Superchat Archive Historical Timeline

History Timeline

Thank you for the support!

I've recreated all of the old designs for the archive, which you can browse by using the drop down menu at the top of this, or any of the historical pages.

Below, I have a rough recount of the progress over time of the archive, with page screenshots for reference.

October - December 2021

Data before October 25th is unfortunately lost, but the project started back in mid September as a spreadsheet, capturing missing superchats from the anniversary stream and a few others.

January 2022

January saw a small change to the homepage, giving everything a bit more breathing room.

March 2022

March added info on whether I had timestamped the superchats for that stream to the homepage, as well as a link to the video.

April 2022

April sees the introduction of an unread page, which just lists links streams that have not been read yet.

May 2022

In May we start to see the first of many updates to page designs, first with the stream page getting a facelift, and an indicator for hidden superchats.

June 2022

June revamps the homepage to a style that it will maintain for almost an entire year. Links to the unread page are removed as you can filter streams on the homepage now.

The stream page gets another UI change, bringing it in line with how the homepage looks.

July 2022

The read page is created in July (but not yet linked)

August 2022

A small update in August adds separators to the stream pages, showing when the stream starts and ends.

September 2022

September is a relatively large update, and the start of UI 2.0. The options on every page are merged into a new options menu, and a brand new navigation menu is introduced across all pages.

The unread page is recreated, this time it's an accordion of unread streams, so you can read multiple different streams without having to change which page you are on.

October 2022

October introduces the playlist page, where you can search for streams based on their tags. Also some minor style changed, like white links instead of blue.

Superchat UI is also overhauled on both the stream and unread pages, making it more mobile friendly.

November 2022

November introduces the read page using design elements from both the unread page and playlist page.

There is also now a blurred version of the thumbnail as the background for each stream in the read and unread pages. Additionally, read superchats are now highlighted to set them apart.

December 2022

In December, chat messages from Hololive members are added to all stream.

January 2023

January redesigns the entire stream page, supporting filtering of different types of messages. There is also a small separator for upcoming streams.

February - April 2023

February and March didn't see any notable front end updates, as I was working on creating a Discord bot for the archive!

May 2023

May sees the release of the final redesigned page, the homepage after it had remained mostly design change free since September 2022.

Closing Words

Thank you to everyone who uses the archive! This was a fun trip down memory lane for me, gathering all of the old pages and modifying them to work again.