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New look and feel
If you look at MeowCat today, it may look different. That's because I've changed the font from Lato to Ubuntu. (both available from Google Web Fonts, BTW).
In the longer term I'll be making more changes, using Twitter Bootstrap as the framework for the HTML.
Users can now preview their messages
If you write a new message, or reply to someone else's message, you'll notice a Preview button at the bottom of the screen. This allows you to preview your message before posting it.
Added feature -- sharing MeowCat messages on other services
In pages showing a single message, I've added buttons at the bottom of the message so you can share them on various social media sites.
Initially the sites supported are: facebook, Twitter, Google+, Reddit and email.
Go to the single page for this message and try it out.
Added features
I've just added some features to the system
New font: Lato
I just changed #MeowCat to use the Lato font now, instewad of whatever the browser defaults to.
Do you like the changes?
Types of messaging system
Messages can be either public or private, depending on whether they are intended to be visible to everyone, or only a few people.
At the moment, MeowCat only deals with public messages.
Later it will include features for handling private messages as well.
It's important that private messages stay private. To ensure this:
- when messages are sent over the internet, they will be encrypted
- private messages will not be stored on MeowCat's central servers, only on the senders' and recipients' computers
If you send a private message on Facebook or via gmail, there's a copy of it on Facebook's or Google's servers, and governments can ask for it.
Governments can ask MeowCat for private messages but they won't get them, because MeowCat simply will not have that data.
So, what's MeowCat all about?
A very short answer would be: a better Twitter.
A longer and more accurate answer: a new kind of internet conversation platform.
Right now, it combines the best features of Twitter, blogging, Usenet and bulletin boards.
Later it will include private messaging features, similar to email or facebook.