Release Log

July 8th, 2024

Miscellaneous

• Changed About page video
• Updated About page buttons to be clearer and more consistent
• Updated About page messages to be clearer

July 2nd, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Can now search non-submissions on website
• Time logged properly for searches and clicks

June 25th, 2024

Features

• Questions added to submission visualization
• Web results and submission results in extension

Miscellaneous

• Simplified extension UI
• Removal of various features not central to platform
• Refactoring of backend API

May 9th, 2024

Features

• Sort results by popularity, relevance, and recency

Bug Fixes

• Community name on visualization is properly pulled instead of "All"
• Extension default behavior and source now saved on tab changes
• Search summarization not persisted across searches

Miscellaneous

• Submission default is now non-anonymous

May 1st, 2024

Features

• Homepage recommended public communities
• Number of followers and joined members for communities
• Summarize search results
• Public community submissions can be viewed without an account

Bug Fixes

• More mobile-friendly
• Community page ten results, then show more on search

April 16th, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Community page cache hard fix
• Double footer render
• Community links

April 14th, 2024

Features

• "Are you sure you want to leave?" on submission editing
• Ability to follow and unfollow public communities

Bug Fixes

• Paging was returning 403 because of public community update

Miscellaneous

• Batch DB calls for speeding up export and visualization

April 9th, 2024

Features

• Private and public communities
• Likes and dislikes for submissions
• Scoring search results by popularity

Bug Fixes

• Visualization refresh now does not revert

March 29th, 2024

Features

• Extension caching for taking notes on webpage
• Homepage recently accessed submissions
• Friendlier user onboarding
• Log in with username or email in extension
• Clicking autocomplete redirects to submission page
• Increased submission description length to 5,000 words / 50,000 characters
• Export JSON of search results
• Restrict search to only your submissions
• Connection-based visualizations on the homepage, search, and community
• Character counter (max 50,000) on submission description
• Sidebar drawer for a user's most recently made submissions per community

Bug Fixes

• State updates for submission page
• Accidental edit when creating new submission from existing page
• Extension save/find page toggle no longer stuck on find
• Original visualization filter change now doesn't throw application error
• Save and error on submission does not discard changes

Miscellaneous

• Refactored search bar in extension
• Fixed markdown in extension to be only light mode
• Homepage recommendation default is now most recent
• Remove join key for non-admins

February 19th, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Removed toolbar from submission preview
• Better state management for real-time updating of submission
• Removed edit button when not own submission
• Added back spellcheck to submission

Miscellaneous

• Return display URL on submission PATCH
• Improved question generation experience in extension

February 10, 2024

Features

• Submission page redesign

Bug Fixes

• Login button(s) on small screen now not cut off

Miscellaneous

• Reorganized buttons in the extension

January 28, 2024

Features

• New faster LLM for extension question generation
• More extension question generation options
• Logging and extension QA formatting, open to web
• Own submission toggle in search graph visualization

Bug Fixes

• Query encoding error on visualization
• Markdown quote and sanitize

Miscellaneous

• Removed webpages from extension open to decrease lag

December 16th, 2023

Features

• Compare functionality in extension
• Visualize on search
• Titles and legend in submission visualization
• Non-anonymous submissions
• Generative LLM in extension

Bug Fixes

• Removed empty username login
• Properly handle duplicate recommendations on homepage

Miscellaneous

• Renamed "The Community Digital Library" and "CDL" to "TextData"
• Sharpened message on About page
• Video and new images on About page

November 21st, 2023

Miscellaneous

• Larger default submission description
• Timestamps now fixed instead of relative

November 19th, 2023

Features

• Auto-suggest on website search bar header
• Auto-suggest on website submission create and edit

Bug Fixes

• Clicking whitespace around search result no longer redirects
• Clicking relevance judgment on search result no longer redirects
• Refactored submission form for more consistent look

