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I tried looking around for a changelog but I couldn't find one anywhere (let me know if you know where it is, I know you can look at the commits/merged PRs on Codeberg but there's a lot to dig through).

Here's some of the changes I've noticed:

  • Profile picture next to username in top right
  • Comments can now be sorted by "top"
  • Larger image preview when uploading an image
  • Magazine stats are now localized (yay!!!)
  • kbin logo instead of stormtrooper in the "Create your own instance" box
  • Vote colors are brighter on dark mode
  • New theme: Tokyo Night

This is just what I've seen after using the site for a bit after the update, let me know if there's anything I've missed!

Edit: I just noticed that you can filter posts by language now, that's huge!

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[–] ernest@kbin.social 248 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Soon I will try to craft a post about whom exactly we owe these changes to. Today there's already too much excitement for one evening ;)

spoiler: https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/activity

For the next few hours, the website may be slow. We are working on a fix.

[–] artillect@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

Sweet, looking forward to it!

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice, I'm the second person after Ernest on this activity chart, since June 28.

[–] ernest@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

This code is just a small fraction of what you generally do, man ;)

[–] akai@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Loving the new update @ernest!

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great work guys, really happy with how many tweaks, bug fixes and be additions we got in. Super super keen to get the click to toggle comment functionally in (love it on mobile) along with some of the new bigger pieces

[–] RheingoldRiver@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lol I got super confused cos I could've SWORN your PR that you're working on atm about user profiles was merged already, but after the update the 2nd display name is still there....so I was like, did anything change? when did the commits go up to? and then I realized this PR isn't merged yet and heavily 🤦‍♀️

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[–] Innti@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the updates Ernest, just fyi I had to delete the pwa I had for kbin and reinstall it to get the updates. Maybe have to adjust something in your manifest to auto update? I'll take a look at code later. Really happy so far tho, the screen lock is a life saver!!

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

The manifest is a pain. Apparently even updating the theme_color should be enough to force chrome to download a new version and update the local client, but that can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or so 😰

I've found deleting it and reinstalling thankfully works and now shows the fancy icon on Android

[–] petejones@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The iOS PWA logs out whenever I lock my screen. Is that something that will be fixed? I love kbin ty for all the work you do!

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't seen that report before, if it's happening consistently with you can you add it as an issue on https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues

We adjusted the manifest to add in the updated logos and shortcuts and it's working correctly on Android.

Good to make a report in case there's some underlying issue

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[–] VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Things I'm particularly proud of include the new language filtering setting, the lnf changes (compact mode on a tablet feels niiice) and the markdown improvements - hopefully everyones community links will work now!

[–] ernest@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Another pull request means another hour with a strong cup of coffee ;)

[–] holo_nexus@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

New tokyo night theme is slick

[–] Lunyan@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah! Really really nice

[–] critnukes@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Am I the only one having the whole kbin.social site in polish?

[–] sab@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're not haha - I have no idea what I'm doing here. Doesn't get more bleeding edges than everything suddenly changing to polish.

[–] Dav@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

ktoś pomoże, moje komentarze zmieniły się na polskie

[–] ozen@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

if you go to the bottom of the page you can change it to different language. mine was in polish too

[–] elscallr@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was just some UI polish work, it's ok

[–] VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

See, if I hadn't seen that joke already I would have upvoted 😁

[–] critnukes@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you! There it was - that's surely not the most optimal placement of that setting. I was looking at my profile, and settings to no avail.
Cheers /u/ozen

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[–] MelancholikhPatata@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I love seeing Kbin getting better and cozier day by day, I'm in awe! thank you to everyone who's been working on it, you are all appreciated :')

[–] theinspectorst@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I previously had a problem on mobile that, even if I set my default homepage to Subscribed, it would still revert back to All. That seems to be fixed now too.

[–] aussiematt@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seems the search button at the top left of the screen still takes me to the "technical works in progress" page.

[–] ozen@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

does the same for me, same thing happens when I search magazines too.

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[–] j037@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm on Firefox mobile (Android) and the ui is now in Polish? How do I change it back to English

Edit: nwm I found how to change it, at the very bottom of any page

[–] BusterStatus@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They may have taken the concept of UI polish a bit too literally.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

TODO

[x] Polish UI

[–] revengebreaker@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tokyo Night is awesome on dark reader mode. Nice work devs. 😀👍

[–] Grimlo9ic@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I absolutely love the new Tokyo Night theme.

Also, good on Ernest for getting ahead of the legal curve! #IWasHereWhenItWasStillAStormtrooper

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[–] LeftIt@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Magazine stats are now localized (yay!!!)

Someone please explain this one, haven't been on here very long

[–] artillect@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's something that you wouldn't have seen unless you created a magazine (or community). In the magazine settings, there's a tab to view statistics like the number of posts, comments, and votes made per day. Before the update, all of the graphs were in Polish, so they were impossible to interpret without google translate. But now, they're properly translated into the language that you use

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[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Increasing the size of the text in the settings no longer causes posts to leak off into inaccessible areas of the page in the iOS web app. As an iPhone Mini user, I particularly appreciate this change. I can finally increase the text size to a more comfortable reading level.

[–] acedelgado@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Hitting the kbin logo takes you back to your feed, instead of having to click it and then go over and click the Home button. That's a huge plus, IMO.

[–] joeygibson@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Hm... My avatar photo is gone, and showing as a broken image. I tried to upload it gain, but it doesn't seem to have taken.

[–] artillect@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

A lot of avatar photos are broken for me, same with a lot of the thumbnails and magazine icons. Something weird must be going on

[–] skulblaka@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I can see your avi from my side, might just be some backend weirdness.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I also notice quite some image issues on kbin.social. Seems like some image cache problems?

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[–] chamaeleon@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like the kbin PWA on my phone is now following my default setting for homepage of subscribed instead of all when opening it. I like this change.

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Still overrides my locked rotation, though. Oh well 😅

Really looking forward to seeing what all's changed and I d'awww-ed at my little new icon. I was kinda thinking the work would last for several more hours, so I'm very happy to see it back already

Edit: Important update for anyone on mobile, the kbin logo now takes me to Home! The hamburger menu has an acceptable hitbox again!

[–] VerifiablyMrWonka@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

The rotation thing was fixed but typically phones only update the PWA manifests every now and then. Quick and easy win would be to reinstall it. That'll force a fetch.

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[–] Hakaku@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'm happy that clicking on the Kbin logo on mobile brings you back to the home page (as opposed to opening the hamburger menu).

[–] 34@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Android rotation lock bug resolved, nice, very nice. Great work to all involved.

[–] poo@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

This new theme is amazing, thank you!

[–] Kaldo@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I was pleasantly surprised to see the new updates (and that the old userscripts that add stuff like collapsing comments still worked), I immediately started searching for patch notes or sth but couldn't find any, so thanks for this thread 😁

[–] mehble@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not able to see the changes in my pwa. I'm guessing the update hasn't quite propagated everywhere yet?

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[–] Cyzaine@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thought I was on a different site entirely! Really love the changes, came through well on my mobile pwa.

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