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v1.4.5 — the interface pass

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@Fripix Fripix released this 31 Aug 14:02
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v1.4.5
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The interface pass. A full review of FriRSS's UI turned into this cycle: six themes instead of one, a command palette, and a long list of things that were quietly broken for anyone using a keyboard, a finger, or an eye that separates greys poorly.

🎨 Themes

  • Six themes ship with it — Default, Riso (white paper, one fluorescent ink), Paper (sepia) and High Contrast in light; Night and Desk in dark.
  • Follow your system — pick a light theme and a dark one, and FriRSS switches with the device, keeping your font sizes.
  • Shipped themes now update — a preset used to freeze at the version you first received, so a fix to one never reached you.

⌨️ Reach

  • A command palette on ⌘K / Ctrl+K — jump to a feed, category, label or view, switch FreshRSS server, run an action. Accents are ignored, so securite finds Sécurité.
  • A shortcut sheet on ?, showing the keys you actually configured.
  • Keyboard focus is visible — it was not, anywhere: 137 buttons, four focus rings, all four on the login screen.
  • Touch targets reach 44pt, icon-only buttons have names for screen readers, and reduced motion is honored everywhere.

✨ New

  • Manage your categories — rename, delete, and move feeds between them, from Preferences → Feeds.
  • Mark as read while scrolling, optionally. Off by default, never during a search.
  • Share an article or copy its link — the system share sheet on mobile, the clipboard elsewhere.
  • Confirmation messages — the app never used to say an action had worked.
  • Recent searches, five per server.

🐛 Fixes

  • iOS no longer zooms when you tap a text field — the rule meant to prevent it was losing to a CSS class.
  • Text on filled buttons is readable — white was hardcoded on colors you choose, which on the default mint was 1.9:1.
  • Unread articles are visible in the list — a bar on the left, where the state rested on font weight alone.
  • The unread count is readable in the sidebar in every theme, not just the default one.
  • Date separators carry a date, not just a weekday.
  • Feed icons in the article list, so you recognise a source instead of reading it.

🧹 Under the hood

  • React 19, with no source change — the APIs it removes were used nowhere.
  • Article transitions, a title that morphs from the list into the reader, and a settling list — all off under reduced motion.
  • Mobile menus open as a sheet from the bottom, within thumb reach.

Full detail in CHANGELOG.md · Image: ghcr.io/fripix/frirss:1.4.5

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