Hi everyone!
If you missed the initial release notes, stop here and read this (long) one first: Bubble Card v3.2.0-beta.1 - Release notes 🍻
First, thank you so much for your first feedback! Even if everything seems stable right now, I realized I forgot to mention something important in the previous beta 🫣
The new warning. Thankfully everything that has been reported is working nicely ❤️
While working on these versions, I have an old iPad 7 from 2019 that I used as my first wall-mounted tablet. In the first releases of Bubble Card, pop-ups were very simple, with no heavy features, no custom styles, and no template handling. This is definitely the card that got the most updates since the first release, and I always got obsessed with its performance because of that iPad, which I ended up retiring BECAUSE of slower pop-ups over time...
Yes, this old guy.
And today, while trying to fix the only issue I got so far (Pop-up optimization for low-spec devices #2348), I did my usual "desperate" iPad test with my own dashboard full of complex modules... and then... almost instant pop-ups at 60fps... fast closing, quick live cameras... ... . . .
I was sure I was missing something this whole time. Before, pop-ups were still doing too much work too early, even when they were closed. Parts of their layout, styles, and content could stay in the background to be ready, so the dashboard was paying that cost before you even opened anything. I was convinced this couldn't be improved without heavy compromises.
Now, with what I've changed (the something missing!), closed pop-ups stay much lighter, heavy work is moved out of the critical path, and the full content is only restored at the right moment. And nothing essential had to be removed or simplified.
This could be the last chapter of my endless pop-up optimization (again!) war!
So without more changes, and with less text than usual, here is this version! 🥳
Also, if you ever want to support my work so I can keep improving it for everyone over time, you’ll also get instant access to all the modules I share on the Module Store. You just need to import them in the editor.
And for the first time and to say thank you again, the lowest €5 ($6.5) tier is now 50% off for a limited time. I even created a POPUP320 code, but every new subscriber can access this 1 week promotion without it (so I’m not sure it’s really useful 🙃). I’m also doing my best to finish and release a new module from my own dashboard every month.
So if you ever join this is the best timing, a big thank you in advance ❤️
Cheers! 🍻