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- The 'Report Deviation' modal would extend past the height of the browser, on smaller screen resolutions. Fixed by `aMoniker
- Blocking a Group would not prevent a user from receiving Correspondence messages from that group, or remove their deviations from that Group's gallery or favourites. Fixed by $yury-n
- Panoramic images did not display properly in the message center. Fixed by `aMoniker
- Journals submitted to Groups were not properly formatted on the Group's Journal page. Fixed by $shadowhand
- The "Remove from Messages" button would appear when viewing Daily Deviations that were reached from the footer of the message center. Fixed by $muteor
- Toggling stack settings in the message center was briefly broken. Fixed by $muteor
- Sold out deviantWEAR items could not be removed from one's wishlist. Fixed by `aMoniker
Sta.sh / Submit
- A selection box would appear when items were dragged while inside a stack. Fixed by $drommk
- The "File" and "Edit" menus wouldn't display properly when the page was scrolled down. Fixed by $adahacker
- On slower internet connections, stacking items could slow down the browser. Fixed by $adahacker
- Shift-clicking on an empty area of the page when trying to select several items could cause Chrome to freeze. Fixed by $adahacker
- When opening an item, editing its description, exiting, and then immediately reopening the same item, the old description would show up. Fixed by $kouiskas
- Error pages would contain javascript errors. Fixed by $adahacker
- Small items were getting misplaced shadows. Fixed by $adahacker
- The Size menu didn't update when the main file of a deviation was changed. Fixed by $adahacker
- When using transparent .gif and .png images as the preview for deviations that require a preview image, the thumbnails wouldn't have a transparent background. Fixed by $kouiskas
- The World Map stopped showing new deviations. Fixed by $kouiskas
- Autosave would sometimes trigger unintentionally when editing existing deviations. Fixed by $drommk
- The "Change main file" option was unreliable for some users in Internet Explorer. Fixed by $drommk
- Pressing enter when changing the title of a deviation would cause the return character to be treated as part of the title, and the title update would then be rejected. Fixed by $kouiskas
- The confirmation box that appears when a deviant tries to submit a deviation both exclusively to a group and as a Print wasn't working properly. Fixed by $drommk
- There was a blank area in the header where the search bar normally is, when editing items. Fixed by $kouiskas
- If some special characters were used in custom PCP license text, it could prevent the deviation from being edited. Fixed by $drommk
- The "Select File from Sta.sh" modal wasn't working. Fixed by $muteor
Sta.sh Writer
- Images added to Sta.sh comments will now show in the message center in both standalone messages and stacks. Added by $inazar
- Sta.sh Writer and deviantART muro deviations embedded in other Sta.sh Writer deviations would incorrectly link to the current page instead of the intended deviation. Fixed by $kemayo
- There were some small bugs when leaving Sta.sh comments that were related to CSS issues. Fixed by $inazar
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I took a look around the web for alternatives and came across a messaging system called Atom. See [link](standard)
The creator had the same concerns regarding feed-based, one line says: "Atom and other web syndication formats are now used for many purposes, including journalism, marketing, bug-reports, or any other activity involving periodic updates or publications. Atom also provides a standard way to export an entire blog, or parts of it, for backup or for importing into other blogging systems."
You may decide Atom isn't what you had in mind but it only took me 5 minutes googling to find one alternative to the feed-based platform, they'll be tonnes of others which could be a compromise with members. I'm afraid if DA goes down that route I'll be spending an evening unwatching my groups and friends.
Good luck
If you move to a feed-based inbox it's changing DA into a social media disaster rather then a legitimate art site like it should be.
It would also be harder to leave DA for a couple day and come back as there would be a lot that you'd miss.
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just a lie ! devart does NOT support safari 6.0.2 , the latest release of apple ! fucking stash and the pre-product of "uploader" is NOT working !!!