Boards and Pins for the browser

Hello Gang!

I’ve updated the Blazor bits with support for Boards and Pins.  This brings the browser to the level of functionality of the Android iOS and UWP apps.  In the previous post, Boards, Pins & Sharing – App Update, we covered a bit of detail on why grouping stories is very helpful to constructing a proper argument.  This post will demonstrate the functionality in the browser. This post will cover:

• Boards
• Pins
• Sharing Boards

Boards:

Existing boards can be see by navigating to Menu->boards.  This view will allow you to view the collection of pins the board contains, edit the board, share it or delete it.

Clicking on the board name in the left hand side will navigate you to the results screen and display all the pins that make up the board. This gives you the ability to group stories or events into collections.  

Pins:

Pins make up the the collection of things that a board represents.  To create a pin just click on the ‘Pin’ icon that is just to the left of the ‘Map’ icon on the results screen.

Clicking on the ‘Pin’ icon will open up the Pin screen.  This screen allows you to set the name, description and a set the Board that the pin will be part of.

A board can be created by clicking on the ‘Save’ icon that is located to the right of the ‘search’ icon.  The dropdown is context sensitive.  So just start typing.  If the board you are looking for exists it will appear.  If not just create a new one.  The name and description fields allow you to specify why the pin is important, why it is part of the board, etc.  Use it as you see fit.

Sharing:

Boards can be shared by either clicking on the ‘share’ icon in Menu->Boards or by navigating to Menu->Boards->Edit and clicking on the ‘share’ icon in the toolbar.  

The Board Sharing screen opens and you specify the email address of the user you want to share the board with.  As noted in the previous post, Boards, Pins & Sharing – App Update, we work to limit phishing possibilities.  So a positive confirmation of the creation of the share just means that there were no errors.  It doesn’t mean that the email address was found in the Unfiltered Technosphere.  

That’s a wrap!

That’s the update for Boards, Pins and the browser.  These changes were pushed to the server on May 4th 2021.  As always have fun with the best search engine for Unfiltered results!