Changelog

2018-07-03

New Features

• Allow setting a maximum track duration in settings to prevent long mixes from being added to the queue [#166]
• Introduce party short links like https://festify.us/123456 / https://festify.us/<Party Code> [#193]

Bug Fixes

• Fix error that would occur when joining a party via direct-link for the first time [#201]

2018-06-11

Enhancements

• Improve TV Mode layout a tad
• Show “Paused” instead of “Playing Now” on top track when the music isn’t playing

2018-06-03

Enhancements

• Remove option to disable ken burns TV Mode effect since it’s not necessary anymore
• Make voting a little faster

Bug Fixes

• Fix a layouting issue with the fanart cover in the background
• Fix a bug that prevented people from creating parties through the button on festify.rocks

2018-05-26

New Features

• Customize text shown in TV Mode below the progress bar

Enhancements

• Make ken burns effect in TV Mode suuuuuper smooth
• Don’t let non-premium users create parties (because this will lead to issues with playback later on) [#170]
• Make Party Code more visible and make voting URL clearer [#175]
• Make entire user bar clickable instead of just the arrow-down icon

Bug Fixes

• Fix problems for users with multiple periods in their Spotify ID [#182]
• Fix party owner losing admin access sometimes [#181]
• Prevent tracks from “jumping around” after changing party settings or searching for tracks

2018-05-24

This is one of the bigger updates yet

New Features

• Cheat Prevention by Social Login [#23]
• Logout Functionality

Enhancements

• Fade Play/Pause Button when user is not a party admin [#134]
• Display “Now playing” instead of vote count for current track

Bug Fixes

• Fix votes not being synced between clients with the same account [#153]
• Fix user interface freezing sometimes when options are not set to their default values

2018-05-02

Enhancements

• Warn users without valid E-Mail address in their Spotify account [#155]
• Improve all other authorization-related error messages

Bug Fixes

• Squash a bug that lead to tracks being skipped midst playback because they weren’t pinned to the top of the queue properly [#161]

2018-04-18

New Features

• Option to block explicit songs from being added or played [#93]
• Option to close the search view after a guest has added a song [#148]

Enhancements

• Hide cursor in TV mode after idling some time [#94]

Bug Fixes

• Squash a bug that lead to many PERMISSION_DENIED errors under the hood [#145]

2018-04-17

Enhancements

• Enable audio playback in TV Mode, so it can be cast to a Chromecast receiver [#141]

2018-04-16

Enhancements

• Cache track metadata in IndexedDB for better performance where internet is slow

2018-04-15

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue where de-voting a track wouldn’t be processed properly

2018-04-11

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue that sometimes made other tracks replace the currently playing track when voting for them

2018-04-07

Enhancements

• Prevent accidental closing of Festify by asking user for confirmation [#81]

2018-04-07

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue that prevented users with periods (or other special characters) in their Spotify username from using Festify

Festify v3 🚀

We released the new version of Festify today. This version is completely rewritten and features the following improvements:

New Features

• Host a Festify party directly from the browser, no downloads or installations required anymore
• Admin mode is back
• More awesome TV Mode with fanart

Enhancements

• More stable playback