Yeah, a lot happened in the past days. Not only are there new features for managing the account, but also improvements regarding the system behind those things you see and the usability of doingText.

Generally, doingText has become more efficient. Alex implemented more JavaScript and having advanced the caching, especially the discussions are loaded faster up until factor 5. For you this means working with doingText gets smoother which, in return, enables you to concentrate on the text even more. And eventually, that’s our great goal: doingText eases your workload as much as possible regarding the organisational stuff (sharing, editing, talking and getting everything together) and you concentrate on writing perfectly fitting texts for your purposes.

Automatic saving - “cancel” button abolished
Did you also have the experience of editing a text, having like 10 lines parallely in edit mode and when you’re finished you start searching for any open lines to get them saved? This was not really the most efficient way of work. That’s why the so far known buttons for “saving” and “canceling” recent edits are history.
Saving now goes automatically as soon as you switch to another line or discussion or whatever your next click is. You write and as soon as click somewhere else (the next line, a place outside the discussion, the message link, …) everything gets saved what is written in the line at that exact moment. Fewer clicks promise more fun!

Discussions list in the header
The list of your discussion up in the header of the site got a faceliftung, too. No way to get lost within a high amount of titles anymore.
The list is now a combined drop-down-list with an auto-completer. When you click into the search field, a drop-down-list with all your discussions appears, sorted by title. When you know the name of the discussion you want to work on, type it in and the list then gets shorter and shorter through the auto-completion. Just like you know it from Wikipedia, youtube and alike.

Consistent interfaces for mobile and browser environments

The iPhone interface has been adapted to the browser interface. At the bottom of the site you find the link to switch between the mobile and the standard version. This way iPhone and iPod touch users can now decide if the wish to simply look at their discussions or use doingText with all the features.

Public discussions on the start page: See what the others are doing.
As already mentioned, the start page is getting revised as well. One part of this revision is the presentation of the latest public discussions there.
The start page shall give a short and yet precise overview of what doingText actually is. The public discussions provide some handy material, something to look at and give practical examples of what doingText can be used for. For first, rather experimental steps there will be a sandbox, too.
But the list of the latest public discussions is not only meant for new people. It is for everyone being interested in what other doingText users are working on and wanting to share their knowledge and thoughts.

By the way, the most recent public discussion “Uses for doingText” comes from @pontus.