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Updates, updates, updates!

We have been working a bit in the shadows lately, and we thought it might be useful to share what we have been up to! Let's start from the DMMapp.

DMMapp updates

  • The "Added Resources" tab is growing with new links. As we go, we see that there might be then need to expand the info that is given next to every link; unlike the "Digitized Manuscripts" tab, which, rather clearly, links to "digitized manuscripts" ("duh!"), the "added resources" links to a variety of content: blogs, collections, portals, etc. We will discuss how to further improve the table, and we also ask you to chime in and help us. We are open to ideas!
  • There has been a lot of work in the depths of the DMMapp. We have further optimized the performance for both mobile and desktop users. Even Google compliments us... There is always work to do, and things can always be better, yet we can proudly say that the DMMapp is faster than ever!
  • Feedback. AT LONG LAST! One of the most important buttons is finally available on the DMMapp. While using the app you will notice a new button at the bottom, sporting a very boring text: "Feedback". Click on it, and you will be able to tell us if there are any problems, issues, broken links, or simply say hello to us! Please do use it; we are very ashamed that it took so long for us to implement such an essential button. The best way to continue improving the app is via your suggestions!
  • Want to know the status of the DMMapp project? Find out over at GitHub! Whenever we encounter an issue, or we notice an angle for an improvement, we'll have it posted there.
  • Small things: a blue stripe on top of the app will show you if the app is loading or not. Also the Patreon button has been updated with a new graphic.
  • There is also a fancy new newsletter subscription form, by the way!

The Sexy Codicology Blog updates

  • Also here: the aim was to speed up the blog, while keeping the website pretty. Here the results are not as good as we would like them to be… But still, improvement is improvement, we'll keep at it until we have a fast loading website.
  • We are (slowly) implementing MLA citation style throughout the blog. Citations are important, and we hope they will be useful to users that visit our blog. This is a long term project that will proceed slowly, step by step, for the old content. New content will always have the proper references.
  • You want to know what we are working on for the Sexy Codicology blog, specifically? Just like with the DMMapp, you can now do that on GitHub! We have created a project page where you can see all of our ideas and the stage they are at.

Conference announcement

  • We will be at a conference in Ghent later on this year (September). The theme will be "Discoverability of digitized medieval manuscripts". We'll have a blog post explaining what we will be speaking about exactly, so stay tuned!

That's it for now, in the next days we'll post this on the SC blog too!