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