So, Edge Rails is still chugging right along. There are new and interesting fixes, changes, and refactors going on all of the time. So, lets take a look at just a few that've gone in since the last post (it's been a while, I know, I'm sorry!).

XSS escaping is now enabled by default. This means that if you want to explicitly output HTML to your views, you'll probably have to mark it as html_safe! before sending it through.

Many of the built-in helpers have been updated for this change and if you see an issues with the Rails helpers being incorrectly sanitized, you should create a new ticket.

distance_of_time_in_words has gained 'over', 'about', and 'almost' keywords, thanks to Jay Pignata and John Trupiano. This provides you with an improved level of granularity when approximating the amount time passed. So, instead of just "2 years ago", it can now also report "almost 2 years ago," "about 2 years ago," and "over 2 years ago," depending on the proximity to being exactly 2 years old.