This release consists of changes from the 4.7.x beta releases.
Highlights:
- Microsoft Edge Support (huge thanks @BenMcGarry and @erikdesjardins)
- Massive infrastructure overhauls towards faster development, faster startup times (massive thanks @erikdesjardins, @mc10)
- IndexedDB storage for Firefox: more stable than simple-storage (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Chrome storage improvements: increased performance and unlimited capacity (previously 5 MB) (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Show Images overhaul (huge thanks @larsjohnsen)
- i.redd.it and redditmedia image support
- A ridiculous amount of hard work from @erikdesjardins, @mc10, @larsjohnsen, @githue, @matheod, @thybag
- Contributions from many other members in the community
See all pull requests merged for this version (300+) or browse by
commit (1400+).
New Features and Enhancements
- Custom comment depth (per subreddit) (thanks @bmalnad, @erikdesjardins)
- Link to xpost subreddits in post taglines (thanks @br4nnigan)
- Show a preview of the link title when scrolling up on comments pages (thanks @githue)
- Media hosts:
- Twitch.tv (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Twitch.tv clips (thanks @BenMcGarry, @erikdesjardins)
- deviantART stash (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- I.redd.it (thanks @andytuba, @erikdesjardins)
- Redditmedia (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Reddituploads (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Dailymotion (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- JSFiddle (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Instagram (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Gyazo (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Bime.io (thanks @yoannmoinet)
- Vidlit (thanks @billmalarky)
- Simplecove (thanks @SimpleCove)
- Twimg (links to twitter images; may end with :large) (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Graphiq (thanks @iampueroo, @thybag)
- Pixpit (thanks @kingreza)
- Spotify (thanks @anhallbe, @erikdesjardins)
- Strawpoll.me (thanks @thybag)
- iloopit (thanks @rapkin)
- Derpibooru (thanks @Ajedi32)
- Radd.it improvements (thanks @listentous)
- Giphy video/code improvements (thanks @empyrical)
- Flickr improvements (thanks @Saturate)
- YouTube improvements (thanks @corylulu)
- Soundcloud improvements (thanks @corylulu)
- Xkcd (thanks @thybag)
- Wikipedia (thanks @thybag)
- Codepen (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Oddshot improvements (thanks @pmlocek)
- Gifv inside imgur albums (thanks @larsjohnsen and @erikdesjardins)
- Option to load lower-resolution imgur images (for slow/metered connections) (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Superstack (thanks @Dimes)
- Show Media UI enhancements
- Playback controls (play/pause, progress bar, seek) (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Host branding and settings link (thanks @andytuba)
- Rotate and image search tools (thanks @thybag, @andytuba)
- Optionally show all comment sort options (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Tidier settings console deep links (thanks @corylulu)
- Filter a subreddit from command line (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Quick Link navigation menu from multireddit navigation bar (thanks @andytuba)
- Option to hide “subscribe to thread” button for New Comments Count (thanks @jkcchan)
- Custom filter by logged in user (thanks @morgil)
- Option to truncate long titles to one line (thanks @jkcchan)
- Option to show the comment collapse button in the inbox (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Add orangered and periwinkle (cornflowerblue) user tag colors (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Add a button to quickly filter visited links on a page (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Allow custom destinations for the reddit logo link (thanks @andytuba)
- Option to navigate comments by tagged users (thanks @dzamie)
- The subreddit hover info now appears for full links (thanks @rageandqq)
- Allow max media width and height to be defined as a percentage of viewport size (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Vote Enhancements will now interpolate custom score colors (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Keyboard Nav non-linear scroll style (moving to parent, siblings, etc.) can now be customized (thanks @erikdesjardins, @larsjohnsen)
- RES will now warn you if it detects multiple instances of itself running (thanks @andytuba)
- New Keyboard Nav shortcut “moveDownParentSibling” to move to the parent’s next sibling (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- New “middle” Keyboard Nav scroll style (thanks @larsjohnsen)
Bug Fixes
- Hovering over “Commenting as [username]” shows user info (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- New troubleshooting tools (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix vote weights being selectable in comment text (thanks @empyrical)
- Fix live preview not linking u/username and erroneously rendering some HTML entities (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Localized dates and timezones improved (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix character limits on ban messages being inaccurate after a reddit change (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- YouTube video times work again (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix occasionally adding multiple “view images” tabmenu items (thanks @githue)
- Fix the nightmode background color of permalinked posts (thanks @ScoreUnder)
- Fix “new comments” notification not appearing (thanks @andytuba)
- Fix account switcher dropdown arrow misalignment (thanks @thybag)
- Fix “clippy” option (“drag to expand” tooltip) couldn’t be disabled (thanks @DrLeh)
- Mitigate the effect of accidental drags on dashboard widgets (thanks @educcjr)
- Fix expandos not appearing for spotlighted posts (thanks @thybag)
- Fix nightmode styles in self-serve ad area (thanks @TimHarrison)
- Fix highlightFirseCommenter not working for newly loaded comments (thanks @brandonpatrick)
- Fix some image captions not being displayed (thanks @Ajedi32)
- Fix visitedStyle option couldn’t be fully disabled (thanks @githue)
- Fix Never Ending Reddit banner message not updating when paused after a refresh (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix table sorting bugging out when table headers contained complex markdown (thanks @githue)
- Prevent commentHoverBorder from shifting comments around on hover (thanks @Zunon, @erikdesjardins)
- Fix the toggleChildren keyboard shortcut automatically triggering followLink on comments pages when the post was selected (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Prevent new comment counts from duplicating (thanks @thybag)
