Changelog

This article lists the changes by the time of deployment and not when they were committed to the repository. Only relevant changes will be listed.

Requesting features

If you want to request a feature, You can do it in many ways:

• Going on /fp and requesting the feature there on the canvas or chat.
• Going on the OWOT Discord and requesting it there
• Pinging @system2k on discord for a feature
• Visiting the NWOT Github repo and doing a pull request or issue.

Changelog

All updates since the release of /changelog/16 in May 2023.

August 8, 2024

• Fixed tooltips on high DPI monitors
• Fixed /stats command
• Add coords to 'cmd' message packets
• Allow custom metadata in chat messages
• Add chatSend event

June 18, 2024

• Fix trigger for when mouse leaves note: link
• Add tooltip links ("note:")
• Fix warp command for frontpage
• Fix URL parsing and WebSocket handling
• Update library versions

June 8, 2024

• Fix chat rate limit bug that allowed for the sending of 512 messages per second
• Fix WebSocket URL query handling
• Add missing text color override check
• ix problem with modal submission on tab addition
• Merge dispatcher and request handler classes
• Fix special char world handling
• Don't fetch Global history if disabled
• Integrate canvas-blanking workaround for Chrome
• Refactor HTTP API server into own class
• Make /stats viewable in /help
• Shift /help command to client
• Integrate paste preview

April 13, 2024

• Add one more char to the longwidth char list (for chat)

March 29, 2024

• Fix CPU bottleneck caused by cache overflow detector
• Add missing domains to safe domains list
• Double resolution of chat emotes
• Force procedural rendering of overbar combining mark

February 14, 2024

• Added 'action:deco' support for action links

February 13, 2024

• Added action links
• Made links easier to see in night mode
• Don't allow local writes if char rate is 0

January 25, 2024

• Fixed flinging issue when zooming and scrolling
• Increased max chat rate for owners/members
• Trim spaces in worldname when claiming
• Fixed up /help list for chat
• Added optional flags for duration multipliers (/mute command)
• Sort worldnames with numbers properly
• Integrate selection with handles for mobile devices

November 17, 2023

• Fixed a few input-related bugs
• Integrated use() function for easy module sharing
• Fixed a few typos on the world config page
• Tweaked chat button & chat borders

September 29, 2023

• Single/double dots cannot be used in world segments
• Fixed issue where you can rename a world by adding a slash at the end, thus preventing access to it
• Fixed issue preventing you from pressing Shift+Enter (useful for when you hold Shift+<symbol> and need to press Enter quickly)
• Fixed issue with the area deletion tool using tiled selection

September 16, 2023

• The built-in region wiper should be a lot faster now

September 15, 2023

• Mobile input has been improved for Android devices
• The /warp chat command sets the world's attributes
• A built-in region wiper has been included for world owners
• You can now toggle a setting to limit text copying on your world.

August 28, 2023

• You can now see when you claimed a world. Worlds claimed over 6 months ago don't have such data unfortunately.
• You can now run /block anon (or /block reg for registered users) to block anonymous users
• World owners can make use of the /delete chat command (requires a script!)
• If you're muted in chat, the server will now tell you.
• You can now hold Ctrl to zoom in/out without relying on your browser. You can hit Ctrl/+ or Ctrl/- or Ctrl/0 too.

July 8, 2023

• The /stats command works globally now
• World owners can hide the Global chat tab

July 4, 2023

• You can now precisely protect areas using region selection much faster

/changelog/

Worlds that archive major batches of updates.

1. /changelog/0: "Changelogs start at 0"
2. /changelog/: Released October 28th, 2017, 20 days after the launch of the site.
   1. Introduced the site and its differences from Your World of Text.
   2. Presumably included the background images update, which is showcased by a backdrop of pumpkins.
3. /changelog/2: Released October 30th, 2017, 22 days after the launch of the site.
4. /changelog/3: Released March 8th, 2018.
   1. This is the smallest changelog so far, covering only the addition of per-cell protection in worlds.
5. /changelog/4: Also released in March of 2018.
   1. Another small changelog, but this one is important for introducing the beloved Chat. At the time FP encouraged users to continue having conversations on the canvas, with the chatbox only being a secondary feature.
6. /changelog/5: Released July 19th, 2018.
7. /changelog/6: Released December 1st, 2018.
8. /changelog/7: Released September 2nd, 2019. The longest wait for a changelog at the time of its release.
   1. Introduced Uvias, OWOT and OWOP's login system.
9. /changelog/8: Released May 11th, 2020.
10. /changelog/9: Released July 2020.
11. /changelog/X: "sorry, the next number is 10. We aren't Apple's marketing department."
12. /changelog/A: "we're not quite using hexadecimal yet."
13. /changelog/10: Released May 2022. The longest wait for a changelog at the time of its release.

14. 

    (Now deleted) livestream for Changelog 10 (May 22nd, 2022)

    /changelog/11: Released on May 27th, 2023. The largest changelog by far, covers exactly two years of updates from May 2022 to May 2023.
    1. Includes major updates such as Symbols for Legacy Computing, the introduction of custom cell colors, and the open sourcing of OWOT.
    2. Fittingly, the background art is created using SLC and custom cell colors.
15. /changelog/12: "please check back in a few years"
    1. The longest wait for a changelog so far, at over two years as of September 2025.
16. /changelog/13: "I don't know about you, but I'm excited for this update"
17. /changelog/14: "This changelog will be the best changelog at the time of its release"
18. /changelog/15: "I hope 15 comes soon, it's gonna be a mass graveyard for bugs"
19. /changelog/16: "enough skipping, it won't make the updates come in any faster"
20. /changelog/18: "Most of you would've stopped traversing at /changelog/17, But you didn't. Good job."
21. /changelog/19: "That's enough for today, good night"

Negative changelogs

1. /changelog/-4: Mostly empty
2. /changelog/-3: Changelog for Andrew Badr's original OWOT from June 8th, 2020.
3. /changelog/-2: "Travelling back in time, aren't you?"
4. /changelog/-1: "The changelog of Tomorrow."
5. /changelog/-0: "Negative zero is still zero. Unless floating point is involved. But they're still equivalent. Mostly. "

Changelog predictions

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  Speculations for changelogs 11-18 on the OWOT Discord
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  *Claim clams were originally thought up by Fern
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