April 9
Version 0.3.0
Boy oh boy! Look forward to a faster release cycle in future updates :)
Here’s what we’ve added since launch:
Squirt works on getpocket.com! Hooray!
Support for HTTPS sites
At launch, Squirt didn’t work on sites like GMail and Medium that use HTTPS because Squirt itself was hosted by Github pages, which doesn’t support HTTPS for custom domains. Since then, we’ve moved to using harp.io as a static site host with Cloudflare mixed in to add SSL and a CDN.
Persistent Default Settings
Your chosen font and WPM settings will persist across sessions.
How did we do this in a bookmarklet that injects JavaScript onto different domains and thus can’t use cookies or local storage and doesn’t have a backend to speak of? The reader now lives in an iframe hosted by squirt.io, which let’s us use cookies and local storage after all!
San Serif Font
In the settings drawer, you’ll find an option to use a sans serif font :)
Keyboard Shortcuts
As guessable as possibe: space, escape, left, right, up, down… Check out the guide in the settings drawer.
UI Updates
- Video player-like scrubber and progress indicator
- Show surrounding context on pause
- Animated rewind + fast forward
More Accurate WPM Reporting
Previously, we were reporting WPM without accounting for the pauses after paragraphs, punctation, etc. Now, our WPM indicator reflects these pauses, so you know how fast you’re actually reading.
Bug Fixes
- Hyphenated words get split on hyphens
- No more markup when reading selected text
- Lots of others ;)