Thomas Ehrig, the man behind Bricks Builder, presents highlights of the Bricks 1.8.5 release in this detailed walkthrough video. He introduces three new elements: reading time, reading progress bar, and table of contents.
These elements enhance user experience in long-form content like blog posts, offering features like navigation, reading progress indication, and estimated reading time. Notably, they feature a Content Selector setting for flexibility across various contexts.
Thomas demonstrates new settings for the image element, including a mask setting for various shapes and a social setting to show different images per breakpoint, with the ability to set a fallback image for responsiveness.
Moreover, he discusses improvements in background video settings, now applicable to Vimeo and locally hosted videos, with options to set start and end times, loop, and play once. Notably, the play on mobile setting allows for optimized video loading on mobile devices.
Thomas concludes by showcasing these features in action, emphasizing their utility and ease of use for website builders. You can find more information at Bricks Academy.
