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What to expect in next FA patch
🕑 Added 2021-03-30 00:40:03 +0000 UTCNext FA patch enters development tomorrow which means that all of you guys, girls and everyone else can look forward to some brand new, fancy sparkling features coming up in the next release!
Before we get into the meat of this announcement, a small word of warning: A large portion of this patch will be aimed towards optimization of code and performance as the current state of FA was written somewhat hastily after the first wave of very enthusiastic reception. This means that the following patch will not bring as many features as the other ones so far, but will instead focus on many features "under the hood" which should should hopefully alleviate certain problems and issues that rise from the lack of optimization.
However, this also means that the this update will be a stepping stone to the Roadmap's 1. goal! With the optimization done and all the core features and functionality present in the app, there will be nothing stopping me from finally getting the barebones functionality done and moving onwards to other goals.
However, this development brings us to another question: Priorities on the roadmap. Originally, I intended to focus more of the custom-data side of things with FA first and then fiddle with images and maps later. However, in the last few weeks, I had more and more people asking when map support is coming while less and less people were asking about custom-data formats. This lead me to reconsider my original plan as the templates CAN be implemented after the image and map support is added.
Therefore, I wish to ask you, my patrons, supporters and FA users: What do you wish to be first implement in the app?
I am providing you the following link that lead to a poll where you can voice your opinion on the matter at hand; and in case, such isn't present, feel free to voice it personally on the Discord.
Poll: https://www.strawpoll.me/42875180
As for the actual list of features announced the start of the post; look forward towards the following:
- Improved performance and reduce strain on your PC
- Hopefully snappier UI
- Right mouse-click support for other options that just dictionaries
- Added document background color support similar to the current text color
- Minor/Major documents filter
- Added support for click-through connected documents when in edit mode (unsure if this will be doable, will try)
- Pinned tabs (probably, this one is a bit uncertain)
- Responsive design support (so FA will act civilized if you resize the window)
