v1.6.13.2

v1.6.13.2

Features

• Backchannel now has a new home on the web: https://backchnnl.app/. Updated the START_PAGE to that new URL so if you visit you will see Backchannel loaded onto the page correctly.

Fixes

• Version was not correctly bumped in initial release, fixed now.

v1.6.13.1

v1.6.13.1

Fixes

• Fixes for "Keep the sidebar the same size when a page is zoomed" not working on mobile
• Fixes for alignment on single-source discussions

v1.6.13

v1.6.13

Features

• The sidebar keeps its size independent of page zoom, on by default
• Discussions are cached in memory
  • Reused for five minutes between re-renders, nothing is stored
  • The header's loading strip stays after loading and shows when the discussion was last updated, with a 'sync' link to fetch it again
• Standardized on showing voted comments/articles the Reddit way for consistency

Defeatures

• Removed the "Enable notifications for updates to watched discussions" function, as it's not working as expected. (Will revisit in the future.)

Fixes

• A display name that is stringified junk, such as "[object Object]", now gives way to the handle
• "the button" → "Backchannel toggle"

v1.6.12.1

v1.6.12.1

Fixes

• Fixes for the new Backchannel dedicated site (https://twalichiewicz.github.io/Backchannel/) on mobile (iOS)

v1.6.12

v1.6.12

Features

• The Backchannel homepage now serves as a dual purpose as a front page page you can load into. If you have the Backchannel plugin installed, it will display the sidebar content in the page instead of the promotional material.
• Submissions from the sidebar are now supported on Reddit
• Articles on the front pages can now be hidden and can be managed from an updated "Manage hidden disabled/hidden.
  • As part of this change, the previous "Hide" feature has been renamed to "Disable" to more accurately represent that it disables Backchannel on that site/domain

Fixes

• Fixes for comment button
• Evened out the sizing of the buttons and their icons in the header

v1.6.11.2

v1.6.11.2

This version includes a security fix that affects every version through 1.6.11.1. Reported by
shahzadhussain786700. GHSA-46p3-549m-2hhv

Fixes

• Fix an allowlist bypass in sanitizeHTML. Unwrapping a disallowed tag
  spliced its children into positions the traversal had already passed,
  so promoted nodes never faced the allowlist. Event handlers and
  javascript: hrefs survived one level of any wrapper and executed on
  whatever origin the panel was open on.
  • Now cleans each fragment before splicing it, and allocate it from the
    template's inert document so adoption into the live document cannot
    fire a handler during sanitizing.

v1.6.11.1

v1.6.11.1

Fixes

• Fixes for "Focused discussion" banner being misaligned
• Fixed queueing from Hacker News directly not working
• Fixed rendering on Mastodon
• Fixed Collection accordions resetting on action taken
• Fixed comment-composer behavior when expanded to multiple lines
• Reduced the margin-top on collapsed comment threads in discussions

v1.6.11

v1.6.11

Features

• Comment Composer: now there is a single, simple comment box that lets you submit notes and comments from the same place, and intelligently let's you select where your commentary should go, even in multi-source discussions
  • Also adds a new button to the sidebar header if you decide you want to note/comment midway through a long discussion
• Blended discussions now show their sources in a nicely organized dropdown
• Prioritize unread let's you, unsurprisingly, prioritize unread message when you return to a discussion
• Notepad UI cleaned up
• Skeleton loading UI for front pages

Fixes

• Mobile version shouldn't block source-specific actions due to 'Popup window blocked'
• Hide the notification setting on mobile
• Fixes for links not being clickable under highlighting
• Highlights now update their position aggressively, preventing them getting stuck in an old position
• Fixes for voting arrows getting stuck
• Fixed sorting not being available for every discussion
• Fixes for sorting marking all posts as read
• Fixes for indent guides sometimes not showing up
• Made 'front pages', 'queue', and 'collection' more obviously clickable
• Made the non-voted arrow more obviously non-voted
• Fixes for left-alignment & columns being preserved but content that was never coming

v1.6.10

v1.6.10

Fixes

• Fixes for the (BC) button incorrectly showing that there is/isn't an existing discussion
• Indent guides are now tighter to reduce the width of comments
• Fixed weird :hover interaction on the Backchannel / Discussion toggle
• More consistent dotted underline treatment of text buttons
• Skeleton UI for elements that take longer to load in
• Collection
  • Collection items no longer use read/unread styling
  • Fix for pressing favorite actually causing an un-favorite command to trigger
  • More universal support on the collections page
  • Fixes for characters in titles
  • Fixes for ghost collection counts
• Watching
  • Removed the UNREAD pill
  • Fixed a bug where unread state could get stuck forever
  • Fixes for sing-discussion pages
  • Removed some unnecessary loops
• Queueing
  • Fixed some old hard-coded Hacker News calls
• Notes
  • Fixes for read/write asymmetry
  • Editing a note should no longer reposition highlights
  • Fixes for ARIA after saving
• Other stuff
  • Rapid tab switching should no longer cause invisibility
  • Fixed stupid loading behavior for the queue and watch lists (80 → 2)
  • Watch buttons now all share the same helper
  • Painting tabs now happens through one helper
  • Removed some dead favorites code
  • Removed dead CSS
  • Fixes for "0+ comments"

v1.6.9

v1.6.9

Features

• You can now watch discussions and be notified when there are new comments
  • The queue subsection has been updated to show watched topics with indicators when they're updated
  • When you enable the feature you will be prompted if you also want system notifications (it still works if you deny)
• Added 'collection' to the Backchannel page so you can see all of your favorites (discussions and comments) and notes in one place
  • Favorites are stored locally, so that functionality is now available regardless of source
  • As part of this change, I'm removing the function where using favorites would send the request to Hacker News until I can build out a comprehensive solution that works across more/all sources
  • If you want to keep your Hacker News account synced with Backchannel, there is not a new checkbox in Settings > Sources to enable it

Fixes

• Fixes to prevent site styling from breaking line-height in the sidebar
• Fixes for discussion source pill's styling being overwritten
• Fixes for quote detection when writing a note
• "69 comments +" → "69+ comments"
• Added animated transitions for subsections of Backchannel page
• Cleanup checkbox rendering
• Some adjustments to UI copy for clarity