readReddit Changelog

What's new in readReddit 0.15.0

May 22, 2022
  • Reworked extension structure to work with upcoming Chrome manifest changes.
  • Various libraries have been updated to the latest version.
  • use currentTarget for inline reddit link opening.
  • Made it a bit more clear when clicking certain links that content is loading.

New in readReddit 0.14.0 (May 22, 2022)

  • All links in a text will now be collected and shown at the bottom of text. This makes it is easier to deal with stories with "next" or "previous" links. This can be turned off in settings.
  • Reddit links will now be opened in the readReddit overlay. This can be turned off in settings.
  • Support for user profile posts.
  • Various css fixes.
  • The previous support thread was archived the new one can be found here.

New in readReddit 0.13 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Google decided to change how extensions can fetch information breaking readReddit in the process. This version fixes that by moving requests to a background page

New in readReddit 0.12 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Color mode can now also be found in the options menu.
  • Added option to change the text alignment as suggested by /u/Daggerfld
  • Added "done" button at the text end as both an indicator and easily close the overlay.
  • Improve load and scroll performance on old reddit. Specifically when other extensions like RES are also active. The "read" button under comments will now only be added when comments are visible in the browser viewport.

New in readReddit 0.11 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Added an update notification that links to the changelog. It is made to be very easy to dismiss and hopefully not annoy you too much.
  • Added line height as option.
  • Change the extension fullname so it includes the shortname (more consistent naming).
  • Change the darkmode text color to more of a gray to be less eye straining.

New in readReddit 0.10 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Slight performance tweak to adding read buttons by using requestAnimationFrame.
  • Move read buttons slightly to the right to mess less with people's muscle memory for clicking "reply".
  • Don't add read button to posts as those will not work.

New in readReddit 0.9 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Added this changelog.
  • The overlay can now be closed through hitting the escape key.
  • In comment mode each comment now has a link icon linking back to the comment.
  • The text width now plays nicer with the settings and close icons on smaller screens.

New in readReddit 0.8 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Better check to determine if old or redesigned reddit is being used.

New in readReddit 0.7 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Comments now have a "read" button added that when clicked loads that comment in the read overlay.
  • Comment crawling has been tweaked to be more robust.

New in readReddit 0.6 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Fix the floating button not being clickable in reddit redesign.

New in readReddit 0.5 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • New and improved options layout.
  • Settings open now in a new tab.
  • Add settings icon to overlay so that they are easier to access.

New in readReddit 0.4 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Various css fixes.
  • Functionality added to view comments in subreddits like /r/WritingPrompts.
  • Behind the scenes refactoring to make the extension easier to maintain.
  • Properly handle instances where there is no text to show.
  • Read time indication added.

New in readReddit 0.3 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Fix darkmode to actually work...
  • CSS fixes.
  • Fix firefox min version in manifest

New in readReddit 0.2 (Jan 30, 2019)

  • Settings and setting page.
  • Credits.