Welcome to this week’s Online+ Beta Bulletin — your go-to source for the latest feature updates, bug fixes, and behind-the-scenes tweaks to ION’s flagship social media dApp, brought to you by ION’s Product Lead, Yuliia.
As we edge closer to launching Online+, your feedback is helping us shape the platform in real time — so keep it coming! Here’s a quick rundown of what we tackled last week and what’s next on our radar.
🌐 Overview
This past week, we made significant strides in refining Online+, with a strong focus on user experience and stability. Our developers tackled key improvements in chat, wallet, and feed functionality, rolling out new features and optimizing existing ones. We’re also pleased to report that we’ve shared the latest iteration of the Online+ app, including new features, with our beta testers.
🛠️ Key Updates
Here are some of the main tasks we worked on over the past week as we continue to fine-tune Online+ ahead of its public release.
Feature Updates:
- Profile → Implemented the first version of app notifications.
- Chat → Enabled photo messaging.
- Chat → Implemented the option to send multiple videos.
- Feed → Integrated a story deletion functionality.
- Feed → Added a “Manage” button to the “Add Media” flow, allowing users to easily manage gallery access.
- Feed → Included a “+” functionality to the “Add Media” flow, enabling users to easily add new media.
- Performance → Improved the configuration of the bottom sheet within the in-app wallet.
- Performance → Improved app navigation for Android devices.
Bug Fixes:
- Wallet → User IDs now display as a users’ wallet address on the “Send Coins” screen, as opposed to a receiver address.
- Wallet → Ensured that both user ID and wallet address display for users opting to make their wallets publicly visible.
- Profile → Fixed the pull-down refresh that did not previously work on Android devices.
Profile → Fixed the “search by following” functionality when exploring other users’ profiles. - Profile → Fixed language selection, ensuring that users are prompted to select at least one language as per the app requirements.
- Feed → Adjusted the padding for quoted posts for better viewing experience.
- Feed → Fixed the error appearing when users reply to replies under a post.
- Feed → Fixed a bug causing vertical videos to display as landscape.
- Feed → All images selected by users providing limited access to their gallery now display and can be posted.
- Feed → Adjusted the story countdown bar, which did not previously sync with videos.
💬 Yuliia’s Take
As you know, we’re very community-oriented and get our beta testers involved at every step of the way. The past week was a big one in this respect: we shared a test build with our beta community that included exciting new features like app notifications, new message formats, and additional wallet features. We’ll be eagerly anticipating their feedback this week!
Much of our focus remained on creating the smoothest possible social and wallet experiences, which spanned both feature updates and fixes. These two elements are what sets Online+ apart, so we’re really drilling into them.
📢 Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
Last week saw Online+ bring not one, not two, but a whole three new partners onboard ahead of its launch.
We’re thrilled to welcome the following newcomers to the Ice Open Network ecosystem:
- Terrace, an all-in-one trading terminal and portfolio management system, will be integrating with Online+ to bring its trading community closer together, and building its own social app on the ION Framework.
- Me3 Labs, the creators of the world’s first AI-powered rewards hub, will be joining Online+ and using the ION Framework to build a social app that gamifies engagement.
- Kishu Inu, one of the most recognizable meme-driven communities in crypto, will use Online+ and the ION Framework to expand its engagement with a decentralized social hub for holders and supporters.
We have plenty more partnership announcements coming your way in the following weeks, so keep your eyes peeled!
🔮 The Week Ahead
This week is all about progressing on and completing some big tasks started over previous weeks. For the wallet, some key items include nailing the “Send NFTs” flow and making headway on the transaction history functionality. The chat module will be getting major bug fixes and a Replies feature, and we’ll also be starting work on the chat search functionality.
We’ll be continuing to stabilize and fine-tune features across the social module, including stories, posts, videos, articles, notifications, and search. Our QA team will also be keeping busy with the authentication module regression testing, while our devs dynamically address the feedback our beta testers provide on features implemented last week.
So here’s to a successful week ahead!
Got feedback or ideas for Online+ features? Keep them coming and help us build the social media platform of the New Internet!