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!
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 :')
This new theme is amazing, thank you!
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).
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!
Another pull request means another hour with a strong cup of coffee ;)
Not able to see the changes in my pwa. I’m guessing the update hasn’t quite propagated everywhere yet?
mobile browser kinda cache some sites better as on the desktop, try to clear cache and hard reload if u wanna see those changes asap.
You might also have to remove the PWA and reinstall it, at least on Android that’s what I had to do to get the newly polished full width icon + the shortcut icons / theme colors to work.
Magazine stats are now localized (yay!!!)
Someone please explain this one, haven’t been on here very long
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
Cheers mate
New tokyo night theme is slick
Yeah! Really really nice
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.
Thought I was on a different site entirely! Really love the changes, came through well on my mobile pwa.
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.
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!
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.
The kbin logo not linking directly to home was probably one of my top UI gripes. I’m glad to see it get changed. Still hoping there will be an easier way to bring up the list of subscribed magazines.
I had to re-install my PWA, but it now adheres to the rotation setting on my phone. I’m using a Samsung Android phone so it may depend on the OS.
Is there a link to reinstall the PWA? I’m not getting prompted for it.
I think you just long-press on the /kbin icon on your phone and choose uninstall. Then next time you go there, your browser will prompt to install it again.
Yeah mine isn’t prompting me again to reinstall, is why I ask
Basically if you’re on Android, the PWA is built by a manifest.json file that tells Android how to launch the PWA and what it looks like. Every interval (apparently once a day) the PWA apparently pulls in a new version and updates itself, however I’ve found it really inconsistent.
Literally long pressing on it, selecting uninstall and then visiting kbin.social and pressing the install button is 100% guaranteed to work.
I did that today and got the new fancy icons and shortcuts:)
Yep. When I’ve disabled rotation the PWA now obeys it. Was super annoying before!
You, @AnonymousLlama, and @VerifiablyMrWonka. You’re all my heroes. It was a lasting annoyance and it is solved
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
They may have taken the concept of UI polish a bit too literally.
TODO
[x] Polish UI
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.
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.
Am I the only one having the whole kbin.social site in polish?
Nie widzę problemu, można po prostu nauczyć się polskiego, prawda?
Wszyscy mamy polskiego przyjaciela. Jak często, jak się stajesz.
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.
ktoś pomoże, moje komentarze zmieniły się na polskie
if you go to the bottom of the page you can change it to different language. mine was in polish too
That was just some UI polish work, it’s ok
See, if I hadn’t seen that joke already I would have upvoted 😁
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
I’ll have to have a look at the site when I’ve cleared caches. The language should really match the one used by your browser, not a great look if this is actually defaulting to polish for new users who come across the site :o
For me the on iOS, the top banner works now. Before I would have to fiddle rotation until I got the hamburger menu and navigate from there.