- Fix Context module not applying to modqueue-like pages (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix the inbox / back to top buttons overlapping the Big Editor window (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix the ignored icon on the User Tagger table on the dashboard (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix pinHeader calculating incorrect header heights in some subreddits (thanks @githue)
- Fix spacing between estimated upvote count and label (thanks @corylulu)
- Fix User Tagger dialog layout issues (thanks @githue)
- Fix scrollStyle: ‘top’ not scrolling far enough near the bottom of the page (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix images opening in a new tab after resizing in some situations (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Remove an unneeded style on
.userTagLink
causing problems in some subreddits (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix pages being detected as search pages if the link title started with “search” (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix reports being unreadable in nightmode (thanks @githue, @erikdesjardins)
- Fix autocompletion not working with u/ and r/ prefixes (thanks @Antrikshy)
- Fix radd.it embed links including an extra slash (thanks @listentous)
- Fix the hide keyboard shortcut not working to unhide posts (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix “source” buttons being added to the same comment multiple times (thanks @andytuba)
- RES now respects the non-looping flag for imgur .gifv (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix No Participation warning notification “more details” not staying open when hovered upon (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix creating invalid image links for some giphy.com URLs (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix “use selected title” overlapping with the comment count on the submit page (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix filteReddit allowNSFW option doing nothing (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix post type and ‘is NSFW’ custom filters (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix description of subredditStyleBrowserToolbarButton referring to the Chrome omnibar (thanks @honestbleeps, @BenMcGarry)
- Fix a bug preventing RES from opening new tabs in Safari, which could cause a crash in some versions (thanks @int3h)
- Fix Microsoft Edge migration issue with max size (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix drag-to-resize in Safari (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix albums not correctly switching to slideshow mode from filmstrip mode in some situations (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix NSFWQuickToggle still appearing when disabled (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix styleTweaks reapplying subreddit style when it was disabled natively (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Prevent filmstrip-style albums from breaking when trying to navigate with keyboard shortcuts (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Treat galleries as muted media only if all pieces are themselves muted (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix a bug where the floating userbar (pinHeader) would show/hide every scroll regardless of position (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix Never Ending Reddit always unpausing when clicking “load a new page” instead of only when it was paused by pauseAfterEvery (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix negative karma numbers being displayed as positive (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix NaN karma, etc. in user hover info for suspended accounts (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix Tumblr host ignoring URLs ending with a #hash (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix subredditStyleBrowserToolbarButton option being hidden in Edge (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix
scrollStyle: middle
occasionally scrolling opposite of the desired direction (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix a minor style issue with top border of user tags getting cut off (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix media resizing getting too sensitive when an image was automatically moved left (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix scrollOnExpando not respecting header height when pinHeader was enabled (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix subreddit manager icons causing a scrollbar when zoomed in (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix duplicate user tag icon next to commenting as username (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix placeholder not escaping >quotes at the beginning of lines (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix a bug where the floatingSidebar would show/hide every scroll (like the userbar in 4.7.5) (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Tentatively fix a race causing nightmode/disabled subreddit styles to not be respected (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix ctrl-enter to submit not working on live threads (thanks @pltarun)
- Fix filteReddit NSFW quick toggle appearing when the module is disabled (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix xkcd host treating what-if.xkcd.com links as normal xkcd.com comics (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix showImages media movement sometimes producing invalid CSS (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix MutationObservers (used for loading images in Never Ending Reddit) in Safari (thanks @andytuba)
- A few fixes and improvements to the Orangered module (thanks @andytuba)
- Fix media resize keyboard shortcut resizing more than one image at once (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Prevent RES from setting
<body>
to position: relative
and breaking stylesheets (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Style Keyboard Nav help panel in nightmode (thanks @andytuba)
- Fix Never Ending Reddit endlessly loading at the end of a listing (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix submitHelper “already submitted” warning always appearing when switching from text to link posting (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix description of New Comment Count’s subscriptionLength option incorrectly stating that
0
would keep subscriptions indefinitely (thanks @darkred, @erikdesjardins)
- Nix extra space appearing above subreddit manager edit buttons for non-multireddit shortcuts (thanks @pltarun)
