Release Notes: October 1st, 2015

Features

  • Converted guides' "time required" to use an integer time unit or range
  • Converted email templates to HTML to enable sending emails in different languages
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for cmd+enter and ctrl+enter so that either can be used to submit a form within a textarea
  • Added functionality so that in-progress and prerequisite guides appear in site search results

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  • Updated placeholder images and opengraph tags to use custom generic images instead of no image
  • We now require business' phone numbers and addresses upon creation of a business team
  • Updated order completion emails sent to customers to properly account for digital orders
  • Deleted the "Disciplined," "Researcher, "Stack Overflow," "Educator," "Toolsmith," and "Photojournalist" badges; also updated requirements for, and descriptions of, several other badges

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  • Customers with digital orders, instead of receiving two nearly identical emails regarding order payment and completion, will now receive emails regarding order completion only
  • Tweaked styling of the in-browser PDF viewer to include the iFixit site header

Bugs

  • File drag and drop now works in IE 10 and above, as well as Chrome, Safari, and Firefox
  • Fixed bugs related to existing non-business teams converting to business teams
  • Fixed some visual bugs on /Answers, particularly at tablet widths
  • Fixed a bug where content was overflowing the right side of the modal
  • Removed support for translating questions, answers, and comments due to some implementation issues
  • Provided a darker background to author names on blog posts so that they are more visible
  • Fixed a bug affecting the preview of wiki summaries
  • Fixed a bug causing errors on the Quality page and disruptions to its layout
  • Fixed a bug where the borders on guide step thumbnail images were occasionally invisible
  • Adjusted positioning of "Read Less" button, particularly on product pages, so that it no longer overlays other text
  • Fixed errors that occurred when trying to moderate comments on a post via the "Moderate" page
  • Updates site functionality to play high resolution videos when they are available
  • Fixed a bug where the appearance of taller modal windows was prematurely cut off
  • Various small typography fixes
  • Fixed wrapping of username/reputation that was occurring with long names
  • Fixed a bug that caused thumbnails in the Media Manager to display at inconsistent sizes
  • Fixed a UI bug where under certain circumstances, question titles would overflow in Answers
  • Fixed a bug where guide step images did not correctly appear on /Patrol
  • Fixed various visual bugs on /New related to style changes
  • Fixed some visual bugs related to user profile display
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