[Wacsip-users] NEW RELEASE OF WACS OUT - 0.7.3 with samples, set meta data tools and more

[Beaky <wa...@be...>]

Just in time for the Christmas Holidays, it gives us great pleasure to
announce the biggest and best release of Wacs yet! For those dark and
cold winters nights, tidy up that hard drive p**n collection so you can
find all your favourite sets and models once again! With this release,
just about all of the image set collection management code is web based
with a smooth enough workflow that even those of us used to the command
line interface have switched over to it! 
 
For the first time, we've included a couple of sample model records to
give you an idea how they should look. The import/export routines for
model details are now joined by matching tools for sets, so data
interchange between wacs sites is now easier than ever. But that doesn't
even begin to scratch the surface on the changes we've made to Wacs
itself. There are numerous little things that we've fixed, improved and
added that while not revolutionary, should vastly improve the browsing
experience. We've also done some usability testing and taken note of
first time users comments; those have been noted and small changes made
to make things a little more obvious and easier to use. 
 
While the video side of things works great for retrieval and on the
command line, the web-based management tools aren't quite there yet and
early in the new year there'll be a 0.7.4 release to address those
issues. We've also got very exciting plans for a shared meta-data
project for the new year - tell us the details of a model on one site
and we'll tell you where else her work has been seen. 
 
Anyway, Enjoy!  
 
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the Wacs developers. 
Cheers, Beaky. 
December 14th, 2007.