Changelog

Kialo’s comprehensive release history.

Release Notes #516

  • The font and color of user mentions in comments and chat was fixed.
  • Deleted claims don’t appear in duplicate search anymore.

Release Notes #515

  • Some minor styling issues have been fixed.
  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.
  • Change tracking in the column view has been improved.

Release Notes #514

  • Toasts signalling when users have exhausted or get close to exhausting their suggestion quota have been deployed.
  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements were released.

Release Notes #513

  • Users can now look up some basic stats on their user profiles.
    (Click on the avatar and select ‘My Profile’)
  • Kialo Internet Explorer 11 support has been removed.
  • Mentioned users in comments weren’t bold anymore. This has been fixed.
  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.
  • Button labels in the suggested comment admin interface, have been clarified.
  • Changes to claims that happen after a user’s first visit, will now also be correctly shown on the claims themselves, not only in the discussion change list.

Release Notes #512

  • Removing oneself and teams from archived discussions is now possible.
  • Improved some email wording.
  • Added help center link to suggestion limit toast.
  • Multiple screen reader compatibility improvements have been deployed.
  • Increased some touch targets for the mobile Kialo page.

Release Notes #511

  • Improvements to the Kialo embed were made.
  • Claims’ comments and changes are now better visually differentiated. Also fixed some text contrasts issues.
  • Team portals now have a nicer default background. That is, if you like blue.
  • Clarified the wording of suggested comment admin buttons. 
  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.
  • Improved a bit of text in Kialo emails.
  • Fixed some minor visual bugs.

Release Notes #510

  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements were released.

Release Notes #509

  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements were released.

Release Notes #508

  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements were released.

Release Notes #507

  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements were released.

Release Notes #506

  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.

Release Notes #505

  • Minor bug fixes and performance improvements were released.

Release Notes #504

  • Some discussion chat messages were not always loaded, this has been fixed.

Release Notes #502

  • The Top Contributors (suggestions, claims and comments written, edited, moved) of public discussions in the last seven days are now listed on the Explore page.

Release Notes #499

  • Claim selection (=navigation) in debates with more than 1000 claims has been optimized and is now 5x quicker.
  • Improved minimap and ‘new claim seen’ animations.
  • Moved the Release Notes to www.wordpress.kialo.com.

Release Notes #497

  • When using Chrome on mobile devices, the chat input field would sometimes be bigger than intended. This has been fixed.
  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.

Release Notes #496

  • The “Mark for Review” claim tab has been redesigned.
  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.

Release Notes #495

  • “Hide Parent” in the Claim Menu has been removed.
  • Screen reader compatibility has been improved.

Release Notes #494

  • Users who were not logged in to Kialo and clicked the link in team invite emails were not able to join the teams correctly. This has been fixed.

Release Notes #493

  • Team Admins will now be able to downgrade their team’s permissions or remove their team from a debate. Previously, this could only be done by users with Admin rights in the debate.