v5.0.0.md

v5.0.0

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 {{escaped}} 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)