Client Hints

• Introduced support for Client Hints, a new way to serve better-sized images to browsers. Read the blog post for more information: Next Generation Responsive Images with Client Hints.

Documentation Updates

• Added documentation for saliency-based cropping via crop=entropy.
• Added a link to the Sandbox in the sidebar of every documentation page.
• Added a new Contact Us page.
• Documented the Client Hints ch parameter.
• Updated auto parameter documentation to reflect current functionality.

Library Updates

• Fixed an issue with the build and test process for imgix-wordpress. View on GitHub.
• Updated the URIjs dependency to use the new npm package. Thanks to @oaleynik for the Pull Request!
• Documented the #ix_image_url method in imgix-rails. Thanks to @GimliLongBow for the Pull Request!

Eventbrite Case Study

• We released our first case study with Eventbrite. It covers how Eventbrite uses imgix to delivery imagery for millions of events in more than 180 countries. Read the Eventbrite case study.

imgix.js 1.2.0

• Updated imgix.URL.getColors() method to use simple AJAX instead of CSS-injection. As a result of this, colors are being returned from lightest to darkest, rather than from darkest to lightest as they were previously. This change was made to bring the behavior of this method in line with the palette=json image API, which it now uses.
• Removed several unnecessary polyfills, shaving 4KB off of the minified file size.

Documentation Updates

• Fixed an an issue with the palette parameter example. We now display example link elements in the palette=css example. Read the palette parameter documentation.

Sandbox

• Fixed a bug in the imgix Sandbox that would cause an error when a parameter didn't have an associated documentation URL.

Service Bug Fixes and Enhancements

• Fixed a bug where the bg and mask parameters would interact. bg dictates the background for the main image, while maskbg should be used to set the background for a mask.
• Fixed a bug where rotated images would improperly rotate an additional 180 degress when using the rot parameter.
• Improved border path scaling.

Dashboard Bug Fixes and Enhancements

• Fixed a bug that was preventing read-only users from logging in.

imgix.js 1.1.4

• Fixed a bug in imgix.buildUrl() that was causing port numbers to be ignored.
• Fixed a bug where imgix.fluid() would ignore the crossorigin attribute on its targets.
• Broke core.js and tests up into separate components.

Documentation Updates

• Corrected discrepancies between trimcol and trimcolor in the docs. Note: trimcolor is the correct way to specify a trim color.
• Added a note about using Dropbox as an origin for an imgix Source. Dropbox has made changes recently that prevents files from being permanently publicly accessible. For easy file hosting, we instead recommend using Amazon S3.
• Added a link for contacting support easily to the footer of each page.

Doc Updates

• Shipped more descriptive docs for the blend fit parameter.
• Added documentation for the invert parameter.

imgix-core-js

• Added NodeJS v4.0.0 to the continuous integration build matrix, ensuring support for this latest version. See imgix-core-js on GitHub.

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New Framework Libraries

• We’ve created 3 new framework-level libraries for easier integration in your projects: one for Rails, one for Ember, and one for WordPress. Check out the new Frameworks Libraries section of the libraries page.

imgix.js

• Integrated a few low-hanging performance improvements to how imgix.js handles scroll events. See Pull Request #52 for more information.
• Released version 1.1.3.

imgix-wordpress

• Thanks to Wladston Viana Ferreira Filho for contributing a big Pull Request to fix several bugs within imgix-wordpress.
• Moved to a Docker-based setup for running tests for this repository. The result: an easy, repeatable way to run tests without affecting local database setups.
• As a result of these changes, we've incremented the version number to 1.1.0. Download on GitHub.

imgix-rails

• Thanks to Ryan LeFevre at Hodinkee for submitting a bugfix for the new imgix-rails gem.
• Thanks to Paul Straw for opening a Pull Request to introduce a new method for including imgix URLs in data attributes.

imgix-blueprint

• Special thanks to John Duffell for opening a Pull Request against imgix-blueprint to clarify the percent-encoding of characters outside the ASCII range.

StackShare Guest Post

• Our friends at StackShare asked us to write a guest post about the current imgix infrastracture. We detailed how imgix can serve 100,000 images per second with our current infrastructure.

Sandbox Updates

• Added a debounce to all input changes, which cuts down on the number of requests Sandbox makes leading to a snappier experience.

Documentation Updates

• Clarified the behavior of using w and h parameters without a fit parameter.

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