Functional improvements
Editor
Undo and redo functionality got improved, it now works across the single view and the all view in the editor, it performs better and is more reliable
Save and autosave got improved, it performs better and is more reliable
The automated ad selection of the algorithm got improved, the system looks up the ads with the most relevant aspect ratio and from that selection it picks the ad with the most similar surface size. If that’s not what the user wants then they can select an ad to generate from
The system allows users to utilise the algorithm even if they navigate from an empty ad to another empty ad, the system will automatically select an ad that has elements
The editor all view got improved, there’s a grid system in place allowing for a better overview of the different ad sizes
The share modal will not exit the editor route any longer, making it a more intuitive user flow
There’s a font preload mechanism introduced, giving a more consistent user experience when working with fonts, and no more unexpected font scaling issues
The algorithm got improved by resetting the scale to fit and padding values, and no more weird button alignments, etc.
Lock and hide are now respected when navigating between preview, the single view and the all view
All View
Users are able to add sizes
Users are able to utilise the algorithm from the all view
The way the system groups elements got improved, and the issue of seeing duplicate elements in the sidebar has been fixed
Selecting/deselecting sizes in the all view has been updated
Disable background/border in templates is now possible and works
New mixed/multiple states were introduced to banner background/border
Single view
Text/Button elements added to large sizes are properly scaled
More improved guides when transforming an element
Preview
Users are now able to edit a specific ad size by clicking the edit icon located in the top right corner of the ad size
Users are now able to view a specific ad size by clicking the view icon located in the top right corner of the ad size
UI improvements
Editor
Users will see the selected source when they are replacing it in the resource libraries
Managing languages, sizes and conditions got more intuitive, the UI components are actual drop-downs instead of breadcrumbs
Publish, publish settings and share is now available from the single view, the all view and the preview page
In general the empty and error state messaging got improved
In general headers and titles are easier to read
The selected states of the single view, the all view and the preview page got clearer. From now on there’s an actual tab component available to switch between the single view and the all view
Better continuation of user flows by removing unnecessary tooltips
Preview/Share
Social dynamic ads can now be viewed in the single view and the all view
Languages do not show in dynamic preview anymore as they are not relevant
Item id is displayed for each ad on dynamic preview
Dynamic filters UI improved and issues got fixed
Bug fixes
Editor
Known routing issues in production got fixed
Editor, preview, share and publish use the same animation library and HTML render. This means that there is no more difference between pre-published ads and post-published ads
Huge performance improvement, definitely for larger ad sets and dynamic ad sets
Single view
Move animation not working properly got fixed
Autosize button not working properly got fixed
Public templates
Public dynamic template previews not working got fixed
Miscellaneous
Many other issues, UX inconsistencies and user flows got fixed or improved