v4.5.0

July 2, 2014    Release

New features

  • Massive memory reduction (optional) for “View Images” users with Never Ending Reddit
  • Preloading of albums is now off by default to save memory/bandwidth - you can turn this back on in the inline image viewer preferences if you wish
  • Support for several new image and video hosts
  • Support for native HTML5 audio and video formats (thanks @sgtfrankieboy)
  • Fancy new comment editor buttons for visual goodness
  • Add the ability to move images with shift-drag or arrow keys (thanks @gablank)
  • Added support for Photobucket (thanks @mpalermo)
  • Expand YouTube links in comments (work by @patricksnape, @thybag, improvements by @honestbleeps)
  • Added “No Participation” module to help remind redditors to be better citizens when visiting via meta-links (thanks @andytuba)
  • Added the “vote enhancement” module that provides a number of options for coloring/highlighting and enhancing vote information (thanks @matheod)
  • Added “m” keyboard shortcut to modmail (g, m in “go mode”)
  • Automatically toggle night mode based on time (thanks @mc10)
  • Subreddit sidebar search: add sort/time range dropdowns (thanks @andytuba)
  • Console now uses nicer color inputs (thanks @matheod)
  • Option to have the reddit logo link to /r/all (thanks @matheod)
  • Option to disable CSS3 animations (thanks @andytuba)
  • Option to navigate by Gilded with Comment Navigator (thanks @matheod)
  • Settings console now has advanced options hidden for a simplified view (thanks @matheod)
  • User tag now displayed next to “commenting as” nickname. (thanks @matheod)
  • Add a link on user profile to see posts of the user from the subreddit we come from (thanks @matheod)
  • Add modmail option to dashboard (thanks @matheod)
  • Visually distinguish “source” textarea from “edit” (thanks @matheod)
  • Added commandline command for “me” or “me/X” to navigate to your profile quickly (thanks @matheod)
  • Added “Context” module that allows easy breakout to full context from deeply linked comments (thanks @matheod)
  • Add “show full link flair” option that forces full link flair to be displayed instead of cut off (thanks @matheod)
  • Show time until hidden scores will be revealed on hover (thanks @matheod)
  • Added option to navigate by highlighted user - hover the username to highlight, then use comment navigator (thanks @matheod)
  • Add a Table button to easily create and edit table in commentTools (thanks @matheod)
  • Add a search widget on dashboard (thanks @matheod)
  • Option to uncheck “send replies [to this submission] to my inbox” (thanks @m-xbutterfly)
  • User tag link is now clickable (thanks @matheod)
  • Highlight “commenting as” when posting from an alt account (thanks @matheod)
  • Console now shows default value of options on hover for easy reference (thanks @matheod)
  • … and loads of other minor fixes here and there …

Bug fixes

  • Fixed broken subreddit filters
  • Allow clearing of keybindings with backspace (thanks @matheod)
  • Various fixes to video autoplay related stuff (thanks @thybag, help / updates from @honestbleeps)
  • Comment Navigator - changing categories repeatedly breaks navigator (fixed
  • Fixed an issue with broken imgur links loading a wrong/different image
  • Fixed a problem with mediaBrowseMode behaving poorly when “view images” is clicked
  • When expanding multiple video / audio expandos only the first one should now autoplay
  • Fixed an issue with audio ads playing in the background via imgur (was only a bug in Safari)
  • Fixed videos autoplaying on saved links/comments pages
  • Fixed toolbarfix functionality to remove the reddit toolbar from sites that break it
  • fix launching user tagger from command line (thanks @andytuba)
  • various useful triage (thanks @bronzle)
  • Subreddit manager once again shows [+shortcut] button on reddit.com/reddits
  • “source” button should not be the first button on post buttons list
  • … and DOZENS of others …