The Verge Version History
Version 2.0 - September 2, 2014
- Feature: The Verge is now responsive.
Version 2.0 beta 5 - August 18, 2014
- Feature: Gallery pages, product pages, and static pages are now responsive.
- Feature: PUBLIC BETA OMG.
- Feature: Improved behavior of the nav in all breakpoints.
- Bugfixes: Assorted styling fixes.
Version 2.0 beta 4 - July 30, 2014
- Feature: Features and reviews are now responsive, plus a lot of prep work for beta 5.
- Bugfixes: Over 200 bug fixes for beta 3.
Version 2.0 beta 3.1 - June 20, 2014
- Feature: Hub pages now show their logo in the header in all breakpoints.
- Bugfixes: Assorted styling tweaks in the heroes.
Version 2.0 beta 3 - June 19, 2014
- Feature: The home page, hub pages, archive pages and label pages are now responsive.
Version 2.0 beta 2.4 - June 11, 2014
- Feature: Implements sponsored content in article linksets.
Version 2.0 beta 2.3 - June 4, 2014
- Bugfix: Fixes an obnoxious viewport bug in IE10 for Windows Phone 8.
Version 2.0 beta 2.2 - June 3, 2014
- Feature: New custom social share buttons!
- Bugfixes: Better styling for the different comment states, caching improvements, and assorted smaller fixes.
Version 2.0 beta 2.1 - May 27, 2014
- Feature: Videos in linksets now work.
- Feature: Added the touch controls bar to comments on mobile devices.
- Bugfixes: Whole lotta bug fixes and styling changes.
Version 2.0 beta 2 - May 14, 2014
- Feature: Article pages, StoryStream pages, and Forum entries are now responsive.
- Feature: Ads, comments, linksets, polls, and inline galleries are also responsive.
- Bugfixes: Improves look and behavior of the nav.
Version 2.0 beta 1.2 - April 8, 2014
- Bugfixes: Fixes minor CSS and JS bugs, and improves the behavior of the reviews brand/category switcher in small breakpoints.
Version 2.0 beta 1.1 - April 7, 2014
- Bugfixes: Fixes issues with the new nav menus in Internet Explorer 11, issues with the search page and search forms, and assorted CSS and JS bugs.
Version 2.0 beta 1 - April 4, 2014
- Feature: The forums index, reviews index, longform index, search pages, tag pages, and user profiles are now responsive.
Version 2.0 beta 0 - March 3, 2014
- Feature: In preparation for the Verge Responsive Project (AKA Project Meat Tornado), we’ve revamped our image asset system to better handle the different breakpoints in the new site.
Version 1.9.1 - September 30, 2013
- Bugfixes: Fixes nav dropdown behavior in touchscreen Windows devices.
Version 1.9 - September 26, 2013
- Feature: Brand new site header and navigation! Now you can see at a glance the five most recent stories in each of our main sections.
Version 1.8 - August 1, 2013
- Feature: Our home page is now faster and has even more stories for you to read!
- Feature: You can now hide images in comments
- Change: New, redesigned front page video player
- Change: Updated our Ethics Statement to disclose the fact that we now sell t-shirts and other merchandise (yay!)
- Bugfixes: A bunch of ‘em
Version 1.7.3 - May 28, 2013
- Change: Added an option to contact the moderators from the “Tip Us” page
- Bugfixes: A few more bugs just bit the dust
Version 1.7.2 - May 20, 2013
- Feature: You can now sign in using your Google+ account
- Bugfixes: Tons and tons of bugs have been summarily squashed
Version 1.7.1 - May 9, 2013
- Bugfix: Fix for video in articles not playing in the iOS and Android apps
- Bugfixes: Assorted fixes and performance improvements for Verge Video
Version 1.7 - May 8, 2013
- Feature: Amazing, new, responsive Verge Video!
Version 1.6 - April 17, 2013
- Feature: New Science hub! For science!
- Feature: New Science forum
- Change: Merge Blackberry Juicers forum with Mobile forum
Version 1.5.2 - February 12, 2013
- Bugfix: Focus is placed on the text box when replying to a comment
- Bugfix: Fix reply/recommend options sometimes not appearing in comments with images
- Bugfix: Various CSS tweaks
Version 1.5.1 - February 7, 2013
- Apology: For not keeping the version history updated. We’ll be better about it from here on out!
- Change: Front-page video widget now loads an image by default instead of the embed. Reduces page weight, looks better.
- Feature: Verified comment badges for Verge staff and select users
- Feature: Twitter/Facebook bar on articles -- Follow the Verge today!
- Bugfixes: Lots of ‘em
Version 1.5.0 - January 15, 2013
- Feature: OMG you can now edit comments
- Feature: Collapsible comments
- Bugfixes: Lots of ‘em
Version 1.4.1 - January 4, 2013
- Feature: Brand spankin’ new CES hub
- Feature: Wicked new video widget for the CES hub, front page.
