/01\/picture-2.png 240w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/files\/2009\/01\/picture-2-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">You can now send tweets by pressing the <strong>write message<\/strong> button <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/uploads\/2009\/01\/email_add.png\" alt=\"a screenshot of the write message button\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/> in any view:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-673\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/uploads\/2009\/01\/picture-3.png\" alt=\"writing a message\" width=\"239\" height=\"207\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">And you can both send and receive Tweets from multiple accounts.\u00a0 Just subscribe to each account, and their messages will show up in all views.\u00a0 When sending a message, select the account from the menu of accounts:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-674\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/uploads\/2009\/01\/picture-5.png\" alt=\"picking an account to send a message\" width=\"238\" height=\"207\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Try It Out<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.mozilla.com\/%7Emyk\/snowl\/snowl.xpi\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"getitnow alignnone\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/themes\/labs08\/gfx\/btn_getitnow.gif\" alt=\"Get It Now\" width=\"160\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning: Snowl is in an early development stage with many bugs, and subsequent versions may include changes that break functionality and delete all your messages, making you start over from scratch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Get Involved<\/h3>\n<p>Learn more about Snowl on its <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/projects\/snowl\/\">project page<\/a>. Let us know what you think by posting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/forum\/?CategoryID=27\">discussion forum<\/a> or chatting with us on the <a href=\"6697\/%23labs\">IRC channel<\/a>.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Labs&amp;component=Snowl\">the list of reported bugs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Labs&amp;component=Snowl\">report a bug<\/a> you&#8217;ve found.\u00a0 Or check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/hg.mozilla.org\/labs\/snowl\/\">source code<\/a> and make improvements.\u00a0 We&#8217;d love to have your input and participation.<\/p>\n<h3>Next Steps<\/h3>\n<p>Snowl developers are planning upcoming versions of the experiment.\u00a0 See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melez.com\/mykzilla\/2009\/01\/with-snowl-0.html\">Futures<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melez.com\/mykzilla\/2009\/01\/snowl-principles.html\">Principles<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melez.com\/mykzilla\/2009\/01\/snowl-roadmap.html\">Roadmap<\/a> blog posts for more information, and <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/forum\/?CategoryID=27\">let us know your thoughts on what Snowl should do next<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce Snowl 0.2.\u00a0 This version of the messaging-in-the-browser experiment builds on the first release with an updated river view, a new stream view for keeping track of messages in a sidebar while you do other things, the &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2009\/01\/snowl-02\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4863,473],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}