Miscellaneous

• "About" page updated to reflect recent changes
• Added release log to footer

November 14th, 2023

Bug Fixes

• Nested headers are no longer counted as hashtags in submissions
• Limit size of scrape to 50,000 characters
• Limit submission graph visualization to 10 websites and 10 submissions, and to only use title as query
• Fixed note box to be light mode always
• Drawer navigation on collapsed window now includes documentation
• Community visualization now contains more than just the first page of the search

November 13th, 2023

Features

• Submission descriptions are now markdown
• Reply functionality for connecting submissions
• Submission source URLs are no longer required (support for text-only submissions)

Bug Fixes

• Source target visualization edit state fixes

November 5th, 2023

Features

• Community meta-descriptor visualization
• Similar submission visualization
• Complete documentation
• Core content recommendation

Bug Fixes

• Batch upload field name fix
• Ordered and unordered bullet now render properly

Miscellaneous

• Search result whitespace click now navigates to submission's TextData page
• Submission time on search result made smaller

August 9th, 2023

Features

• Webpage auto-index and search, recommendation incorporation
• Improved recommendation via recent extension opens
• Clearer landing page and footer

Bug Fixes

• Result display word wrap and spacing

May 8th, 2023

Features

• Password auto-check on account creation
• Minor UI response improvements
• Larger search results
• Batch upload for submissions
• Extension Alt+S auto-open, better-organized hashtags (v. 0.0.0.2)

Bug Fixes

• Submission result overflow

April 11th, 2023

Features

• Wider search bar in header
• Auto-email for password reset
• Clickable hashtag display in search results
• Chrome extension added to web store (v. 0.0.0.1)

Bug Fixes

• Note title duplicate preview removed
• Search bar length fix to avoid preview cutoff
• Username in header on account creation

April 4th, 2023

Features

• Privacy Policy
• Footer on each page for easy navigation
• Extended search bar in header
• Infinity scroll in search results

Bug Fixes

• Extension failure on certain arXiv pages

March 23rd, 2023

Features

• Ability to submit directly from the website
• Ability to edit submission
• Header reorganization
• Extension page simplification
• Community name is presented when searching
• More accurate extension open search via title and description of webpage

Bug Fixes

• Header rendering now doesn't briefly switch to login on page reload

Miscellaneous

• More detailed error messages in extension and website

March 3rd, 2023

Features

• Search result reformat
• Submission times, hyperlinked communities added to submission page
• Neural ranking on certain search queries
• Note page sidebar auto-open when child is selected
• Basic "Most Recent" recommendation feed
• Basic deduplication in search results
• Community names and descriptions are editable
• Community leave history is displayed with the ability to rejoin left communities
• Admins can leave communities

Bug Fixes

• Feedback redirect URL now redirects to external submission page
• Extension copy share URL now includes missing "s"
• Deleted submissions are no longer visible on submission page

Miscellaneous

• Old server API is depreciated.

February 20th, 2023

Features

• Favicons added to submissions when they appear in search results
• Community names in search results are hyperlinks
• Relevance judgments are removed when viewing own submissions or browsing communities
• Submission page delete button toggled based on user permissions
• Community page redesign
• Page titles for proper tab titles

Bug Fixes

• Better error handing on website and extension
• Users can now leave a community without error
• Removed sometimes dangling arrow in search result URL preview
• Permission to view submission removed from all communities if user is original creator
• Submissions with no communities display "None" in search results

February 10th, 2023

Features

• HTTPS
• Move to textdata.org
• Search result caching
• Updated extension to use new domain API

Bug Fixes

• Redirect when submission is undefined
• Better error message display on website and extension

February 5th, 2023

Features

• A release log
• Basic password reset functionality on website
• Hierarchical note pages

Bug Fixes

• Opening a submission page without being logged in redirects to login page
• Better error message display on website and extension

Miscellaneous

• Passwords must be longer than 5 characters
• Usernames must be longer than 1 character
• Emails must have valid form
• Pages start at 1