Today’s update, which I hope is less controversial than the major leaguer whose birthday is today, brings some needed improvements to the posting process, with helpful steps along the draft -> upload photos -> publish path. It looks great and works great; I’m really happy with the improved usability.

The other major change addresses message functionality. Mainly, viewing all messages related to an item is much, much nicer — but there were a pile of smaller improvements here, especially focusing on organization and navigation. Also, messages now get chunked off in an email: since messages can’t be sent until an offer is accepted, this is one area where dibs.net reduces email volume.

All of these recent changes have made dibs.net a solid and feature-full app. After one or two more solid days of bug fixes and testing, I think I’ll be ready to slow down the release cycle and begin the maiden voyage with a local sale.