A quicker, clearer Archive
At a glance
- Improved:
To Do: Only the tasks on screen are drawn, so very large lists open, scroll and respond much faster.
- New:
Selection: Select tasks with their checkbox and Shift-click to select a range, then complete, star, plan, reschedule, move or delete them together.
- Improved:
Reordering: Drag tasks by their handle, see where they will land, and move a whole selection at once. The new order is saved when you drop.
- New:
Search: Game shops, the Arcade shop, games, themes, frames and achievements each have a search box that works alongside their filters.
- Fixed:
Update log: Release dates now show the day each update actually went live.
- Improved:
Startup: Home downloads fewer scripts before its first screen is ready.
- Improved:
Navigation: Home and navigation links preload their destination when you hover or focus them, rather than loading other areas during startup.
- Improved:
Upload controls: Legacy storage code loads only when a legacy upload needs it, rather than during ordinary page startup.
- Improved:
Artwork: Small covers, fan cards and blurred backdrops download a size that fits them, and linked artwork stays cached for weeks instead of a day.
- Improved:
Home and entries: Home, collections and entry workspaces start more of their reads at once, and links to a specific file open it without an extra wait.
- Improved:
To Do: Large lists update only the task that changed, long completed sections render lazily, and the notes editor loads when you open a task's notes.
- Improved:
Responsiveness: Opening menus, adding items and other page changes restyle far less of the page, so interactions respond sooner on every theme and motion setting.
New features
Select many tasks
Each task has a selection box next to its completion circle. Shift-click selects everything between your last pick and this one, in the order the list shows. Ctrl/Cmd+A selects the whole list and Escape clears the selection.
- The selection bar shows how many tasks are selected and offers Complete, Star, My Day, Due date, Move to list and Delete.
- Delete always asks first. If some tasks can't be changed, the others still are, and you're told which failed.
- The selection follows tasks, not positions: sorting or filtering keeps it, and tasks that disappear leave it.
Search catalogs
Search matches names, descriptions and categories, ignores case and accents, and always covers the whole catalog. It combines with category and Owned/Not owned filters. Escape or the clear button empties it. Short pickers only get a search box once they grow long.
- Game shops and the Arcade shop
- Arcade games
- Themes and artwork frames
- Achievements
Improvements
Large lists
To Do now draws only the tasks you can see, while filters, search, selection and bulk actions still work on every task. In a 1,250-task test list, opening the list was about eight times faster and selecting a task went from seconds to a fraction of a second.
Reordering
Each task has a drag handle. A line shows where it will land, and the list scrolls when you drag near its edge. Nothing is saved until you drop, and the order is restored if saving fails. With the keyboard, Alt+Arrow keys move the focused task or the whole selection. Manual order is turned off while a sort is active.
Shop entrances
The Arcade shop introduces each game shop with that game's artwork and colors. Game shops list prices more plainly and show which item is in the preview.
Preloading follows your intent
The first screen no longer competes with automatic downloads for the To Do area, entry workspaces and the update log. Destination preloading starts on pointer or keyboard intent, with normal links and client-side navigation intact.
Upload code when it is needed
The storage SDK used by legacy uploads no longer downloads just because a page has image-upload controls. R2 uploads and legacy uploads keep their existing authentication, confirmation and owner-scoped storage behavior.
Right-sized, longer-lived artwork
Home's first screen asks for roughly a sixth of the image pixels it used to. Resized copies of linked artwork refresh every 30 days (staggered) rather than daily, and sibling sizes reuse one download. Originals and the artwork viewer are unchanged.
Smoother To Do
Checking, starring or editing a task no longer re-renders every other row, and the customize-fan editor on Home loads only when you open it.
Less restyling per interaction
Themes and the motion setting now apply from the page root directly, and unused component styles that watched the whole page were removed. In testing, adding an element or opening a menu went from roughly 60–130 ms of style work to under 2 ms. Themes, motion settings and every component look the same.
Fixes
Update log dates
Several releases showed dates days or weeks in the future. Each release now shows the day it was first deployed, and dates no longer depend on your time zone.