🎨 Friendly Cards Icon
Updated app icon with the new Friendly Cards design for a more cohesive brand identity.
🎨
New Friendly Cards icon on login page header
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Updated About modal with matching icon design
🌐
Browser favicon updated to match new icon
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Optimized icon aspect ratio for better display at all sizes
🔐 Password Management & UX Improvements
Enhanced signup experience and new admin security controls.
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Improved signup flow with clear email confirmation instructions
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Admins can now require users to change password on next login
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Password change requirement visible in user status badges
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Fixed notification preference save error for feedback notifications
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Added proper conflict resolution for preference upserts
👤 Enhanced Admin User Management
Comprehensive user account management with suspension, deletion, and credit controls.
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Suspend and reactivate user accounts with reason tracking
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Secure account deletion with multi-step confirmation and audit trail
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Direct credit management - set user credits from admin panel
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Account status column in users table shows active/suspended/deleted
∞
Fixed unlimited rate limit display (now shows ∞ instead of -1)
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Analytics dashboard now shows language usage and translation statistics
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Simplified cookie banner — honest acknowledgment without false choices
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Privacy Policy v1.4 — enhanced CCPA/GDPR compliance with sub-processor details
⚡ Preset Picker Redesign
Streamlined preset interface with cleaner, more compact design that saves vertical space.
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Compact preset trigger integrated into Message Type header row
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Subtle dashed-outline style when no preset is active
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Bold purple gradient pill clearly shows when a preset is applied
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Zero additional vertical space - preset controls fit in existing header row
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Removed redundant label and duplicate icon for cleaner interface
🌐 Browser Extension & Bookmarklet
Transform text from any webpage without switching apps! New Chrome extension and bookmarklet for quick transforms.
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Chrome browser extension with popup transform, floating button, and context menu
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Bookmarklet option for quick transforms from any browser (no installation needed)
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URL parameter support for iOS Share Sheet and deep linking
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Floating transform button appears when you select text on any webpage
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Right-click context menu with quick transform options
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Extension remembers your last-used settings for faster transforms
🌐 Preset Translation Settings
Presets now save your translation preferences for quick language switching.
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Presets can now include translation mode, target language, and grammar preferences
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Translation settings checkbox in preset form with smart auto-detection
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Preset dropdown shows translation indicator (→EN, →HE, etc.)
🎨
Admin feedback bulk actions now consistent with other sections
🐛 Admin Settings Boolean Fix
Fixed admin auth toggles not saving correctly.
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Fixed: Admin toggles now save proper boolean values to database
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Migration 031 fixes existing corrupted boolean values
🐛 Auth Button Visibility Fixes
Fixed admin auth toggle settings not applying correctly.
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Fixed: Magic link toggle in admin now properly hides/shows on login
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Fixed: Google/Apple buttons no longer flash before being hidden
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Auth buttons now start hidden and are revealed based on settings
🐛 History Modal & Magic Link Fixes
Fixed history panel close and magic link redirect issues.
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Fixed: "Use Again" now properly closes history modal
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Removed undefined updateCharCount() call that was blocking execution
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Fixed magic link redirect URL to include page path
🐛 History Panel & Notification Fixes
Fixed "Use Again" button and notification system.
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Fixed: "Use Again" now properly closes history panel after loading message
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Added missing showNotification function with color-coded feedback
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Updated pre-deployment checklist to v2.0 with JS-HTML validation
🐛 "Use Again" Button Fix
Fixed history "Use Again" button not loading messages.
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Fixed: "Use Again" now properly loads the original message into the input
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Also restores message type and intensity settings
✏️ Edited Text Tracking
Message history now saves your edits when you copy.
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Edit the transformed text, then copy - your edits are saved to history
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Edited messages show a green "Edited" badge in history
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Copying from history uses your edited version if available
🐛 Admin History Settings Fix
Fixed admin panel retention period saving.
