Invites and Robots

Release for this week is doing a few things.

The robot room now has deep-links directly to Chat Rooms and Invites. Instead of having to navigate to other parts of the app, it is now TAP and GO. Saving users valuable time and an obvious upgrade we should have done ages ago 🧐

The second upgrade is the ability of the robot to insert itself into the chat rooms when connecting to a group or 1-2-1. You will now see a message from the robot to guide you on your way.

Minor upgrade is the new icon for the Minerva. She has had a facelift and has now fully embraced the Matrix.

Red Circles Everywhere

It's the little things that count. Red dots are one of those "little things" we've gotten used to in the online world. A subtle reminder of 'things to action' is what pops into our collective hive mind.

In the app, those red circles (known as badges in the tech world) are vital for informing users about changes in the messaging rooms.

Unread message counts and outstanding invites are just 2 of the ways we use badges.

Version 2.6.81 came out today with upgrades across the badge system inside DMP. This involved a lot of scenario testing for when badges should update and when they should clear.

Below is a short list of things that makes this a challenging task from an engineering & testing pov.

1. What if the app is in the background

2. What if the messages are "in-flight" and I happen to be in room X

3. What if I've muted a room

4. What if the app is fully closed

5. What is difference between iPhone and Android in behaviour

6. What if the app is open and I'm in that exact room with inbound chats

Above isn't the full list of things needing testing but gives you an idea of the complexities involved.

Regardless, the latest version is a house-keeping moment for DMP.

For those of you who have kept us informed on badge issues, the whole team thanks you.

User feedback is a vital process to an improved app experience. Keep it coming so we can get ahead of issues that might lurk in the dark corners of the app ! 😆

Almost live with calendar

2 weeks late, but that's life in a fast moving startup.

Final phone/OS testing is taking place as well as test scripts for the old Scala engine.

Scala is our backend quality assurance engine that ensures we don't break anything in the app when we add new features.

Calendar next to chat rooms is a huge step forward in making player life easier.

DMP Calendar includes the following features :

• Tentative / Firm (entry)

• Availability

• Date

• Specific Time

• Morning, Afternoon, Evening

• Visibility Toggle

• Court Number (s)

• Location

• Note (s)

• 25 different categories of play across Tennis, Padel, Pickleball

After this release we'll move directly to lineup creation and Robot (Minerva) helpers. Exciting times....