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v0.6.0 - Big permission change + many UI fixes

Improvement
Much of this week was spent on user interface improvements, resulting in a lot of little polish + a couple of larger changes. Kudos to my friends for providing very valuable feedback (and finding quirky edge-case bugs!).

Major Change - Event Visibility
  • [PREVIOUSLY] Members of a group could only see events that they were officially invited to. This created a lot of confusion and friction, especially for new organizers and users - an organizer could not seamlessly invite their friends to the group and ask them to vote in a poll or RSVP to an event.
  • [DESIGN CHANGE] Since we're targeting groups that we expect are largely made of up friends who know & trust each other, this level of privacy is unnecessary and counter-productive.  
  • [NOW] Members of a group can see & participate in all events in the group - no more need to be officially invited! They can participate in polls, add notes, and RSVP (known issue: Forgot to create the UI to actually allow this - will address shortly!)
Minor Change - Timezone Support
  • Users now have a Time Zone setting in their profile (and it's automatically defaulted for new users based on their browser). 
  • All events & activities will be displayed in the user's timezone.
  • A footer has been added to the site to highlight which time zone you have set (so you don't have to remember).
Other Improvements & Fixes
  • Organizers now only get a notification the first time someone votes in a poll (not on every vote)
  • Voting in a poll is now a seamless operation - the poll option UI will now automatically update (for you & everyone else that has the page currently open) instead of triggering a full page reload
  • Viewing an event that has a scheduling poll now leaves the poll visible by default (previously the poll would auto-hide if you had already voted, which was confusing & inconsistent behavior).
  • Revised the layout of poll options to (hopefully!) be more intuitive and clear (including now displaying voter names in a tooltip instead of a toggleable pane)
    • Fixed that the poll options sometimes got cut off in the mobile view, without being able to scroll.
  • For admins - restyled the finalize button and added a confirmation dialog to clarify & confirm action.
  • Added real-time updates to the Event Notes pane - so if you are on sitting on the event page and someone else adds a new note, it'll show up instantly on your screen (known issue - this update doesn't trigger if notes are edited)
    • Also fixed an error with how "recent notes" are calculated
As always - love to get the feedback and bug reports!