releasenotes

The usual mix of bug fixes, useability and infrastructure 

• News Your Need feature now works as expected:
  We added a way to acknowledge/dismiss an announcement after reading it…and therefore decrement the counter on the Recent Alerts page
  Also improved the way images are rendered there.
• Overhauled the way MyTrains works for Metro North
• Upgraded the plumbing for sending e-mails and text messages
• Upgraded the version of the operating system we use to code the back-end
• Fixed instances of duplicate push notifications

• Fixed bug affecting new subscribers
• Overhauled outbound e-mail processing
• Performance improvements
• Updated News You Need (Added a Dismiss feature)
• Make password requirements easier to understand at signup
• Other back-end bug fixes

Some changes happen on the back end…so end-users are already benefiting from those.
But for the sake of sharing the good news, here is the full list of what we’ve been up to

Enhancements and New Features

• New! Service Status watcher – our bots find and share early warnings that your providers don’t
• New! Get a heads up about your commute before it starts
• Participate page – Removed ads
• Recent Alerts – Port Authority alerts are now richer and faster
• Recent Alerts- PATH alerts are now richer and faster
• News You Need – Updated to reflect MTA monthly ticket sales dates
• Premium – Overhauled the back-end process to better-handle subscriptions
• Train Geolocation (NJT) – Streamlined and clarified the display

Bug fixes

• News You Need – Added the ability to show icons/graphics
• MyTrains – users now have full ability to modify their selections

Enahncements

• Improve handling of Recent Alerts from transit providers
• Enahnced archive routine
• UI fixes and consistency changes

Bug Fix – iOS badge reset

• Infrastructure upgrades (UI, e-mail)
• Back-end: Timeliness of GTFS data
• Fortify integrity of train history