Changelog
As Azure Alphant
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
Update 4.0.4
- Completed all Progressive Web App (PWA) requirements, allowing installation on mobile, desktop, and tablets
- Updated existing writing systems for Unicode Version 13, including Lisu, Tangut, and CJK
- Updated symbols, punctuation, and emoji for Unicode Version 13, including Symbols for Legacy Computing
- Added new writing systems for Unicode Version 13, including Yezidi, Chorasmian, Dives Akuru, and Khitan Small Script
Update 4.0.3
- Changed file names for the menu and about pages to fix which pages display on the Azure Alphant website
- Changed multiple links throughout most files to accomodate the file name changes
- Added codes for sharing Azure Alphant to the FAQ
- Added a suggestion to the customization question in the FAQ
- Added new issue and pull request templates, a code of conduct, and a contribution guide to Azure Alphant and set up a Project to manage all issues and pull requests (in progress)
- Added 'Number Forms' codepoints, which had inexplicably gone missing
- Added new files as part of setting Azure Alphant up to be a PWA, or Progressive Web App, which should be completed in a later update
Update 4.0.2
- Fixed an issue which kept the font switcher from working
Update 4.0.1
- Made a few aesthetic changes
- Changed CHANGELOG.md to CHANGELOG.html
- Added Download buttons to the 'About' page
- Added more entries to the 'FAQ' page
- Added a desktop icon
Update 4.0
- Refactored JavaScript (JS) files to remove AngularJS dependencies and improve load times (up to 76% faster loading)
- Modified layout to aid with responsiveness
- Added two new themes and three blank customization options
- Updated menus and merged pages to increase speed and ease of searching
- Refactored databases to VanillaJS instead of using AngularJS and merged into their respective JS files, reducing the number of files to be fetched
- Removed the separate encoding calculator and added automatically calculated encodings to the individual tiles
- Changed the name of the app to 'Azure Alphant'
- Updated the logo
- Stopped support of the Chrome Extension and moved the app to GitHub
- Added support for multiple browsers on multiple devices
- Added one new character to 'Enclosed CJK Letters and Months', as per Unicode Version 12.1
As Blue Alphant (Chrome Extension)
Update 3.0
- Updated existing writing systems for Unicode Version 12
- Updated symbols, punctuation, and emoji for Unicode Version 12, including the new Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
- Reorganized sections for emojis and other symbols, for example, moving some game symbols into the game symbols section from other sections.
- Added new writing and numbering systems for Unicode Version 12 (Elymaic, Nandinagari, Tamil Supplement, Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls, Small Kana Extension, Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, Wancho, and Ottoman Siyaq Numbers)
Update 2.0 through 2.2
- Updated existing writing systems for Unicode Version 11
- Updated symbols, punctuation, and emoji for Unicode Version 11
- Corrected a bug that caused some menu items to disappear past the edge of the dropdown menu on some brands of large curved monitors.
- Added new writing and numbering systems for Unicode Version 11 (Hanifi Rohingya, Old Sogdian, Sogdian, Dogra, Gunjala Gondi, Makasar, Medefaidrin, Mayan Numerals, and Indic Siyaq Numbers)
Updates 1.1 through 1.4
- Corrected typos
- Added new questions and answers in the help menu
- Corrected a minor design issue
* - To Be Determined (TBD), as the updates cover a Unicode Version which has not been officially released and is still in draft. This update will not be officially pushed as an update, though it will be partially available in the online preview, due to the possibility of future changes prior to the official Unicode Version release.