- Feature: The Verge now looks awesome on Retina screens.
- Bugfixes: Lots of ‘em
Version 1.4.0 - November 16, 2012
- Change: Lots of performance enhancements to decrease page size and load times -- more coming soon!
Version 1.3.4 - November 1, 2012
- Change: Updated forums dropdown
Version 1.3.3 - October 24, 2012
- Change: Transitioned Gaming hub back to The Verge
Version 1.3.2 - October 18, 2012
- Bugfix: Fix recommending comments
- Bugfix: Fix keyboard shortcuts in galleries
- Bugfix: Fix keyboard shortcuts in photo essays
Version 1.3.1 - October 16, 2012
- Bugfix: Fix replying to comments on iPad
Version 1.3.0 - October 15, 2012
- Feature: Updated iPhone app
- Feature: Photo essays
- Feature: Inline gallery lightboxes
- Feature: Updated navigation
- Change: Gallery visual refresh
Version 1.2.12 - October 4, 2012
- Feature: Updated Android app
- Bugfix: Fix duplicate text in forum posts in mobile
Version 1.2.11 - September 26, 2012
- Bugfix: Fix commenting in Internet Explorer 8
Version 1.2.10 - August 22, 2012
- Bugfixes: Improved support for Windows Phone 8
Version 1.2.9 - August 21, 2012
Version 1.2.8 - August 7, 2012
- Change: Recommended comments in activity page now link to the comment
Version 1.2.7 - August 6, 2012
- Feature: Show author’s Twitter and email in article byline
Version 1.2.6 - July 31, 2012
- Feature: Add Product scroller to review wrapups with multiple products
Version 1.2.5 - July 17, 2012
- Feature: iPhone and Android Apps
Version 1.2.4 - July 12, 2012
- Feature: Editors can specify the label of content in the network bar
Version 1.2.3 - June 25, 2012
- Feature: Landing page for “90 Seconds on The Verge”
Version 1.2.2 - June 20, 2012
- Feature: Dropdown list of hub pages in the site nav on article detail pages
- Feature: Added content type labels to search results
- Feature: Scroller on article pages to highlight all products in articles
Version 1.2.1 - June 6, 2012
- Feature: Printable versions of Verge content
Version 1.2.0 - June 4, 2012
- Feature: Liveblog tool, Syllabus, launched
- Feature: New hub page for E3 coverage
- Bugfix: Polished tab design across the site
Version 1.1.10 - May 14, 2012
- Feature: Switch to using Ooyala as video partner for The Verge
Version 1.1.9 - April 6, 2012
- Feature: Swapped out Vox Games branding and added Polygon name and branding to Gaming hub
Version 1.1.8 - April 1, 2012
- Feature: Added a "Writing for The Verge" page (https://techyes.pages.dev/write-for-the-verge)
- Bugfix: Fixing display issue with reviews that have multiple scorecards
Version 1.1.7 - March 26, 2012
- Feature: New landing page for On The Verge
Version 1.1.6 - March 20, 2012
- Change: Comments are now lazy loaded
Version 1.1.5 - February 21, 2012
- Change: New editorial components for Features and Reviews
- Feature: Transformed gaming hub to new interim home for Vox Games
Version 1.1.4 - February 13, 2012
- Feature: Editors can now attach multiple products and their scorecards to reviews
- Feature: Users can now flag Forum Posts
Version 1.1.3 - January 15, 2012
- Change: Added live updating comment count to article detail pages
Version 1.1.2 - January 10, 2012
- Feature: Added new templates for the front page and the CES hub page
- Feature: Added widget to highlight Joshua’s latest Washington Post column
Version 1.1.1 - December 21, 2011
- Bugfix: Fixed “Recent News” links on product pages
- Bugfix: Fixed search results page so filters display properly
- Change: Added direct links to User Reviews on product pages
Version 1.1.0 - December 20, 2011
- Feature: Users can now review products in our database! Only products marked as Available and Discontinued can be reviewed. (Nothing rumored, announced, or cancelled.)
- Feature: News written about a particular product now shows up on that product’s landing page in the database
- Feature: Forum posts written about a particular product now shows up on that product’s landing page in the database
- Feature: Introduced three new home page hero templates -- catch em if you can!
