🎉 [1.0.4] - Enhanced UI & Smart Features - 2026-05-19

✨ New Features

🎯 Word Highlighting

• Real-time word highlighting as text is being read
• Smooth animations that follow the speech progress
• Visual feedback to keep you focused on the reading flow

👁️ Follow Highlight

• Auto-scroll feature that keeps the highlighted word in view
• Perfect for reading long articles without manual scrolling
• Toggle on/off based on your preference

📖 Smart Read

• Instantly detect and read full articles with one click
• Intelligent content detection filters out ads, navigation, and clutter
• Convenient floating button appears on article pages

🌍 Auto Language Detection

• Automatically selects the best voice based on page language
• Supports 7 languages with premium voice quality
• Smart voice scoring for natural-sounding speech

🔧 Improvements & Fixes

• Pause/Resume Enhancement: Fixed long pause timeout issue—now restarts seamlessly from the exact position
• Memory Optimization: Resolved memory leaks in pause/resume functionality
• Better Performance: Cleaned up background processes for smoother operation
• UI Polish: Improved button animations and positioning
• Component Consistency: Unified utility classes across popup components for cleaner maintainability
• Voice Selector Enhancement: Improved UI with better grouping and responsive design

🛠️ Technical Updates

• Streamlined message passing between components for better reliability
• Enhanced cleanup processes to prevent resource leaks
• Added optimized select component for voice selection
• Standardized interactive button utilities for consistent behavior across UI
• TypeScript and type safety improvements

📦 Dependencies

• React 18.3.1
• TypeScript 5.5.3
• Vite 5.4.21
• Tailwind CSS 3.4.4

🌐 Browser Support

• Chrome 109+
• Edge 109+
• Firefox 79+

feat: enhance voice selector with react-select

• Replace native select with react-select for better UX
• Add real-time search by voice name, language, and country
• Fix flag emoji rendering in Edge browser
• Add CSS variables for consistent theming
• Optimize performance with useCallback/useMemo
• Add proper TypeScript types for all components
• Preserve all existing features (recent voices, premium indicators)

🎉 Version 1.0.2 - Enhanced Reading Experience
✨ New Features
🎯 Word Highlighting

Real-time word highlighting as text is being read
Smooth animations that follow the speech progress
Visual feedback to keep you focused on the reading flow
👁️ Follow Highlight

Auto-scroll feature that keeps the highlighted word in view
Perfect for reading long articles without manual scrolling
Toggle on/off based on your preference
📖 Smart Read

Instantly detect and read full articles with one click
Intelligent content detection filters out ads, navigation, and clutter
Convenient floating button appears on article pages
🌍 Auto Language Detection

Automatically selects the best voice based on page language
Supports 7 languages with premium voice quality
Smart voice scoring for natural-sounding speech
🔧 Improvements & Fixes
Pause/Resume Enhancement: Fixed long pause timeout issue - now restarts seamlessly from the exact position
Memory Optimization: Resolved memory leaks in pause/resume functionality
Better Performance: Cleaned up background processes for smoother operation
UI Polish: Improved button animations and positioning
🛠️ Technical Updates
Streamlined message passing between components
Enhanced cleanup processes to prevent resource leaks

✅ Implemented

✅ Smart language detection (30+ languages)
✅ Premium voice selection with quality scoring
✅ Floating player with drag & mini mode
✅ Reading queue system
✅ Multi-language interface (7 languages)
✅ Collapsible settings sections
✅ First-run welcome guide
✅ Speed presets & custom controls
✅ Progress tracking & time estimates