SwiftRiver v0.2.0 Batuque Released

SwiftRiver is Ushahidi's software platform for managing large streams of data. Over the past 30 days we completely rewrote the SwiftRiver app to make it faster, leaner and easier to use. Because of the rewrite, some things like the veracity slider have been removed, but expect them to return in the next release version 0.3.0 Benga. This latest release is the most-stable, most-exciting build released to date. There's a lot of new features in this release, here are some highlights… TOTAL REWRITE We completely rewrote the core app from scratch. This allowed us to move up to Kohana 3.x and get rid of a lot of unused code. To give you an idea of how much this helped the last release shipped with a file size of around 10mb, this one is only 3mb! The drawback was that we lost some functionality. User roles, pairing with Ushahidi, the veracity slider, and other things will return in version 0.3.0 Benga ONE PAGE WORKFLOW The latest Swift release really emphasizes speed of workflow. That said, we've completely gotten rid of the idea of having a page for working and page for administrating the site. All the action including administrative functions like activating plugins happens on one page now. There's also no longer any pagination, the work area automatically refreshes and loads new content. ADMIN BAR All administrative functions (activating plugins, changing themes) are now controlled by an administrative bar located at the top of the page. TURBINE Turbine is our plugin platform. It's now documented and ready for use. There are two types of Turbine plugins, impulse and reactors. As the name implies, impulse plugins process data before they hit the database. An example would be a plugin that translates text or pre-processes feeds. Reactor plugins process content after the database and allows plugins to take advantage of things like structured data and user interaction. Some plugins will be both impulse and reactor types. SHIPS WITH PLUGINS Some plugins will be packaged with future releases, others will be downloaded from our website. This release ships with SiLCC and TagThe.Net, two auto-tagging services, examples of impulse More release notes for this version can be found at http://swift.ushahidi.com/doc/

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