Kaazo Tools Changelog
This page records user-facing changes that materially affect the site. Tiny copy corrections and routine dependency housekeeping may not appear here.
v2.4.1 — Output fidelity
29 September 2026. Changed quality-preserving tools to preserve source detail by default, raised image/PDF raster export quality, switched avoidable PDF raster stages to lossless PNG, kept original PDF pages when creating searchable PDFs, preserved JPEG/PNG pixels during metadata removal when the source format allows it, and raised video export frame-rate/bitrate targets. Compression tools remain intentionally lossy and user-controlled.
v2.3.6 — Dark mode contrast
29 September 2026. Corrected text, label, input, button and first-paint contrast issues in dark mode without changing processing logic.
v2.3.5 — Stable tool navigation
28 September 2026. Removed cross-document View Transition snapshots after they caused intermittent full-screen glitches between tools. Internal destinations are prefetched while navigation uses normal browser page changes with small local click feedback.
v2.3.4 — SEO and startup performance
28 September 2026. Reduced initial JavaScript work, deferred heavy tool dependencies until first use, tightened canonical URL normalization and retained the same processing engines.
v2.3.3 — Smoother page rendering
28 September 2026. Reworked stylesheet loading after an aggressive non-blocking CSS strategy caused visible page flashes between tool pages.
v2.3.2 — Tool interface and editorial refinement
27 September 2026. Simplified the tool workspace visual system, rebuilt the bottom action area so primary and secondary controls read clearly, and refined tool-page guidance around the actual job, trade-offs and limits of each utility.
v2.2.0 — Content quality and trust
26 September 2026. Reworked tool guidance to remove repeated boilerplate, added practical limitations and tool-specific checks, expanded category copy, added a testing policy and new guides, and refreshed privacy information for Analytics and advertising. Tool-processing logic stayed frozen for this release.
v2.1.3 — Tool instructions restored
Restored a clearly visible Quick instructions card above every tool workspace after the underlying instruction text became too easy to miss in the interface.
v2.1.2 — Google Analytics
Added the GA4 tag G-T4W8J65Y5W to public pages while leaving the processing engines unchanged.
v2.1.1 — Indexing readiness
Cleaned the public deployment package, refreshed sitemap metadata and tightened crawl-facing housekeeping without changing tool behaviour.
v2.1.0 — Direct editor workflows
Moved editing tasks such as PDF redaction, cropping, signing and watermark placement toward direct manipulation on the preview instead of coordinate-heavy form controls.
Older releases focused on output-correctness fixes, redirect cleanup and regression coverage. The current package remains the source of truth for live behaviour.