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Max retention period changes now save correctly
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Fixed: Value was stored as TEXT instead of JSONB
🐛 Critical Bug Fix: Message History
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Message History Not Saving — Fixed critical bug where transformations weren't being saved to history even when enabled. The save_to_history function now properly receives user authentication from the transform function.
🔧 UI Polish & Bug Fixes
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Settings Modal Auto-Close — Save Settings button now shows acknowledgement and automatically closes the modal
- History Button Capitalization — Fixed "history" displaying lowercase, now properly shows "History"
- History Count Field Mismatch — Fixed data field name mismatch that prevented history item count from displaying
- Admin Settings Consistency — All settings sections now use consistent white card styling
- Max Days Display — History retention max note only shows when admin has set a restrictive limit
- Admin Notification Save Feedback — Email notification preferences now show toast confirmation when saved
📜 Message History & Templates
✨ New Features
- Message History — Automatically save all your transformations with optional auto-save toggle
- Favorites — Star your best transformations for quick access
- Templates — Create reusable templates from your history items
- Full-Text Search — Search across all your past transformations
- Retention Settings — Configure how long to keep history (admin-controlled maximum)
⚡ Improvements
- Copy Tracking — Track how many times you've copied each transformation
- Tags & Notes — Add custom tags and notes to organize your history
- Admin Controls — Global max retention settings with user count statistics
🔧 Preset Function Fix
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Preset Save/Load Fixed — Resolved interface contract mismatch between frontend and database functions that prevented presets from saving correctly
- Auth Context Integration — Preset functions now use auth.uid() internally instead of requiring user ID parameter
- Settings Format Aligned — Frontend camelCase keys (messageType, improveClarity) now correctly mapped to database columns
⚡ Improvements
- Better Error Handling — Enhanced preset save/update error messages for easier troubleshooting
- Schema Documentation — Corrected table name from tone_presets to user_presets in documentation
🎨 Major UI Overhaul
✨ New Features
- Collapsible Enhancement Options — Settings section now collapses to reduce visual clutter; state remembered across sessions
- Positencity™ Card — Redesigned intensity selector with warm gradient styling and plant icons (🌱🌿🌳)
- Enhancement Pills — Modern pill-style toggle buttons with purple active state
- Active Badge Counter — Shows count of active enhancements when section is collapsed
- Reset Settings Button — Quickly reset all enhancement options without clearing your message
⚡ Improvements
- Transform Button Placement — Moved directly below input for faster access
- Mobile Responsiveness — Enhanced styles for smaller screens
- Visual Hierarchy — Clear separation between main action and optional settings
🔄 Aligned Status System
✨ New Features
- Unified Four-State Status — Feedback and analysis archive now use same statuses: Pending, Deferred, Implemented, Rejected
- Bulk Archive Actions — Select multiple analyses and update status in one click
- Feedback Status Column — New status tracking for feedback items
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Feedback Filtering Fixed — Resolved issue where feedback filters weren't working correctly
⚡ Improvements
- Consistent Bulk Actions — Identical styling for bulk action bars in both sections
- Version Footer — Clickable version number in admin dashboard shows changelog
⚡ Rate Limit Admin Controls
✨ New Features
- Per-User Rate Limit Tiers — View and edit rate limit tier directly in user details modal
- Bulk Rate Limit Assignment — New panel to assign rate limit tiers to multiple users at once
- Rate Limit Column — Users table now shows current rate limit tier for quick reference
⚡ Improvements
- Backend Actions — New
bulkSetRateLimitTier and getRateLimitTiers endpoints
- Admin UX — Rate limit management mirrors existing model assignment workflow
🛡️ Production API Management
✨ New Features
- Rate Limiting — Daily usage limits by subscription tier to ensure fair access