- Fix single-image gifv album expandos having a video icon instead of a gifv (muted video) icon (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Fix another race causing stylesheets to occasionally not be disabled in nightmode (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix Microsoft Edge migration issue with max size (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Make localDate work within the sidebar (thanks @thybag)
- NER: Do not restore page on reload (thanks @larsjohnsen)
Housekeeping / Other
- Code infrastructure overhaul, massive thanks @erikdesjardins and @mc10
- Start-up speed improvements
- ES6+ all the code (async functions <3)
- Webpack all the modules
- SCSS for nearly all the CSS
- Templates for nearly all the HTML
- Consolidate build/run scripts into npm
- Automated linting/testing
- Dynamically throttle DOM operations based on browser performance (thanks @LiterallyWTH)
- Snudown-js upgrade (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Brand new icons (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Fix date tests (thanks @MrP)
- Create expandos for more imgur URLs (thanks @erikdesjardins, @andytuba)
- Clean up some module and option descriptions (thanks @githue)
- User tagger gracefully handles some badly-formatted username links (thanks @githue)
- Change an
alt
attribute to title
to fix a spec violation (thanks @ljcl)
- Correctly remove the size prefix from all imgur image links
- Never Ending Reddit will unpause when clicking “open next page” (not when loading a new page inline) (thanks @helarqjsc)
- Clean up some unnecessary CSS rules that could make it harder to style RES (thanks @githue)
- Improve efficiency of Show Images conserveMemory (thanks @thybag, @larsjohnsen)
- Improve performance of “view images” initial toggle (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Cleanup and make more consistent the CSS for RES menus (thanks @githue)
- Ensure that RES custom alert messages stay on screen and scrollable (thanks @githue)
- Tidy up and simplify Never Ending Reddit notifications (thanks @githue)
- Fix numerous Edge bugs before release (thanks @BenMcGarry)
- Improve smoothness of image resizing when dragging (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Tweak doNoCtrlF option description (thanks @andytuba)
- Apply doNoCtrlF to “comments” links in sidebar (thanks @andytuba)
- Support more YouTube link formats (thanks @corylulu)
- Remove now-unused
unsafe-content-script
permission in Firefox (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Add
.res-hasNewComments
to .thing
containing .newComments
for ease of styling (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Replace some loading icons with a simpler spinner icon (thanks @githue)
- Update to jQuery 3 (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Simplify No Participation module and harden against malformed URLs (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Clean up readme (thanks @BenMcGarry)
- Centralize RES logo and CSS button icons (thanks @BenMcGarry)
- Move commentBoxes into a new module (thanks @githue)
- Reduce latency of removing subreddit styles on pageload (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Eliminate Ruby dependency for Sass/SCSS linting (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Apply a body class
.res-userHighlight
when User Highlighter is enabled, so subreddit themes can conditionally style usernames (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Updating naming “link karma” -> “post karma” in light of recent reddit changes (thanks @BenMcGarry)
- Add help/info to reddit help/beta submit page (thanks @andytuba)
- The [l=c] button on post taglines is now hidden by default (thanks @andytuba)
- Improve Chrome permissions messages - RES now warns you about a permission before asking, instead of popping up a dialog out of nowhere (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Minor improvements to Troubleshooter testEnvironment (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Move large assets out of the repo (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Show an alert in Firefox when IndexedDB storage cannot be initialized (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Automate Chrome release deployment (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Support new streamable.com URL format (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Firefox release is now correctly limited to Firefox 48 and up (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Update cookie deletion (i.e. account switcher) to work with Firefox 48 (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Clean up some options code (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Slightly improve x-post title parsing (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Galleries with one image now get an image icon (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Automate Firefox release deployment (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Clean up some media host detection logic (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Backup filenames now end with the RES version number (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Clean up ESLint config (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Simplify Chrome->Edge shim (thanks @BenMcGarry)
- Minor tidying of some options (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Show a loading spinner when hover info cards are loading (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- Change default value of Never Ending Reddit’s hideDupes option from “fade” to “hide” (thanks @andytuba)
- Clean up lint rules (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Update some dependencies (thanks @BenMcGarry)
- Break up changelog by version (thanks @andytuba)
- Add changelog version bump automation (thanks @andytuba)
- Move announcement badge to a separate icon beside the settings console gear (thanks @andytuba)
- Slightly improve Never Ending Reddit loading performance (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Add a more advanced per-module profiling tool (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Add an option to disable voteEnhancements score color interpolation (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Integrate Clippy with media controls (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- “Welcome to RES” tip now has links to donation/contributing page (thanks @andytuba)
- Clean up expando button CSS (thanks @larsjohnsen)
- GitHub releases automatically marked as prereleases (thanks @erikdesjardins)
- Set CSS class name for filter visited links and show images (thanks @larsjohnsen)