Patch notes

Change log 2017-07-22:

• Re-enabled wildcard support for search terms. If you write aw*th it should henceforth yield awarth, wheras *aw would yield a words ending with aw, e.g. aw, baw, daw, gaw, maw etc.
• Increased comment field size.
• Added a polyfill for requestAnimationFrame to enable scrolling animations for Android devices.

Change log 2026-03-21:

• Made crosswords a little more difficult by making it harder to look for the answer in the dictionary. Clues are now deliberately reworded with synonyms or as concise descriptions of the word. For example (and this may be a hint) "museum" may be reworded as "a hall of old relics." This new way of generating crosswords will begin on 3/23 but I've gone ahead and backfilled 3/20 since it was missing anyway – give it a go and see how it goes: Sindarin or Quenya!

aldaleon

Change log 2026-04-25:

• Fixed an indexing bug where certain conjunctions and prepositions weren't being indexed. By fine-tuning the configuration (especially stop words), I've made many more words discoverable.

Apologies for not catching this earlier. Shout-out to 101Asa for bringing this issue to my attention!

aldaleon

Change log 2026-04-25:

• Replaced AWS Comprehend with Gemini for auto-indexing of Discuss posts.

aldaleon

Change log 2026-05-05:

• Fixed various account merge issues. If you weren't able to merge your accounts in the past, try again!
• Restored Parviphith's entries by Helge Fauskanger.

aldaleon

Change log 2026-06-15:

• Significantly sped up the time it takes to load a large dictionary entry by optimizing database query patterns.
• Enhanced bot/spammer protections.

aldaleon

Change log 2026-07-24:

• Experimenting with a new dictionary format, promoting the "best" result to your query. This is an experiment and it is likely that it won't work well in certain scenarios.
• Importing v0.8.13 - expect the import to finish in ~2 hours from when I posted this message.
• Added derivations, derivatives and phonetic development into the data model, replacing the previous text-only model.
• Various UI/UX improvements.

aldaleon

Change log 2026-07-27:

• Improved dictionary navigation from derivations and derivatives
• Improved rendering of roots.
• Various bug fixes.

aldaleon

Change log 2027-07-27 (B):

• Fixed an out of memory issue. This was unfortunately happening while loading derivatives - I'm sorry! I'll figure out a scalable solution to this soon.

aldaleon

Change log 2027-07-28:

• Fixed the memory issue that was preventing derivations, derivatives, and phonetic developments from showing for all entries in the dictionary. Every dictionary entry with any of these fields will now display the correct data.
• Fixed various bugs in the dictionary, including improved reliability of the browser’s forward and back buttons.

Thanks!

aldaleon

Change log 2026-09-01:

Big update today! It's all about word lists and flashcards! Can't believe it's already September... whosh, time flies!

Word lists

• Your saved words now have a home. Everything you've saved with the heart icon lives on a new Word lists page, reachable from your account menu.
• Organise a list your way: drag words into the order you like, or sort by word, translation, language or type. Search within a list, tick words to remove them, or move a batch into another list.
• Share a list. Make it public and anyone can read it. This can be handy for a class, a study group, or a friend. Private lists stay private.
• Published lists appear on your profile, with a peek at the words inside.
• Parts of speech are now shown the way a printed dictionary does: n., adj., v.

Flaschard practice

• Turn any word list into a set of flashcards. Unlike the old endless stream, a deck has a beginning and an end: you can see how far you've got and you get a score when you finish.
• The wrong answers you're offered are better chosen, and placeholder entries no longer turn up as options.
• Answers are judged more fairly: "to run" and "run" both count, and extra clarifications in brackets won't mark you wrong.
• If a word in your list can't be made into a card, the deck tells you which one and why, instead of quietly leaving it out.
• Practice sessions from word lists now show up in your flashcard statistics, where they were previously missing.

Dictionary

• Following a link to another word now updates the address bar, so you can bookmark, share or reload exactly the entry you're reading. The back button behaves properly too.

Elsewhere

• Updated to the latest Eldamo dictionary data (v0.8.13).

aldaleon