- Content Filtering — Automated safety checks for harmful content and PII
- API Logging — Comprehensive request tracking for monitoring and analytics
- Smart File Naming — Downloaded reports now have descriptive content-based names
⚡ Improvements
- Admin API Stats — New endpoint for viewing rate limiting and filtering analytics
- Terms of Service — Updated with usage limits and content filtering policies
- UI Consistency — Standardized button label capitalization
🔧 Bug Fixes & Mobile Improvements
🔧 Bug Fixes
- Feedback Submission Fixed — Admin dashboard feedback now submits correctly
- Analytics Button Styling — Fixed missing button styles on main app page
⚡ Improvements
- Mobile Navigation — Admin dashboard now has hamburger menu for mobile access
- Mobile-Friendly UI — Desktop-only elements (keyboard shortcuts) hidden on mobile
- Enhanced QA Process — Pre-deployment checklist now includes mobile testing
📊 Personal Analytics Dashboard
✨ New Features
- Writing Analytics Dashboard — Track your communication improvement over time
- Milestone Progress — Unlock achievements as you transform more messages
- Positivity Trends — Visual sparkline showing your recent positivity scores
- Usage Metrics — See totals, streaks, and days active at a glance
- Message Type Distribution — Breakdown of Slack, Email, WhatsApp & LinkedIn usage
- Personalized Insights — AI-generated tips based on your writing patterns
🔧 Bug Fix Release
🔧 Bug Fixes
- Fixed Preset modals not opening (CSS/JS visibility mismatch)
- Fixed preset picker text showing developer variable names instead of user-friendly labels
- Added missing translations for all preset-related UI elements
⚡ Quick Actions, Comparisons & Tone Presets
✨ New Features
- Tone Presets — Save your favorite transform settings for one-click access
- Preset Picker — Quick dropdown to switch between saved presets instantly
- Default Preset — Set a preset to auto-apply when you open the app
- Pin Favorites — Pin your most-used presets to the top of the list
- Visual Customization — Choose from 20 icons and 15 colors to personalize presets
- Keyboard Shortcuts — Transform faster with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter, copy with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+C, and more
- Paste & Transform — One-click paste from clipboard and transform instantly
- Repeat Last Transform — Re-run your last transformation with the same settings
- Shortcuts Help — Press Cmd/Ctrl+/ to see all available shortcuts
- Before & After Comparison — Toggle to see original vs transformed text side-by-side
- Word-Level Diff — Visual highlighting shows exactly what changed (removed in red, added in green)
- Changes Summary — See categorized summary of improvements made
🔧 Improvements
- Quick action buttons below input for faster workflow
- Platform-aware shortcuts (Cmd for Mac, Ctrl for Windows/Linux)
- RTL language support in comparison view
- Preset usage tracking for analytics
🔧 Bug Fix Release
🔧 Bug Fixes
- Fixed Professional Profile wizard not displaying content (HTML/JS ID mismatch)
✨ Professional Profiles & Content Sharing
✨ New Features
- Professional Profile Wizard — set up your role, industry, tone preferences, and content themes for personalized Viewsifier™ results
- Profile-aware content generation — Viewsifier™ now tailors output to your professional context
- Click-to-copy hashtags — click any suggested hashtag to copy it instantly
- Copy All Hashtags button — grab all suggested tags at once
🔧 Bug Fixes
- Feedback comments now clear properly between transformations
🎯 UX Improvements
✨ New Features
- Positencity™ tooltip explaining what Low, Medium, and High intensity levels do
- Bulk "Mark Unread" action for feedback management
🔧 Bug Fixes
- Analysis Archive now loads immediately when section is opened (no more infinite spinner)
📋 Analysis Archive System
✨ New Features
- Analysis Archive — Every feedback analysis is now automatically saved and can be revisited later
- Report Generation — Generate HTML summary reports from any saved analysis
- Tabbed Archive View — Browse archived analyses with tabs for Summary, Actions, Prompt, and Report
- Generate from Archive — Create prompts or reports from archived analyses without re-running
🔧 Improvements
- Fixed Report Generation — Resolved "Analysis data is required" error when generating reports
- Output Tracking — Archive shows which outputs (prompt/report) have been generated
