Mist
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What changed

Changelog

Published improvements to Mist, separated from unreleased work.

Mist 1.12.0

ReleaseCommunityWidgets
  • Added the Community Wallpaper Hall of Fame with recent and popular discovery views.
  • Added public wallpaper publishing with a required title and optional description and nickname.
  • Detected image dimensions and file size automatically and rejected perceptual duplicates.
  • Added anonymous votes, reports, daily and weekly publishing limits, and downloadable Mist imports.
  • Added local Pomodoro and opt-in RSS widgets with persistent state and resilient caching.

Mist 1.11.0

ReleaseThemesPrivacy
  • Added private sharing, preview, download and import for custom-theme backgrounds and palettes.
  • Required an explicit rights and link-access confirmation before a custom image is stored.
  • Re-encoded custom backgrounds locally and restricted shared images to validated PNG, JPEG or WebP data.
  • Kept shortcuts, URLs, weather, names, tab identity and custom shortcut icons out of shared payloads.

Mist 1.10.0

ReleaseThemesPrivacy
  • Added private, expiring appearance links for official Mist themes.
  • Kept shortcuts, URLs, weather, names and custom images out of every shared payload.
  • Added confirmed file imports with safe in-session undo.
  • Added creation quotas, burst limiting and resilient expiry cleanup.

Mist 1.9.2

ReleaseThemesImprovement
  • Preserved original custom-theme image data when it already fits local size and dimension limits.
  • Encoded larger images adaptively while preserving their aspect ratio.

Mist 1.9.1

ReleaseBrowsersFix
  • Added Firefox and Zen home-page overrides so new windows open Mist as well as new tabs.
  • Fixed Firefox weather opt-in by keeping the optional permission request inside the user action.

Mist 1.9.0

ReleaseShortcutsPrivacy
  • Added direct editing for existing shortcuts and more precise drag-and-drop placement.
  • Added optional Google favicons with a local-only fallback setting.
  • Added a compact contact menu for Discord, GitHub, email and LinkedIn.
  • Accepted custom-theme images at any dimensions with proportional cropping.
  • Removed optional weather permissions and cached data when weather is disabled.
  • Added broader automated validation and reproducible browser release packages.

Mist 1.8.0

ReleaseCustomizationNew
  • Added independent custom new-tab title and favicon settings.
  • Added optional custom shortcut icons with automatic local resizing.
  • Included custom shortcut icons in JSON import and export.
  • Retired the Dusk Knight and Neon Revenant illustrated themes.

Mist 1.7.0

ReleaseThemesNew
  • Added the Sunset Apex and Crimson Oath illustrated themes.
  • Added a custom theme builder for correctly sized PNG and JPG backgrounds.
  • Added automatic four-color palette extraction with manual color controls and live preview.
  • Stored custom backgrounds locally and included them in full configuration exports.
  • Prepared dedicated Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Zen release packages.

Website · Security and installation CTA polish

SecurityImprovementDesign
  • Resolved the open brace-expansion, Sharp, Hono and OpenTelemetry dependency advisories.
  • Verified the updated dependency tree with zero npm audit findings.
  • Unified Chrome installation actions into one clearer high-contrast button system.
  • Removed the mobile “Get Mist on desktop” handoff.
  • Added a disabled demo-video action until the presentation video is available.

Website · Private analytics dashboard

NewAnalytics
  • Added an invite-only admin area protected by Netlify Identity and a server-side email allowlist.
  • Connected privacy-focused website analytics through a read-only Umami Cloud share.
  • Added Chrome Web Store CSV imports backed by Netlify Blobs with atomic duplicate detection.
  • Added installation, weekly-user, country and GitHub feedback reporting.
  • Updated the public privacy policy to distinguish website measurement from extension telemetry.

Website · Phase 8 SEO

NewSEO
  • Added seven intent-specific product and use-case landing pages.
  • Published five practical guides and two transparent product comparisons.
  • Centralized metadata, structured data, canonicals and internal linking.
  • Added responsive WebP screenshots, a custom 404 and automated SEO checks.
  • Removed unnecessary global header hydration from editorial pages.

Mist 1.6.1

ReleaseImprovement
  • Added a persisted 12-hour clock option with AM/PM.
  • Added user-specified weather locations through Open-Meteo lookup.
  • Improved contrast for the add-bookmark button.

Mist 1.6.0

ReleaseNew
  • Added shortcut-opening preferences and feedback actions.
  • Added a user-initiated bug and feature request form.
  • Added French, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese translations.
  • Improved weather controls, theme readability and privacy documentation.

Mist 1.5.0

ReleaseThemes
  • Added the Amber Knight illustrated theme.
  • Added approximate weather with explicit consent and caching.
  • Added a visible privacy-policy entry in settings.