Release v2.4.14 of Ktistec is small in terms of features and fixes, but it improves in two areas where I thought Ktistec was weak: light/dark mode support and autosave.

I'm not hardcore dark mode, but I do prefer it in some cases. Ktistec selects light or dark mode based on the browser or system setting—there is currently no means to select the mode directly. A nice side effect of light/dark mode support is that custom theming support comes nearly for free.

Ktistec was meant for writing. I post my fair share of one-line bits of wisdom, but I started building Ktistec because I wanted a space to write long form, and existing Fediverse platforms were more for social interaction. When writing long form, autosaving is an essential feature. Ktistec will now autosave draft posts and replies. If you navigate away before publishing, you can always find the incomplete draft in the Drafts collection which is accessible from your timeline page.

Added

• Add design system page for previewing UI elements.
• Support custom themes with automatic light/dark mode switching.
• Add autosave functionality for new posts, draft posts, and replies.

Changed

• Add external link indicators.

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After much pain, I have light-mode, dark-mode, and themes support in #ktistec. To celebrate, I implemented the Dracula theme.

Theme support was brought to you by Mothership Connection, on repeat—when CSS ails you, funk is the cure.

I was planning on adding support for custom themes in release v2.4.13 of Ktistec. That turned out to be difficult, so I implemented post visibility instead—which then also turned out to be difficult. C'est la vie.

The editor now includes radio buttons for controlling post distribution and visibility. In particular, you can now send messages directly to mentioned users without sending them to all of your followers.

You can also mark posts as sensitive using the content warning checkbox in the editor. Sensitive posts are hidden behind a summary that readers can click to reveal the content.

This release of Ktistec includes RSS feeds and RSS feed discovery. RSS feeds are currently available for the site home page and account pages.

Here's the full changelog:

Added

• Support RSS feeds on the home page and account pages. (fixes #14)
• Hide sensitive content, spoilers, etc. with content warnings.
• Support direct messages with proper visibility controls.

Changed

• Switch from calendar-based periods to duration-based periods in charts.

Fixed

• Track and federate object updates.
• Fix object visibility bugs in object replies and threads.

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I'm going to make a backwards-incompatible change to the dropdown values for the range input on the metrics page, switching from calendar-based periods to duration-based periods. I thought beginning of week, beginning of month, and beginning of year would be sensible ranges, but I almost always adjust the range in the query string by hand to be last seven days, last thirty days, or last 365 days, so it makes sense to make those the options.

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