- Flexible Workflow — Generate both prompts and reports from the same analysis
💬 Admin Feedback & UX Improvements
✨ New Features
- Admin Feedback Button — Floating feedback button in admin dashboard captures context about which section you're viewing
- Flexible Analysis Output — Generate both implementation prompts AND summary reports from the same analysis without re-running
- Back to Analysis — Return to analysis results after generating a prompt to create additional outputs
🔧 Improvements
- Admin Feedback Filter — New "Admin Dashboard" filter pill to view feedback from admins
- Section Tracking — Admin feedback includes which dashboard section (Users, Models, Feedback, etc.) was active
📊 Admin Dashboard Enhancements
✨ New Features
- Feedback Analysis — AI-powered analysis of user feedback with theme detection and actionable insights
- Enhanced Filters — Multi-dimensional feedback filtering by rating, status, type, and date range
- Quick Presets — One-click filter combinations for common scenarios like "Negative Unread" or "Viewsifier Issues"
- Bulk Actions — Select multiple feedback items and mark as read or addressed in one click
- Prompt Archive — Save and track generated implementation prompts with status management
🔧 Under the Hood
- Derived Types — Feedback automatically categorized by transform type (Standard, Viewsifier, Translation)
- Export Improvements — CSV export now includes enhanced feedback metadata
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Feedback Analysis Prompt Generation — Fixed parameter mismatch and action filtering that caused empty prompts
- Action Categories — Fixed dropdown values to match Claude's response format (bug_fix, enhancement, feature_request)
- Add Model Button — Now shows a dropdown of all available Anthropic models to auto-fill the form
ℹ️ AI Transparency Notice
✨ New Features
- AI Disclaimer — Added notice below transform output reminding users that Gentlr is AI-powered and responses should be double-checked
- Multi-Language Support — Disclaimer displays in user's selected UI language (English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean)
🔧 Under the Hood
- RTL Support — Disclaimer properly aligns for right-to-left languages
📊 Analytics Improvements
🐛 Fixed
- Edit Analytics — Date range filtering now works correctly
- SQL Functions — Fixed return format mismatches between backend and frontend
- Column Naming — Fixed promo_credits → promo_transforms_remaining consistency
🔧 Under the Hood
- Interface Validation — SQL return shapes now match JavaScript expectations
- Schema Reference — Updated to v1.7.2 with complete documentation
📋 Schema Documentation
🔧 Under the Hood
- Schema Reference — Added models and user_model_preferences tables to documentation
- Naming Conventions — Documented critical column naming to prevent bugs
📈 Enhanced Admin Dashboard
✨ New Features
- User Activity Tracking — Login/logout session recording with timestamps
- Language Analytics — Track source/target language distribution and translation pairs
- Activity Dashboard — View daily active users, login counts, and session data
- Bulk Operations — Assign model preferences to multiple users at once
🔧 Under the Hood
- Database — New user_login_history table for session tracking
- SQL Functions — Added get_language_stats, get_user_activity_stats
- Admin View — New admin_user_list view with enhanced user data
🤖 Dynamic Model Selection
✨ New Features
- Model Management — Admin can add and configure AI models with custom credit costs
- Per-User Preferences — Assign specific models to users for each transform type (standard, translation, Viewsifier™)
- Dynamic Pricing — Different models cost different credits (e.g., advanced models cost more)
- Model Tracking — Usage history now tracks which model was used for each transform
🔧 Under the Hood
- Database Schema — New models and user_model_preferences tables
- API Functions — New check_credits_for_model and get_user_model functions
- Admin Dashboard — New Models tab for model configuration
🔧 Format Selector Fix
🐛 Fixed
- Post Format Selector — All 9 Viewsifier formats now visible in dropdown
🦋 More Post Formats & Bug Fixes
✨ New Features
- 3 New Post Formats — Transformation Story, Quick Insight, Educational Deep-Dive
🐛 Fixed
- Duplicate Feedback — Fixed issue where feedback could be submitted twice
📚 Expanded LinkedIn Playbook
🔧 Enhanced
- Viewsifier™ AI Context — Significantly expanded content strategy guidance (3x more comprehensive)
