npmx Enhances Mobile Ergonomics and Accessibility
Mobile UX and Layout Overhaul
Implemented a suite of mobile-first features including a floating scroll-to-top button and a 'reverse sticky footer' that slides in on scroll-up. This architecture utilizes CSS scroll-state container queries with a JS fallback for progressive enhancement, ensuring footer visibility on infinite-scroll pages.
Community Growth and Ecosystem Expansion
The community surrounding npmx is rapidly expanding, with members sharing excitement on Bluesky about building a 'better browser for npm packages.' UI support was added for multiple VCS platforms including Tangled.org, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Gitee, positioning npmx as a versatile tool for the broader open-source ecosystem.
Search Input Optimization
Applied additional HTML attributes to the search input to disable browser-level text mangling, such as autocorrect and autocapitalization. This ensures that technical package names are preserved exactly as typed during the search process.
Platform Infrastructure
Established common redirects for social links, repositories, and community guidelines. Critical fixes were applied to the code viewer to utilize a unified sticky header approach, resolving issues with nested scroll containers on mobile.