A sneak peek at the upcoming enhancements

As promised, we’re back with another small sneak peek to hold you over until the beta starts! This time, we’re showcasing some of the enhancements we’ve made to existing features and functionality to make Infinite Backlog work smoother than ever! We know this might not sound as exciting as brand-new features, but trust us, these improvements will make a world of difference in how you use the site every day!

Collection edit

Let’s start with one of the biggest quality-of-life upgrades: the collection editor is now an overlay! Why is this awesome? It means you can access it from many places without losing track of where you were or what you were doing. Let’s look at an example to see how this comes in handy:

Every week, Danny shares the free Epic giveaways with us. Instead of having to navigate to the game page, click "Add to Collection" to fill out the details there, and then scroll back to your spot in the feed, you can now just hover over the game’s cover art to make a few icons appear. Click the leftmost icon to open the collection edit overlay. Add the details you want, hit save, and you’re right back to browsing the feed!

List edit

While the original list editor worked, we saw plenty of ways to make list editing more efficient and user-friendly. Here’s what’s new:

• Improved Search: The search now includes the cover art of each game, as well as its type (e.g. main game, port, or remake), making it easier to find the exact version you’re looking for.

• Sticky Toolbar: The toolbar, which includes action buttons, now stays visible at the top of the page when you scroll. Adding a new game automatically adjusts your scroll position to the newly added item. No more tedious scrolling back and forth!

• Position Editing: On desktop, you can now adjust a game’s position directly through a simple input field instead of dragging it around endlessly.

• Quick Notes: Also on desktop, notes are now directly editable on the list item itself, no need to open an overlay, saving you a few clicks

For mobile, we’ve reimagined these improvements to fit the smaller screen space. Instead of seeing all details at once, clicking on a list item will open a bottom sheet. This lets you edit details like notes and position without losing the streamlined scrolling experience.

New preference settings

We’ve always wanted to make your Infinite Backlog experience more personal and customisable, but this has always been a challenge. The original codebase wasn’t built with customisation in mind, which meant changes would have required updates across many different parts of the site.

With 2.0, starting with a fresh codebase gave us the chance to design things with flexibility in mind. While we plan to add many options after 2.0 officially launches, we’ve already implemented some new preferences that you can take advantage of right away:

• Date/Time Format: That’s right, Americans can finally escape the confusing European date format! Change it to MM/DD/YYYY or select from other options we’ve added.

• Default Game Format: If your library is primarily digital, you can now set your default to “digital” to make quick-adding games more useful. Once the import feature is ported to 2.0, this preference will apply on PSN and Xbox imports too!

• Default Layout and Sorting: Choose your default sorting and layout (grid or list) for each of the main sections on profiles: collection, reviews, lists, and wishlist.

These are just a few examples of the improvements we’ve been working on for 2.0, and there’s much more to look forward to. We can’t wait to hear what you think and hope these changes make your experience with Infinite Backlog even better! As always, thank you for your support, it’s what makes all of this possible. Stay tuned for our big 2.0 beta reveal to the entire community on the 23rd, followed by the launch of the beta itself on January 1st!