- Research-Backed Insights — Based on analysis of 1M+ LinkedIn posts
- Post Format Templates — Multiple proven formats for different content goals
- Writing Techniques — Advanced frameworks for engaging, professional content
- Quality Guidelines — Updated checklist for professional content standards
✨ Viewsifier™ & Credits System
✨ New Features
- Viewsifier™ — AI-powered LinkedIn post optimization
- Credit System — Per-transform billing (1 credit standard, 3 credits Viewsifier)
- Promo Codes — Bonus credits for early adopters
- Edit Telemetry — Track copy/edit/regenerate actions
- 5 Post Formats — Value Bomb, Breakdown, Contrarian, Experiment, Free Help
- Engagement Scoring — AI-generated score based on playbook principles
🔧 Technical
- LinkedIn playbook embedded in transform function
- Viewsifier config for formats and scoring criteria
- Credit balance display with low-balance warnings
- Admin tools for credit management
🛡️ Admin Features & Feedback System
✨ New Features
- Feedback System — Rate transforms with 👍/👎 and add optional comments
- General Feedback — New floating feedback button for app-wide feedback
- Viewsifier™ Access Control — Request access with admin approval workflow
- OAuth Toggles — Admins can enable/disable Google and Apple sign-in
- Data Export — Export users as CSV/Excel, dashboard as PDF
- Admin Dashboard — Comprehensive metrics, activity feed, and user management
🔧 Technical
- Admin notification system with email aggregation (real-time, 2x daily, daily, weekly)
- Dashboard metrics with time filters (today, 7d, 30d, all time)
- Per-user Viewsifier™ access control
- Feedback linked to transform history for context
- New Edge Functions for export functionality
📄 Documentation
- Privacy Policy v1.2 — Added feedback, analytics, and admin notifications disclosures
- Help docs updated with Viewsifier™ access request flow
- Help docs updated with feedback section
📖 Documentation & Help Center
✨ New
- Help Center — New comprehensive documentation page (/help.html)
- Updated About Modal — Now includes Viewsifier™ and credit system info
- Terms v1.1 — Added Section 5: Credits & Feature Costs
📝 Documentation
- Full guide to credits system with costs table
- Viewsifier™ format explanations
- Language and translation documentation
- FAQ section answering common questions
- Help link added to footer
⚡ Viewsifier™ Credit System
✨ Changes
- Viewsifier™ costs 3 credits — Premium feature now requires 3 credits per use
- Credit cost display — Viewsifier™ section shows "⚡ Uses 3 credits per transform"
- Improved credit deduction — New flexible credit system supports variable costs
- Better error handling — Clear message when insufficient credits for Viewsifier™
🔧 Technical
- New
use_credits database function for flexible credit deduction
- Promo credits now used first before free credits
- Preparing for future subscription tiers
🚀 Viewsifier™ — AI-Powered LinkedIn Optimization
✨ New Features
- Viewsifier™ — AI-powered LinkedIn post optimizer for maximum engagement
- 6 Post Formats — Value Bomb, Breakdown, Contrarian, Personal Experiment, Free Help, and AI Optimized
- Engagement Scoring — AI analyzes your post against viral content principles (0-100 score)
- Web Search Integration — AI can search for current trends to enhance your posts
- Playbook Tips — See which LinkedIn best practices were applied to your post
- Hashtag Suggestions — AI-generated relevant hashtags for discoverability
🔧 How It Works
- Select LinkedIn as your platform to see the Viewsifier™ toggle
- Enable Viewsifier™ to switch from standard transformation to LinkedIn optimization
- Choose a format or let AI pick the best one for your content
- Standard options (Positencity™, Clarity, Concise) are disabled when Viewsifier™ is active
- Translation still works with Viewsifier™ — output in any supported language
📊 Analytics
- Track Viewsifier™ usage in your stats
- See average engagement scores over time
- Monitor which formats you use most
📋 Terms of Use & Version History System
✨ New Pages
- Terms of Use — Comprehensive terms governing use of the service
- Terms Version History — Track changes to Terms of Use over time
- Privacy Policy Version History — Track changes to Privacy Policy
- Admin Console Version History — Separate changelog for admin features
- Archived Versions — Access previous versions of legal documents
🔧 Improvements
- Admin console now has its own version number (v1.0.0)
- Privacy Policy updated to show version number with link to history
