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Changelog

Decisions and releases for AI Interface Library.

  1. Circular Avatar Masks#

    Keep the layout readable without showing who is signed in

    • Same shape, same place: Avatars are covered with a neutral grey circle of the same size, so you can still see where the avatar sits.
    • No account hints: Photos, initials and generated avatar colors are all hidden.

    Applies from the next weekly capture.

  2. Week of Oct 12 Published#

    A new weekly snapshot of every AI portal

    • Fresh screenshots: Desktop and mobile captures for every portal in the library.
    • Design analysis: Layout metrics and menu changes compared with the previous week.

    Browse it from the homepage or the Analytics view.

  3. Fairer Week-to-Week Comparisons#

    Separate real design changes from one-off noise

    • Confound notes: Changes that pop-ups, onboarding or capture conditions may have caused are marked "possibly confounded" or "confounded".
    • Cleaner trends: Marked changes are not counted as design changes.

    Trends now reflect what the product team actually shipped.

  4. One Address per Page#

    Every page now lives at a single URL

    • HTTPS everywhere: http:// requests redirect permanently to https://.
    • No more www: www.ai-portal-library.dev redirects to ai-portal-library.dev, and query strings are kept.
    • Preview links hidden from search: Worker preview URLs are marked noindex.

    Search engines now see one version of each page instead of three.

  5. Voice Guide: Clearer Answers#

    Short, natural answers you can listen to

    • Plain text only: Formatting symbols are removed before answers are spoken or shown.
    • A correct "this week": Only portals that actually changed this week are listed.
    • Bite-sized lists: Spoken lists stop at three and offer to go through the rest.
    • Suggested questions: "What changed this week?", "Compare ChatGPT and Claude" and "How has ChatGPT changed over the weeks?"

    Ask out loud or type, and the guide answers in your language.

  6. Voice Guide: Answers From the Data#

    The guide works things out before it speaks

    • Pre-computed history: Product groups and change history across weeks are worked out in code, not guessed by the model.
    • Better hearing: Product names help speech recognition catch misheard questions.

    Answers now match what the library actually shows.

  7. Analyses Under CC BY 4.0#

    Reuse the analysis with credit

    • Open analysis: Design analysis text and menu change records are licensed under CC BY 4.0.
    • Clear limits: Screenshots, logos and trademarks belong to their owners and are not covered.

    See the License page for details.

  8. Built for AI Search and Agents#

    Easier for assistants to find, read and cite the library

    • Machine-readable pages: /changes, /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt and a Markdown version of every portal page.
    • Structured data: WebSite, Dataset, Article and ItemList JSON-LD.
    • Welcoming crawlers: robots.txt names the major AI crawlers and allows them.

    When an assistant answers a question about AI interfaces, it can point back here.

  9. Consistent Menu Tracking#

    The same rules for every product, every week

    • What counts: Feature buttons like tools, model pickers, Think and Deep research are tracked. Basic send, mic and attach controls are not.
    • Icon-only items: Get a descriptive label so changes stay readable.
    • Icon changes: A new icon on an existing item is recorded too.

    Menu comparisons are now reliable across all portals.

  10. Menu Changes Tracked#

    See when products add, remove or rename features

    • Navigation items: Each analysis records a product's menu and compares it with the previous week.
    • Renames caught: For example, ChatGPT's "Scheduled" became "Tasks".
    • In the canvas: The Analytics comparison box shows added, removed and renamed items.

    Feature launches now show up next to the layout metrics.

  11. A Livelier Homepage#

    Motion that explains what the library does

    • Grid draw-in: The header grid draws itself in.
    • Word-by-word subtitle: The subtitle appears one word at a time, and key words are annotated.
    • Smooth and respectful: Animations don't freeze while the page loads, and they turn off for reduced-motion settings.

    The first screen now shows what the library is about.

  12. Dark Mode as the Capture Default#

    One consistent look for every weekly snapshot

    • Consistent captures: Screenshots follow a dark appearance setting, so weeks stay comparable.
    • Focused analysis: One variant is analyzed each week to keep costs low.

    Light captures are planned.

  13. Analytics: Table and Canvas Views#

    Two ways to compare portals

    • Table and Canvas: Switch between a sortable table and a visual canvas.
    • Week picker: Jump to any week from a dropdown.

    A new controls layout keeps everything in one row.