Changelog

What's new

Every release, from first light to the latest skies. Small, steady improvements, quietly shipped.

  1. v1.4.4

    A new home, a new name

    • Rebuilt the website on a faster, modern foundation (Astro).
    • New interactive live demo: try the new tab right in your browser before installing.
    • A filterable wallpaper gallery, plus this changelog and a public roadmap.
    • Rebranded the site to Shinkai Skies, now living at shinkai-skies.com.
  2. v1.4.3

    Landing polish

    • Refreshed the website with per-film showcase wallpapers.
    • Added an auto-playing wallpaper carousel and a random cinematic hero.
    • Tidied the extension title and Chrome Web Store listing.
  3. v1.4.2

    The Widgets family

    • A modular, draggable liquid-glass widget set: Focus timer, Quick notes, To-do, Weather, and Ambience.
    • Weather detects your timezone and toggles between °C and °F; Ambience synthesizes rain, wind, and noise.
    • Every widget is localized into all 20 languages.
    • Brighter clock, darker panels, and a new glass-blur slider.
    • Locale-aware 12h / 24h clock, per-account shortcuts, and liquid-glass onboarding and What's New.
  4. v1.4.1

    Fresh skies

    • A new wallpaper conversion pipeline for sharper, lighter skies.
    • An auto-playing wallpaper carousel on the site.
    • Swapped in a new hero and fresh film stills.
  5. v1.4.0

    Focus tools

    • Control Center widgets, on by default: a focus timer and quick notes.
    • An adjustable timer and an Apple-style rating prompt.
    • Optimized and re-localized the Chrome Web Store listing.
  6. v1.0

    First light

    • Initial release: a Manifest V3 new-tab extension with rotating HD wallpapers from all six Makoto Shinkai films.
    • A localized clock, web search, draggable shortcuts, top sites, and a Google apps launcher.
    • A daily quote translated into 20 languages.
    • Fully offline. No ads, no tracking.

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