[atlas] RIPE Atlas Roadmap: monthly update: August

Dear Atlas community,

(thanks, Inigo ;-)

while developing RIPE Atlas, we wish to keep *you* involved and 
informed. We are maintaining a roadmap of the features we are working 
on, and with this update we are asking  for feedback, so that we can use 
it as guidance for making further plans.

You can find much more details are in the RIPE Labs article:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-roadmap-august-2012-update

Here I only want to copy the plans for next 4-6 weeks, and three months 
after that, and to repeat the questions from the article:

Plans for the next month:

* Users can get more flavors of customized measurements: DNS & SSL
- new wizard for two new types of measurements, currently beta-tested

* Making it possible to download measurements results without having to 
be logged in
- by deploying & enabling API Keys

* Making it easier to follow the rate of deployment of probes over time
- by updating the graphs that show the distribution and status of probes

* Atlas hosts and sponsors can meet developers during RIPE65, Amsterdam
	- exchange experiences, give feedback and requirements
	- so developers can adjust priorities

Plans for Q4 2012:

* Installing Atlas Anchors as new targets for pre-defined measurements
- this will offer greater topological diversity for measurements
- Atlas Anchors will also become powerful probes,
capable of performing more measurements then small probes

* In order to remind you if the probe is not plugged in or if it is down
- we will add more automatic email notifications of events

* We will create Internet Traffic Maps based on Atlas data
- maps will illustrate the health (e.g. reachability) of measured networks

Questions:

- About the current functionality: what do you want us to improve?

- About additions to the next release:
what are the most-wanted features for each one of them?

- And finally, from the less-specific planned functionalities that we 
will work on three-six months from now:
     - what do you find most important?
     - to which one of them shall we give most priority?


Thank you for your feedback,
have a great summer,
and see you soon in Amsterdam,
Vesna