_Version 0.15:_ Aug 4, 2015
- Now using GitHub Gists for storage:
- In order to save layouts, you now need to sign in to GitHub via OAuth.
- Once signed in, clicking 'Save' will store your layout as a GitHub Gist.
- Unlike before, if you modify your layout and save again, a new
revision of your Gist is created. - You can now share a link to your layout and it will be stable over time
as you make edits to it.
- Unlike before, if you modify your layout and save again, a new
- All Gists are created as 'Private'; this means that nobody can see it
unless you share the link.
- If you make modifications to another user's layout and try to save, you
will be prompted to create a "fork" under your own account.- The link between your copy and the original copy is maintained.
- Note that you can only have one fork of any given layout; if you try
to fork it a second time, you will end up overwriting your first fork
(though history is maintained, so you won't lose any data). This appears
to be a limitation in how GitHub Gists work.
- Get a list of all your saved layouts; go to 'My Layouts' in the user menu.
- "Star" & "Unstar" your favorite layouts; go to 'Starred Layouts' in the
user menu to go back to layouts you previously starred. - New "background" options: (Thanks iandoug!)
- You can now add a background 'texture' to your layout to simulate the
look of various materials (e.g., wood, aluminum, etc.). - You can now set the corner radius of your layout to better simulate
the look of non-rectangular keyboards.
- You can now add a background 'texture' to your layout to simulate the
- You can now add 'decals' to your layout:
- These are purely decorative additions to the layout, and have many uses
(e.g., keyboard logos, 'caps lock' LEDs, labels, etc.) - They have many of the same formatting options as regular keycaps, but
they don't render any keycap background.
- These are purely decorative additions to the layout, and have many uses