General
42 results found
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Enhancing the Summary Page
If you click on whichever bar, it gives a list of birds that make up the summary.
1 voteThis has now been completed as part of the version 5 software, and will appear in the next update.
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Daily sightings list.
I would like to be able to compile a list of all sightings in a day's observing, when more than one sight is visited
13 votesThis is now possible using the V5 desktop app. Go to the observations report and filter to the day in question.
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Choose first day of the week
In the summary page "sunday" is the first day of the week.
In many countries "monday" are the first day of the week.
Making this an option would make the "This calendar week" more precise for alot of people.
4 votesWe’ve made Bird Journal respect the first day of the week typically used in different cultures. The hope is that this will satisfy the majority of users.
If this isn’t sufficient and you would still prefer an option for this, then please post a new suggestion.
This change will appear in the next update of each of the apps/software.
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Target species
Introduce features that help you see more species. Specifically to answer the following questions:
- Which country has the most species that I have yet to see?
- Which species have I not seen, in a particular country?
- Where should I go to see a particular species?20 votesThis feature is now available in the v5 desktop apps as a new premium checklist report.
Please create new suggestions to cover anything you feel we missed / would like to see. There’s plenty of scope for extending this.
Best wishes,
Justin
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First of Year Birds
Mark first of year birds in some way.
9 votesThis is now available via badges in the entry page.
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Default "Location Filter" to the current site
When creating a new entry, could the Location Filter be set to default to the current site. Most of the time people doing the same site see birds already on their list. On the odd occasion that someone sees a new species, they would then either have to change the location filter, but I'm guessing this won't be the norm'. New sites would need to default to the next level up (or have no filter).
1 voteThis is now possible as part of the version 5 software.
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enable adding sub-family/order data
The ability to add more taxonomic details such as sub-family / order is essential when trying to record invertebrates such as Australian moths where there are no english names and taxonomy is quite confused!
4 votesIt is now possible to create order taxa within taxonomies using the version 5 software.
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iPad version
Create a iPad version of the mobile app to fully take account of the much better resolution on the device.
And better still would be to add some of the Windows functionality around managing entries, editing of geotags in particular (by selecting from a map) would be good.
26 votesThis has now been completed and an update is available in the App Store that makes full use of the iPad screen.
If it doesn’t yet show as an update then wait a few hours to let the App Store update – this is very hot off the press!
We didn’t add any desktop features as part of this. If you’d like to see that then please vote for or create the relevant suggestions.
Best wishes,
Justin
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1 vote
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the ability to deselect all entires in Export Records
deselect all entries in export records so that you can then just select a few in the list
0 votesThis is now possible in the version 5 software. Date-range filter will be coming soon.
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USe BTO 5-letter abbreviations for faster entry
Add the 5-letter bird name abbreviations to the bird names so you can search by those rather than the full name of the bird (e.g. RUDSH for Ruddy Shellduck) - or any of the other standard abbreviation systems.
0 votesThis is already possible using synonym packs available in the Bird Journal library, with thanks to Jonathan Davidson.
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4 votes
The upcoming version 5 software is optimised for Windows tablets such as the Surface Pro. You can get the soon-to-be-public private beta from https://www.birdjournal.com/get-beta
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Allow insertion of lines into taxonomic lists
when creating or editing taxonomic lists it is currently required to add a new species to the end of the list and then move it up into the correct place one line at a time per click.. if someone were to add a new swallowtail to the
European Butterflies Taxonomy. this would require the new species to be moved up the list over 400 times as the list is now approximately 450 species long. it would be a massive help if you could simply insert an extra line into the database where it was required and then fill the data…4 votesIt is now possible to insert items (and re-arrange generally) in taxonomies using the version 5 software.
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On the Geotagging/map screen, have an enter by name box for location
would it be useful to have an 'enter by name' (of location) box? Easier than using the zoom tool! The ability to select a less precise OS map reference might be useful too.
3 votesThis is now possible as part of the version 5 software, just press the magnifying glass to search.
Please create a separate suggestion for less precise OS map references if still required. Note however that for the UK at least, it is already possible to enter OS grid references with varying levels of accuracy, e.g., with 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 numerical digits.
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Date range filter
For all screens, including export, allow to filter by a range of dates. Currently it's only possible to filter to a month, month-year or year.
44 votesThis is now possible as part of the version 5 beta software:
https://twitter.com/Bird_Journal/status/708643295874961409This feature will be generally available in an update shortly.
You can vote for the outstanding work on this if you wish. Date range filtering for mobile apps:
http://support.birdjournal.com/forums/262707-general/suggestions/12925491-date-range-filtering-for-mobile-appsAnd date range filtering for the export screen:
http://support.birdjournal.com/forums/262707-general/suggestions/12925500-date-range-filtering-for-export-screenBest wishes,
Justin
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Mac version
Make a native mac version of Bird Journal
149 votesI’m pleased to report that Bird Journal 5 is now live, with a refined user experience, Mac support and some great new features:
https://www.birdjournal.com/version-five-desktop-appIf you’re currently using Bird Journal Free, a complementary 14-days premium subscription has been activated since license restrictions are now in place.
Many, many thanks for all of your help during the beta. We hope you’re as pleased with the end result as we are. It’s certainly been the most open, collaborative development process for us so far, with the initial beta being available very early on.
And a special thank you to all Mac users for your patience while we made this happen.
Making the web version of Bird Journal available is one of our next priorities.
Best wishes,
Justin
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Custom Report Generator
E.g. Under "Entries" I might want to select a particular species and select records marked with the "interesting" property (or any other property) and then view a report showing not only a list of entries but also the notes, counts, etc for those sightings (all on one page).
24 votesThis is now possible as part of the version 5 beta software:
https://twitter.com/Bird_Journal/status/708013091531984900This feature will be generally available in an update shortly.
There is plenty of scope for extensions of the new “reports” tab. Please create new suggestions/vote for reports/features you would like to see.
For example, new reports could help identify target species, such as in this suggestion:
http://support.birdjournal.com/forums/262707-general/suggestions/7305505-target-speciesBest wishes,
Justin
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Option to Arrange Lists Chronologically
Under species view if I'd like to be able to list birds by date of sighting. Then I can easily determine if I just seen a bird for the first time this year or the first time ever etc. ......or in reverse order so I can easily see when was the last time I saw a particular bird. Perhaps by clicking on "Last sighting" or First sighting" the list could be displayed in ascending or descending chronological order.. (May also need an option to restore the users default order or alphabetical or taxonomic)
14 votesWhile not implemented exactly as suggested, it’s now possible to view lifers in this way using the new lifers/firsts report.
Please create a new suggestion for allowing to sort earliest first, if that’s something you’d like to see. Only most recent first is currently supported.
Best wishes,
Justin
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Option to download all photos
Add an option to download all photos to another computer or device and sync when new photos are added. The current behaviour only downloads photos when they're viewed for the first time.
12 votesDownloading and storing all photos to each copy of Bird Journal is now available as an update. If you would like to do this automatically as part of the sync process, please vote for this suggestion: http://support.birdjournal.com/forums/262707-general/suggestions/7197664-auto-download-photos
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Filters for iOS & Android
Add filters, like those in the desktop version of Bird Journal, to the mobile apps, so you can filter entries by eg. a species, and species by year, location, etc.
29 votesUpdates will be available via the AppStore & Google Play soon: http://blog.birdjournal.com/post/filters-for-ios-and-android
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