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Release notes
This overview lists everything that is new in the KERN Katalog and visible to you as a user – most recent version first.
Installed version: 2.12.0
Version 2.12.0
- New “Release notes” page: every user-visible change, ordered by version and linked from the footer.
Version 2.11.0
- Entry detail: from tablet width upwards the metadata column sits in its own visually distinct panel.
Version 2.10.0
- Entry detail: the conformance target, accessibility evidence and colophon are now shown.
- Empty result lists show a dedicated illustration in dark mode.
Version 2.9.0
- Entry administration: real creation, modification and publication dates as well as the editorial review notes are now visible.
Version 2.8.0
- The KERN feedback widget is available on every page and blends into both the light and the dark theme.
Version 2.7.0
- Notifications: you choose yourself which sources you want to be informed about.
Version 2.6.0
- Cover images can be given their own alternative text.
- The navigation menus use meaningful icons.
Version 2.5.0
- A privacy notice written specifically for the catalogue, linked directly from the sign-up form.
- Entries state whether their source code is published under the EUPL; the PDF export was reworked.
Version 2.4.0
- Comments on entries, profile pictures, and comment moderation by the editorial team.
Version 2.3.0
- KERN chatbot in the site header for questions about the KERN UX standard.
Version 2.2.0
- Entries can be exported as a DIN A4 PDF and printed.
Version 2.1.0
- The English pages are delivered pre-rendered, which makes them faster and easier to find.
- Push notifications are managed per device; the “like” state is reliably preserved.
Version 2.0.0
- Notifications reorganised: e-mail can be switched on and off, and one shared cadence (immediate, daily, weekly) applies to every channel.
- New entries are reported to search engines in near real time.
Version 1.12.0
- Administration: entries can be edited in place without changing their status.
Version 1.11.0
- Registered push devices can be reviewed in the account settings.
Version 1.7.0
- Notifications in the inbox and as web push on desktop and mobile devices.
Version 1.6.0
- Better discoverability through search engines and reliable deep links in the installed app.
Version 1.5.0
- Authors can set a different display name per entry.
Version 1.4.0
- Cover images can have their own variant for dark mode.
Version 1.2.5
- Statistics page with an interactive knowledge graph, key figures and an equivalent, keyboard-operable list view.
- Filters by author and organisation in the catalogue.
- Public open-data interface with its own documentation.
Version 1.2.4
- First published version of the KERN Katalog.
- Catalogue of projects, components, patterns, ideas, concepts and implementations of the KERN UX standard.
- Full-text search plus filters by entry type, category, tag and maturity level.
- Six-step contribution wizard with an editorial review process.
- Account with two-factor sign-in (TOTP) and recovery codes.
- German and English, light and dark theme, installable as an app on your device.
- Accessibility in line with BITV 2.0 and WCAG 2.2 AA.