4.0.0-alpha.2

Welcome to the second alpha release of Network Canvas, Milliways!

This release is not to be used in a live research study under any circumstances. This release contains unstable or in-development features that could break, causing loss of data (or worse).

Please support this project by providing feedback! To contribute feedback, visit our feedback portal, or email our project team at developers@coda.co.

New Features:

• Two new interfaces designed to support research using rosters.
  • A "Name Generator List" interface, designed for rosters of up to 50 nodes.
  • A "Name Generator Autocomplete" interface, designed for rosters over 50 nodes.
• An "instruction interface", which allows text and media to be displayed to the participant.
• Introduced the concept of "factory installed protocols", which are embedded within Network Canvas.
• Implemented a "teaching protocol", to allow educators to use Network Canvas to teach personal network capture.
• Implemented "protocol bundle format", so that compressed protocols can be sent more efficiently over a network.
• A "full screen" mode for forms, designed for devices with small screens and/or physical keyboards.
• Implemented a "variable registry" in the protocol format, so that researchers can have a single point of truth regarding variables and their metadata.

Improvements:

• Name Generator side panels have been improved in several ways:
  • It is now possible to drag nodes from the "existing nodes" side panel into the main interview (this replaces the previous "select" interaction).
  • Panels now scroll smoothly on iOS.
  • Panels can be 'collapsed' by tapping their header, to make more room.
• The Sociogram interface has a new animation for creating edges to disambiguate it from node selection.
• Node lists have a new animation for when their contents change.
• Removed obsolete code, and refactored several internal components.
• Improved the performance of several animations within the app.
• Increased the legibility of form fields.

Bug Fixes:

• The Name Generator now uses the default node form for a given node type when no specific form is specified.
• Fixed an issue where interfaces were mistakenly unregistering each other's Modals.
• Fixed an issue where the highlight parameter of the Sociogram was functioning incorrectly.
• A stage's menu icon can now be overriden in the protocol file.
• We updated several pages of developer documentation in our wiki.
• Fixed a bug where the stage filter was causing the keyboard to display incorrectly on iOS.
• Resolved a touch latency issue on iOS.

Known Issues:

• In some circumstances, nodes can be rendered as squares with rounded corners on Electron.
• The reset functionality on the Sociogram does not remove all node properties.
• The full screen form mode is shown on devices that have physical keyboards and large screens.

4.0.0-alpha.1

What's New

Welcome to the initial alpha release of Network Canvas. This release includes two interfaces for testing: the Name Generator, and the Sociogram.

This release is not to be used in a live research study under any circumstances. This release contains unstable or in-development features that could break, causing loss of data (or worse).

Please support this project by providing feedback! To contribute feedback, visit our feedback portal, or email our project team at developers@coda.co.