New Features

A log of all new feature releases.

Release Notes #543

  • The role and respective permissions of users joining discussions via discussion invite links can now be specified. 
  • Private Kialo discussions can now be embedded too.
  • HTML code snippet to embed a discussion can now easily be found via the share menu within discussions.
  • Cloned discussions will no longer immediately be opened after cloning has been completed.

Release Notes #534

  • A new function to enable displaying the whole chain of claims up to the thesis has been released.
  • Loading pages with Kialo embeds sometimes scrolled the embedding page to the Kialo embed upon initial load, this has been fixed.
  • Clones of discussions can now be renamed during the cloning process.
  • Links to release notes have been added to the deployment toast notifications.
  • Kialo will now reconnect quicker to backend servers, when network access is restored.
  • Minor quirks when logging in using Safari and Firefox have been fixed.

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 #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 #479

  • The tag overview page has been deployed. It can be accessed by clicking “See More” next to the tags on the Kialo Explore page.
  • The Explore page now has a card which displays statistics for all public Kialo debates.
  • An issue causing a small number of debates to lag when opened in Firefox has been resolved.