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Isotope v3 released: stagger in, IE8 out

Isotope v3 is Metafizzy's flagship product — the best JavaScript library for filtering and sorting dynamic layouts. It just got a whole lot better with new version 3. We dropped support for IE8 & 9, and Android 2.3. In doing so, we were able to shed 800 lines of code to make Isotope's filesize 20% smaller. We added a new option to stagger item transitions (finally).

Staggered transitions are a small change to animation behavior, but the result is subtly compelling. The reveal and hide animations appear more natural.

We simplified using Isotope with Webpack. Now your webpack.config.js only requires two aliases.

module.exports = {
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      'masonry': 'masonry-layout',
      'isotope': 'isotope-layout'
    }
  }
};

Best part: Isotope v3 is backward compatible with Isotope v2. Upgrade worry free. All your previous code will continue to work: jQuery plugin, events, methods, etc.

Open-source projects rarely get to version 2. I'm proud that Isotope has made it all the way to version 3.

We've been pushing out a bunch major version upgrades to our projects in 2016: Masonry v4, imagesLoaded v3, Packery v2, now Isotope v3. Next up: Flickity v2.

Packery v2 released

Packery is our fantastic bin-packing layout library, first released 3 years ago. Packery can do something no other library can: draggable grid layouts. But Packery's dragging behavior had plenty of quirks: random movement, potential gaps. It worked, but it wasn't pretty.

So we fixed it. Dragging with Packery version 2 has been completely re-tooled.

It feels much more intuitive. Now dragged items fit to their drop position. No more random movement. Packery v2 is perfect for draggable Masonry layouts and draggable dashboards. We put together a fun drag & drop puzzle to show it off (with a prize!).

What else is new? We dropped IE8 & 9 support for 25% smaller filesize, new shiftLayout method, simplified Webpack integration, and more. Plus completely refreshed docs with individualized demos and CodePens for every feature.

Already have a Packery v1 license? Keep an eye out for another email from us for a big discount to upgrade to v2.

Packery v2 is an awesome upgrade. Just one of several that will be happening in 2016. Up next: Isotope v3 and Flickity v2.