After a long summer break, here is the new version of Meta-Press.es.
This version fulfills a new development step of NLnet support: Better Firefox integration and fewer asked permissions.
This versions also add off-the-roadmap cool features, such as optional photo loading in results, or possible filter-out of results from a particular source once the search is done (to clear out garbage results from a broken source for instance).
Here is the detail of delivered improvements since v1.4 :
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New links in the interface :
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Add a local permalink for the searches (the link icon 🔗 at the end of the search stats). This link allows to create a bookmark to quickly perform the same search again (search terms, source selection) ;
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Add an "arrow" (↗) link to the sources search-page, to browse results directly at the source, and get older results for instance ;
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Add a "cross" (✘) link allowing to remove results of a particular source among the search results, to clean up results from a deceptive source ;
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Add a "reload headlines" link (↻) ;
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Behavior improvements :
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Direct display of photos in results, and new "photo" result type (+ setting to only load the pictures on demand, clicking on them, and spare bandwidth) ;
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Improved keyboard navigation for accessibility purpose ;
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Dynamic update of the tab title according to search stats ;
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Better Firefox integration :
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Technical improvements :
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Remove
unsafe-eval
authorisation frommanifest.json
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Evolution of the source description format with field aggregation now possible via
_tpl
field suffix (which is a template combining other field values for this field) ;
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25 new sources :
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Reference press (9) : Estadao, Folha de S.Paulo, El Mercurio, O Globo, Al-Ahram, Helsingin Sonomat, The Times, Irish Times…
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French local press and magazines (16) : La Croix, TV5Monde, Bastamag, L’age de faire, Le Midi Libre, Le progrès, L’Alsace, Le Bien Public, DNA (Dernière nouvelles d’Alsace), L’est républicain, Le républicain lorrain, Vosges Matin…
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Video sources : TV5Monde, Le Figaro Vidéos, Le Midi Libre ;
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Photo sources : 11 sources have been marked with the "photo" result type as a first step.
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PS: v1.5.1 fixes a bug about the default tags and adds 20 more Reference Press sources. It also adds an update notification mechanism that opens up this Meta-Press.es official website at each updates to allow finding out what’s new.