# Release Notes

## 2023-03-03 - Beta 17

* Minor fixes for dialogs and transitions.
* support for --instanceName, --wallpaperImage variables in themes
* fix for freezing when tapping card in the 'wrong' place
* Changes to fetch timelines to also get previous and next pages, and additional metadata as needed
* code formatting
* improved wallpaper support. Set wallpaper via variable to prevent safari from crashing.
* New theme, magic, based on RPG card deck
* support for dynamic type: in iOS you can change the text size via the Control Center or Settings, and Hai! will use that value.&#x20;
* Sound effects fix again... re: sounds disabled after backgrounding application.
* text shadow fixes
* add additional animations for actions
* switch to webp for remaining images
* Add resources folder for built-in themes
* continued progress on plain theme
* Adding excessive visual effects to Glass theme, and fixing selecting an imaege.
* Reposition dialog so it's not obscured by keyboard on smaller phones
* Add search button
* Add error checking for loading a timeline
* function to process adding a post using deep link
* Checks for Re in the spoiler text before adding a second "Re: ". Adds a Re if there is a spoiler.
* Contrast setting was being saved in the wrong area.
* Enter key submits on login screen.
* meta tags, opengraph
* fix html size

  create new post with hai://new\_post/?post=

## 2023-02-24 - Beta 16

* fix background section in settings
* swap novel heme for plain
* starting deep link support
* adding icons and additional metadata
* search icon - no search yet
* Adding various icon sizes for pwa
* ui improvements: adding styles for the file input
* remove wallpaper button added
* fix contrast never setting on new install
* other ui improvements
* fix for bug where selecting the same page a second time removes its visual effects
* added selector to detect if wallpaper is chosen
* high contrast text fixes
* Fix in themes for floating close button
* Visual effects fix High Contrast option fixes
* floating close button fix moved link image to main css
* Moving settings buttons fix
* Visual effect updates: return of the visual effects
* use a visible color for account names
* sightly smaller care warning area
* remove extra space from participants. do not add current user to reply list
* Fix fetching local timeline
* fixing covering of arrows on posts
* fixing detection of post-types
* New theme: glass
* Adding "Re: " before spoiler text on replies

## 2023-02-20 - Beta 15

* fix for shares and likes not applying
* initial wallpaper support. You can select a wallpaper from your device.
* Fixes for spoilers on wp7 and yesterday themes.
* Support for playing videos - tap on a post to view videos
* fix for no sounds after multitasking
* moving mastodon api code&#x20;
* Switching to local storage. Using objects for settings and account information

  formatting
* Fixes for people on Beta 14 not being able to log in

## 2023-02-15 - Beta 14

* fixed tabbar showing on top of full screen images
* when opening a post that is large enough to scroll in place, the post expands in the thread view.
* adding login error on first run
* added sound on error
* Clicking on a post is handled by an event listener that properly opens URLs instead of ignoring them.
* Spinning refresh icon now continues until the page is refreshed.
* Added an error when mistyping your login information on firstrun
* switching between pages slides pages side to side now instead of pulling and pushing the page.
* Load additional pages in background on mobile after first page load.

  cleaning up older unused code, and refactoring for performance improvements.
* added support for deeplinks
* Adding help link to the add account dialog, and to error messeges
* Changing where the app domain points when registering on a mastodon server.
* Fixed error were referencing a non-existent object would prevent you from viewing the single user page.

## 2023-02-13 - Beta 13.5

* fix for persistent spoiler warning
* ui fixes and cleanup
* stupid off centered images

## 2023-02-13 - Beta 13.0

* Using webP for many images now.&#x20;
* Layout fixes and adjustments needed after rebuilding the UI structure.,&#x20;
* Refresh button replaces pull to refresh (at least temporarily). Pressing the tab bar button twice also refreshes.
* Moved App layout from being built in js to a mustache template.&#x20;
* Moved more actions from the dom to event listeners. scroll effects adjusted to use less math and affect only the container being acted on.&#x20;
* Adjusting opacities, moving some rendering to gpu, some off gpu.&#x20;
* Manifest.json added.&#x20;
* Loads fewer posts by default. Even fewer on desktops/old iPads: it's an in-progress thing, I can't gauge speed on those right now.&#x20;
* Adding names to buttons.&#x20;
* Multicolumn on iPad has horizontal scroll snapping


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