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| title: "biggest ui refresh yet!" | |
| date: "August 15, 2023" | |
| banner: | |
| file: "meowthcooking.webp" | |
| alt: "meowth handling orders in a restaurant" | |
| hey! this update is huge and mostly aimed to refresh the ui, but there are also some other nice fixes/additions. read below for more info :) | |
| <span class="text-backdrop">tl;dr:</span> | |
| - entirety of web app has been refreshed. it's more prettier and optimized than ever, both on phone and desktop. | |
| - if you're on ios, try adding cobalt to home screen! it'll look and act like a native app. | |
| - all soundcloud links are now supported and audio quality is higher than before. | |
| - all x (previously twitter) links are now supported and work properly. | |
| - newer reddit videos are downloadable now. | |
| - added some sort of eula, list of keyboard shortcuts, updated privacy policy for more clarity. check it all in refreshed about tab! | |
| - cobalt now lets you know if your browser doesn't support clipboard pasting and helps you fix it. | |
| <span class="text-backdrop">accessibility notice:</span> | |
| this update includes animations and transparency, if you'd like to disable any or all of them, head to settings > other > accessibility. | |
| <span class="text-backdrop">[full changelog]</span> | |
| service improvements: | |
| - fixed unexpected 502 errors when downloading newer reddit videos. | |
| - newer reddit videos (with audio) are downloadable now. | |
| - upgraded soundcloud downloads to use higher audio quality than before. | |
| - all soundcloud links are now supported. | |
| - added support for x.com urls. | |
| - changed twitter api once again. now everything works, again. | |
| web improvements: | |
| - all-new matte glass aesthetic, applied to revamped popup headers, tab selectors, and also small popups. | |
| - rounded corners everywhere! cobalt is now safe for everyone who can't handle sharp objects. | |
| - paddings everywhere are smaller, more content fits on the screen at once. | |
| - optimized installed web app to look and act like a native app, especially on ios. | |
| - added update release dates to changelogs. | |
| - cobalt now lets you know if your browser doesn't support clipboard api and helps you fix it. | |
| - refreshed all popups: less padding, more content. | |
| - completely remade error and download popups, they're consistent with the rest of refreshed design. | |
| - refreshed the look of entire changelog tab: separated title and version/commit, made title bigger, evened out all paddings. | |
| - replaced close button with back button, moved it to left. | |
| - added interaction animations. | |
| - added more keyboard shorcuts. | |
| - added a list of keyboard shortcuts to about tab. | |
| - added eula to about tab. check it out. | |
| - added more accessibility options, put them all into one category. you can disable animations and transparency if you want to. | |
| - added a link to self-troubleshooting guide to about tab. | |
| - renamed 2160p and 4320p to 4k and 8k respectfully for better clarity. | |
| - popups now work without any weird workarounds, especially on mobile. they're clean and nice. | |
| - home screen now also works without any weird workarounds. it is also clean and nice. | |
| - optimized css of almost all ui elements. should be even more consistent across platforms now. | |
| - added ability to translate "cobalt" more in-depth localization. for example, in russian "cobalt" is now "кобальт", that's the style i'll be going with from now on. | |
| - updated many localization strings for more clarity. | |
| - removed ability to change the app name dynamically in all locations. cobalt is a sustained app name. | |
| - updated donation and privacy policy texts for more clarity in both english and russian. | |
| - home screen now smoothly fades in instead of popping in. | |
| - proper banner loading. no more jumping text! | |
| - proper banner error handling. if banner wasn't loaded, it'll simply go grey instead of disappearing. | |
| - links are no longer italic and are instead underlined. | |
| - collapsible lists now have corresponding emoji. | |
| - donate button is now highlighted with magenta instead of white. | |
| - proper dropdown arrow. | |
| - removed 6.0 api fallback. | |
| - fixed celebrations emoji. again. | |
| - cleaned up all related frontend modules, especially page.js. | |
| - urgent notice is now a js element, not a static piece of text. can be updated easily. | |
| api improvements: | |
| - now catching all json api related errors. | |
| - moved on demand blocks to web server, now changelog can be updated independently from preferred api server. | |
| - now sending standard rate limiting headers. | |
| - better readability in source. | |
| other improvements: | |
| - renamed docker-compose.yml.example to docker-compose.example.yml for linting in code editors. | |
| - added a wiki with wip troubleshooting guide on github. more guides are coming soon! | |
| that's a ton of changes! i really hope you like this update as much as i do. | |
| if you experience any issues, feel free to contact me on any platform listed in about tab! i'd love to hear back from you. | |
| thank you for sticking with me and cobalt, i hope you have THE best day :D |