The code that we were running in the beta test has been released onto the main site and the beta is now closed. The updates were mostly things you shouldn’t notice—we upgraded our javascript developer tools so that we can use more modern features that were previously locked out of. In addition, this lets us deliver more optimized code to users who have modern browsers while still letting people with (very) old browsers continue to use the site.

The only very large visible change is that solitaire games that aren’t finished are now saved to your browser if you navigate away or close the window. When you come back to that game it will restore your saved game instead of starting a new game (you’ll see a big “Game Restored” banner when this happens). If you don’t wish to continue the game, just press “New Game” to start a fresh one.

Another change some of you might notice is that we finally fixed a bug with the auto-moves where they would be too aggressive in games like Klondike and Spider (and particularly Spider (One Suit)), burrowing deep into face down card piles to make a move work. This was never intended but it was hard to fix until recently. Now it will only consider cards that the player can see (which seems fair because it’s supposed to be a shortcut for players).

The most important update is that we now have a ever-so-slightly higher resolution version of the “favicon” (which shows up differently in different browsers—on mine it appears in the tab). It should look just a bit less blurry now. Yay!

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