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6.3 on 27 May 2024: adds new Bento component; improves scroll behaviour of Release menu by containing overscroll; improves consistency of padding on Projects grid; fixes an issue that caused Release Menu pipe to be clipped; drops Cover component
6.2.3 on 13 May 2024: adds lazy-loading to Contact menu map; adds external link support to Card component; improves reliability of Appearance conditioning
6.2.2 on 11 Mar 2024: adds lastmod value to sitemap entries, replacing changefreq and priority; adds support for accent-color on native form controls; adds support for deleted text
6.2.1 on 15 Nov 2023: improves appearance of Card component graphics; fixes an issue that caused Release Menu pipe to be invisible in Light Mode; drops cap at the end of Timeline
6.2 on 15 Nov 2023: adds indication of current view to Me Menu; adds dynamic theme swapping when Cover image is present; adds new Card component; improves layout of Code view; improves Award component by merging into Card; improves border-radii site-wide by adopting smooth corners; improves accessibility and checked state indication of theme controls; improves visibility of Menu shadow in Dark Mode; improves Cover image implementation in Firefox
6.1.10 on 31 Oct 2023: adds ability to supply a link to Award component; improves appearance of Menus by replacing border-radius and box-shadow with mask and filter; improves Menu animations; improves appearance of projects on small displays; fixes an issue where a bounding box would be visible on external link disclosures in Dark Mode; fixes rendering artefact on Menu containers
6.1.9 on 24 Oct 2023: adds cap to the end of Timeline; improves appearance of Shot component by masking corners; fixes an issue where Increased Contrast wouldn't be respected for Cover image content
6.1.8 on 23 Oct 2023: adds external link disclosure to Contact menu cells; fixes an issue rendering Release badge mask while a Cover image was present
6.1.7 on 10 Jul 2023: improves flexibility of Projects grid; improves appearance of Testimonials on small displays; restores ability to define publish date as a range on Post
6.1.6 on 23 Jun 2023: adds support for Cover images
6.1.5 on 30 Mar 2023: fixes an issue that allowed unparsed markdown to appear in document titles
6.1.4 on 27 Mar 2023: restores Tiles component; improves Code view by replacing Front-End Alphabet with featured Tiles; drops ability to indicate publish date as a range on Post
6.1.3 on 20 Mar 2023: improves typography in Firefox by configuring font-optical-sizing and font-variation-settings; improves appearance of Contact menu in Firefox; improves appearance of Things view while content and UI are busy; fixes appearance of Ratings in Firefox; fixes appearance of SVGs with gradient backgrounds in Firefox; fixes issue where block titles may render two full stops on small displays in Firefox; fixes issue that caused Appearance and Accent controls not to indicate state in Firefox
6.1.2 on 14 Mar 2023: improves consistency of beacons on Releases and Resume; fixes issue where end of Releases pipeline would not fade out correctly
6.1.1 on 20 Jan 2023: adds scroll-snapping to Billboard; fixes a regression that caused some Post titles not to render
6.1 on 5 Jan 2023: adds Code view; adds syntax highlighting to code blocks; adds ability to indicate publish date as a range on Post; adds ability to animate icons; improves appearance of Billboard when containing multiple images; improves baseline alignment of code samples; fixes alignment of theme control icons; fixes an issue where Chrome would scroll to the first focused element on load; fixes inconsistent text-decoration-thickness within Menu items in Safari
6.0.7 on 23 Dec 2022: adds Permissions-Policy header; improves font definition via system-ui keyword; drops robots.txt file in favour of meta tag
6.0.6 on 21 Nov 2022: adds ability to reset filtered Things view if selected from Menu
6.0.5 on 7 Nov 2022: adds history support to Selector component; adds busy state indication to Selector component; fixes issue where Releases badge could flicker with each page load
6.0.4 on 28 Oct 2022: adds a badge to Releases menu if there has been a release within 3 days; fixes issue where release dates could appear to change after JavaScript execution; drops relative datestamps
6.0.3 on 27 Oct 2022: adds Rating, Testimonial, and Icons components; improves semantics of post information by wrapping in hgroup; improves UX of Appearance and Accent toggles; drops support for images in Features component
6.0.2 on 21 Oct 2022: improves appearance of rounded corners by masking smoothly; fixes filter: drop-shadow() clipping issue in Safari
6.0.1 on 20 Oct 2022: adds ability to mark a Post as updated; improves busy state of Release Pulse; improves rich preview fallback image; improves active state of theme controls
6.0 on 19 Oct 2022: adds Colophon and Things views; adds new primary accent and ability to set accent preference via localStorage; adds Selector component; adds ability for Timeline events to be linked; adds support for multiple images within Billboard component; adds ability for Features component to take multiple icons; improves pop-out menu animation; improves appearance of Timeline events on small displays; improves appearance of project grid on mid-sized displays; improves legibility of project links; improves appearance of Billboard captions; improves busy state indication on pop-outs
5.6.6 on 27 Jul 2022: improves consistency of colours site-wide; improves rendering of Donuts by masking—rather than overlaying—cut-out ring; improves legibility of article links; fixes a regression where Timeline event borders would overflow beyond bounds
5.6.5 on 25 Jul 2022: adds map to Contact menu; improves hobby project padding consistency on small displays; fixes regression that caused favicon to return a 404
5.6.4 on 18 Jul 2022: adds support for serving optimised assets based on device capability via srcset; improves rendering of images site-wide; fixes a regression causing polyline caps on Release Pulse to be clipped; drops hobby completion target
5.6.3 on 11 Jul 2022: improves appearance of images on small displays by allowing them to extend edge-to-edge; improves simplicity of responsiveness by reducing number of breakpoints
5.6.2 on 4 Jul 2022: improves discoverability of Resume view; fixes a regression on image lazy-loading
5.6.1 on 30 Jun 2022: improves appearance of titles in Features component on small displays; improves products padding consistency on small displays

Product designer and UX developer.

👋 Hi, I'm Chris Sealey. I'm based in Queenstown, New Zealand. 51bits is the moniker for my design outfit, where I handcraft software with discerning folks all around the world. Right now, I'm directing product design for Sports and News Media at Paramount.

💾First PC. Computers are fun.1995
Video games. Interaction. Art.1995
Macs. Design. Animation. This is for me.2000
Right where it belongs.2005
🤑Invoice #1; $250 for a website.2007
📈20% rate bump; $300 for a website.2007
My first product. 1.4K fans. Vapour.2008
🎓Graduate from Billy Blue.2009
♥️♠️Play poker. A lot.2010
WillyWeather. Small team; big thing.2011
🏅WillyWeather for iOS. #1 on the App Store.2011
Marry my best friend, Carmel.2012
Suki. We have a cat.2012
Ship Hubbub. Lesson learned.2012
Ship Stat. Lesson not learned.2012
🏋️Learn about health. Obsess.2012
Zibbet. Something different.2012
🙄Full-time again. Learn what not to do.2015
Extend but don't ship.2016
☕️Oh, coffee is meant to be black.2016
Broken leg. Train hard. Back at it.2017
Ship Savings; my first Mac app.2017
🏅#1 on the App Store. Again.2017
Hello, Jackson. Our family grows.2018
🏔️Move to Queenstown, New Zealand.2019
Co-found Fundamental.2019
🎲Dive back into an old hobby.2020
Study stoicism.2021
🍷Try the startup thing again.2022
🎒Discover a new way to do cardio.2023
Run a marathon.2024