Version 1.0.11 - December 8, 2011
- Change: Mobile version shows all stories, not just first 30, in reverse chronological order
- Bugfix: Can add website info to profile pages without filling in “About You”
- Change: Product landing pages now display review intro when the product has been reviewed
- Bugfix: Cleaned up “comments closed” message
Version 1.0.10 - November 29, 2011
- Addition: Clicking the image in galleries now advances you to the next image
- Change: The thumbnails under the large image in galleries now reflect your position in the gallery as you move through the images
- Bugfix: Meta descriptions around the site now show proper info
- Addition: Current site version now displayed in footer, with link to version history
- Bugfix: Streams in the features index are no longer busted
Version 1.0.9 - November 18, 2011
- Addition: Added the ability to turn off Growl-style notifications in comments, but keep live updating. (Click Show speed reading tips and settings from the comment header)
- Change: Videos now have a better fullscreen experience -- still not the best, but we’re getting closer
Version 1.0.8 - November 16, 2011
- Bugfix: Made keying through new comments less jumpy
- Change: New Article drop down on the front page now shows articles posted into all hubs, even if they weren’t placed on the front page
- Addition: Gave the Show element in the navigation a new, fancy drop down to show episodes
- Change: Trending Discussions module on front page now shows most commented articles from the last 2 days instead of 7
- Bugfix: Certain hubs that once failed to show their related products are now working properly
- Feature: Jump-to menu in Reviews now reflect where you are in the article as you scroll
- Bugfix: Podcast RSS now shows more than the last 10 episodes so iTunes will display all
Version 1.0.7 - November 15, 2011
- Change: Timestamps in forum index now reflect when latest comment for each post was left rather than post creation time
- Change: Forum index now updates much quicker, so fresh posts are at the top right away
- Bugfix: Even more IE9 fixes!
- Bugfix: URLs to tag pages with periods in the tag now work and do not 404
- Addition: Masthead now links to each editor’s profile
Version 1.0.6 - November 15, 2011
- Bugfix: Fixed a bug where certain “continue reading” links in Streams wrongly opened up mobile web versions
- Bugfix: Clicking compare button on review scorecards now actually adds the product to review bucket
- Bugfix: Streams in RSS now show correct summary rather than body of original update
- Change: Vias and Sources in articles have been given a new color to be more obvious
- Change: Font scaling in attached products on articles is now smarter
- Bugfix: Related media thumbnails on product landing pages now scale properly
- Addition: Now showing how many new posts since your last visit have been posted into each forum from the index
- Bugfix: Post count for forums on user profiles now show proper counts
- Bugfix: Various improvements in IE9
- Bugfix: Links to forums in navigation from Reviews Index fixed
Version 1.0.5 - November 11, 2011
- Change: Product index, specific category, filtering options - now shows all brands, not just the first 30
- Bugfix: Fixed category sorting on Reviews Index for non logged in users
- Bugfix: Clicking “All” from Reviews Index shows all reviews, and doesn’t kick you back to the product db anymore
- Bugfix: Streams with a single update now say “1 update” rather than “1 updates”
- Bugfix: Network bar comparison bucket no longer shimmies seductively in Chrome
- Addition: Added a link to our YouTube account in the footer, like a boss
- Bugfix: Fixed a bug or two that caused the order of posts on the home page to be slightly off
Version 1.0.4 - November 10, 2011
- Bugfix: Features and reviews now show summary and intro on mobile web
- Addition: Added Google+ to footer
- Bugfix: Replies to comments you’ve left now show up in your user profile activity screen
- Addition: Add comment count to stream updates in hero
- Bugfix: Deleting comments from entry threads also removes them from user profile activity
Version 1.0.3 - November 8, 2011
- Change: Black text color when comment bubble has yellow background
- Addition: Added drop down on compare notifier so user can clear their comparison bucket from network bar
- Addition: Added via/source to mobile article views
- Bugfix: Added summary to features in mobile view, which was missing before
- Bugfix: Couple of fixes to mobile pagination
- Bugfix: Hovering over the left arrow breaker module does not break the module anymore
- Bugfix: Fixed the Facebook Like button on comparison tool
Version 1.0.2 - November 7, 2011
- Addition: Users can now authenticate using Facebook on the mobile site
- Tweak: View all forums from the forum index
- Addition: Jump-to-top button on the network bar
- Tweak: Actually show the most popular forums from the forum dropdown instead of the first X alphabetically
- Bugfix: Resolved login/logout wonkyness
- Bugfix: Mobile redirects now working on article pages
- Bufgix: Images in forum posts and comments now scale to fit the width of user activity
- Bugfix: Reset password link 404’d -- it now works
- Bugfix: Fixed timestamps on mobile site
- Addition: Added LinkedIn sharing option
- Change: Hide speed reading guide by default on comment header
- More assorted bug fixin’
Version 1.0.1 - November 1, 2011
- Addition: Added Top and Comment links to review and stream table of contents to easily jump you down to the comments and back to the top.
- Addition: Added link to related hubs from forums
- Tweak: Larger avatars in comments
- Lots of assorted bug fixes
Version 1.0.0 - November 1, 2011