Discourse 2.4 released!

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Originally published at: Discourse 2.4 released!

Today we release Discourse 2.4, building on Discourse 2.3 from last year. For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Cuneiform. Hardware Security Keys We shipped support for authentication apps in prior releases of Discourse, but nothing defeats hacking and phishing as…

[rizka]

Polls can be set to close at a certain date and time, and Staff can also export poll data with a single click for further analysis if needed.

The bolded shouldn’t be there because it’s not a 2.4 feature, it’s older. With 2.4 you can restrict voting to certain groups and create polls with just one option, though.

[SidV]

THANKS YOU awesome Discourse Team

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[ondrej]

@SidV

awesome Discourse Team

Aren’t they always that? (just found this is an emoji)

[nexo]

I’m so proud of the growth Discourse has had. Amazing work, team!

[Justin_Vega]

I can’t wait to share the news with all the Discourse sites I know of!

[jord8on (Jordan)]

@codinghorror

When inserting a hyperlink from the composer, all you could do is paste in an URL. How dull! Now you can dynamically search for existing topics directly from that very same field. Just start typing to begin your search!

Wow!! This is awesome

Former JiveX users will love this! JiveX would allow you to @mention content, people, and spaces in their communities. Just making a reference here, in case any former Jivers are looking for how to mention/lookup/link to other community content.