- Updated signup flow to reference both Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
- All footers now include Terms of Use link
™ Trademark Branding Updates
✨ Updates
- Gentlr™ — Added trademark symbol to main brand headers
- Positencity™ — Renamed "Intensity" to our trademarked "Positencity™" label
🔧 Authentication & Language Detection Fixes
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed JWT Authentication — Resolved "Invalid JWT" error when transforming messages
- Improved Language Detection — English text is no longer incorrectly detected as Portuguese or other languages
- Switched to Supabase's native functions.invoke() for more reliable API calls
- Admin panel now uses improved authentication method
🔧 Technical
- Language detection now uses a scoring system instead of first-match
- Added extensive English word patterns to prevent false positives
- Better error messages for authentication issues
🎉 Enhanced User Experience & Social Platforms
✨ New Features
- Social Login — Sign in with Google or Apple for quick, secure access
- Password Reset — Forgot your password? Get a reset link sent to your email
- Change Password — Update your password anytime from the logged-in view
- Password Visibility Toggle — Click the 👁️ icon to show/hide password characters
- Emoji Boost — New toggle to add appropriate emojis to your transformed messages
- Reset Button — Quickly clear the form and reset to defaults
- Additional Platforms — LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok message types (enable in Settings)
🔧 Improvements
- User Settings — New settings modal to customize your experience
- Customizable Chat Label — Choose whether the chat button shows "Slack", "Teams", or "Chat"
- Remember Settings — Option to reset form on login or remember your last settings
- Platform-specific AI — AI adapts tone for each platform (professional for LinkedIn, casual for TikTok, etc.)
- Improved UI for auth forms with better password handling
🐛 Technical
- Enhanced transform function with emoji boost support
- User settings now persist in local storage
- Updated translations for new features
🌍 Multi-Language Support
✨ New Features
- Auto-detect input language — Write in any of 11 supported languages and Gentlr will automatically detect it
- Same-language transformation — Transform messages while keeping them in the original language
- Translate to English — Quick option to output transformed message in English
- Full matrix translation — Translate from any supported language to any other language
- Detected language badge — Visual indicator showing which language was detected in your input
- Source language selector — Override auto-detection if needed
- Output mode selector — Choose between same language, English, or other target language
🔧 Improvements
- Grammar options now appear based on target language (not just when translation is enabled)
- Enhanced language configuration system for easier future additions
- Improved RTL (right-to-left) support for Hebrew and Arabic
- Better visual organization of translation options
🚀 Launch Release
✨ Core Features
- Message transformation — AI-powered positive, clear, and concise rewriting
- Message types — Optimize for Slack, WhatsApp, or Email
- Intensity levels — Low, Medium, or High positivity enhancement
- Clarity improvement — Optional toggle to improve message structure
- Conciseness — Optional toggle to shorten messages without losing meaning
- Translation support — Translate to 10 languages with grammar options
- Transformation stats — See positivity, clarity, and length improvement percentages
- Tips & insights — Get actionable suggestions to improve your writing
👤 Account & Credits
- User authentication — Email/password signup and login
- Free credits — 10 free transforms for new users
- Promo code system — Redeem codes for bonus credits
- Credit tracking — View your free and promo credits breakdown
🌐 Internationalization
- Multi-language UI — Interface available in 7 languages
- RTL support — Full right-to-left layout for Hebrew
- Grammar-aware translation — Gender, formality, and audience options
🔒 Privacy & Security
- Privacy policy — Clear data handling documentation
- Cookie consent — GDPR-compliant cookie banner
- No message storage — Your messages are never saved in our database
👨💼 Admin Features
- Admin dashboard — Manage promo codes and view usage stats
- Promo code management — Create, deactivate, and track redemptions
- Role-based access — Secure admin-only functionality