We’ve released Bonfire 1.0.7. This one is not built around a single headline feature. It is a broader pass over the interface and some of the parts people use most: feeds, discussions, circles, dashboards and navigation, along with a set of behind-the-scenes optimisations: faster local and remote feed queries, more efficient loading of discussions and dashboard content, and improvements to navigation state and caching to reduce unnecessary work as you move through the app.

Quick summary

• A new default interface

Bonfire now has two interface presets. The new default, Stream, is flatter and more compact, giving feeds and conversations more of the available space. Typographic keeps a more layered and editorial look, and remains available as an alternative in settings.

• Discussions have been reworked

Long threads should now be easier to scan. Busy reply branches can be folded into a short summary and opened when needed, and it's easier to start following thread participants.

• Circles, feeds and the dashboard

Circles are now more visible from the dashboard and from there users can edit circles, adding more members to it or create new ones.

• Federation

This release also lays groundwork for federating groups: starting with better interop with remote groups and threadiverse apps. Federated groups remain our biggest priority, and we're designing them in the open with the W3C groups task force.

• ghost article import
• monitoring cpu

They are joining the threadiverse

Bonfire 1.0.7: what's new and what's next

A fresh default interface, reworked discussions, faster feeds and dozens of fixes, plus where we're riding next: public federated groups, better notifications, and settings you can find.

(bonfirenetworks.org)

Nice that they are working on federation