Changelog

Alpha 2.3

Fixed career role templates to adapt to nationality — job and business suggestions display according to user's culture

Alpha 2.2

Origin-country-aware system — scoring, survey, and UI adapt to any nationality, no longer limited to Thai citizens
Added "Origin Country" step to the survey — select nationality to personalize visa, cost of living, and job suggestions
Spending slider adapts currency by origin — Thai users see ฿, international users see USD with appropriate ranges
Job and business suggestions adapt to nationality — "Thai Restaurant" becomes "Japanese Restaurant" for Japanese users, etc.
Complete English localization — all pages, components, and country data fully translated with no Thai text leaking in English mode
Bilingualized PR/citizenship notes across 51 countries — converted from Thai-only strings to bilingual {th, en} objects
All static pages bilingualized — methodology, changelog, data sources, privacy, contact/report/share-story forms
Bilingualized ScoringVersionTabs — algorithm comparison tables for all versions now render in English
Hidden Thai country name subtitles in English mode — across map, survey results, profile, relocation plan, and comparison
New bilingual label system — labels.ts uses *ByLocale pattern supporting both t() function and locale string
{{origin}} template system — replaces nationality-dependent text in country data (e.g. restaurants, massage, grocery stores)
Overhauled planning module — split 1,012-line monolith into 7 focused files with 6 new features: personalized visa suggestions, visual vertical timeline, enhanced budget calculator, auto-save checklist, quick facts on visa cards, improved mobile UX
Full i18n wiring with next-intl — locale-based routing, middleware, 745 translation keys across 15 namespaces, migrated 42+ components from hardcoded Thai to useTranslations()
Added language switcher — dropdown beside profile button to switch between ภาษาไทย and English instantly

Alpha 2.1

Scoring v4.3 (new default) — rebalanced from v4.1 using simulation data from 200 profiles
More balanced priority weights [6,3,2,1,1] — rank 1 = 46% (down from 50% in v4.1), reducing single-factor dominance
Hybrid Visa Scoring — 40% tourist visa + 60% immigration factors (work visa, DN visa, PR pathway) to better reflect relocation reality
Fixed salary key bug — student/other professions now correctly look up salary data (added fallback key)
More accurate negative visa reasons — v4.3 shows "very difficult work visa" instead of "embassy visa required" for hard-to-enter countries
Hybrid positive visa reasons — shows both tourist and immigration advantages, e.g. "30-day visa-free + easy work permit"
Impact: Japan/Hong Kong/Singapore slightly lower (easy to visit but hard to relocate), Europe/Czechia/Estonia higher (clearer PR pathways)
Added capital city and population data for all 56 countries
Restructured summary tab with narrative flow — presents data as a story instead of raw statistics
Improved profile button — hidden on hero section, shown as CTA style for new users

Alpha 2.0

Reordered survey questions — easy to deep to most important: career → languages → budget → climate → personal info → religion → politics → priorities
Fixed stuck slider bug — politics + spending sliders now allow pressing 'Next' immediately using default values without requiring interaction
Rationale for reordering — start with easy questions (career, languages), move sensitive ones (politics, religion) later, place 'priorities' last so users make better-informed choices
Restored map auto-focus — clicking 'Explore the World Map' now automatically focuses on the #1 ranked country
Improved map hover cards — score shown as a color-coded badge (matching detail panel style), removed /100 suffix
Added top 3 highlight pills (green) to hover cards — shown only after completing the survey
Added top 3 concern pills (grayscale) to hover cards — consistent with detail panel styling
Preserved existing info in hover cards — cost of living, safety, tourist visa, work visa
Fixed language display across the app — converted language codes (en, ja, zh) to localized names (English, Japanese, Chinese) with fallback
Fixed language display in country detail panel — summary tab and culture tab
Fixed language display in country comparison page — language row in table
Fixed family status display — changed keys from 'couple'/'family_with_kids' to 'partner'/'family_with_children' to match enum

Alpha 1.9

Transparent scoring explanation — ⚙️ Code icon next to Debug button on survey results page
Step-by-step calculation display — comparing top 3 countries with formula: score x weight = contribution
Priority weight table — clearly shows % for each rank (rank 1 = 50%, rank 2 = 21.4%...)
Calculation formula with explanations — shows bonuses and penalties by scoring version v4.1/v4.2
View countries ranked 4-10 — "Show more (ranks 4-10)" button below Top 3 on survey results page
Expandable/collapsible — press "Show less" to collapse back to Top 3
Smooth animations — Framer Motion makes expanding/collapsing the country list fluid

Alpha 1.8

Scoring v4.2 (experimental) — focuses on immigration visas, removes tourist visa bonus (+3)
v4.2 adjusts "visa accessibility" to focus on immigration factors: work visa (50 points), Digital Nomad (+25), PR pathway within 5 years (+15), 3+ long-term visa types (+10)
Simulation of 200 profiles x 50 countries shows fairer results: Germany +26%, Sweden +113%, Korea/Singapore decreased, LGBTQ+ zero-scores reduced from 7.44% to 6.9%
v4.2 available for testing via Debug Switcher (🐛) on survey results page — v4.1 remains the default
Improved profile UI — saved countries list uses the same style as survey results: flag in circle + Thai-English name + 2 reasons + color-coded score
Priorities shown as ranked list (1-5) instead of tag pills — clearer which rank carries more weight
Changed "budget" label to "monthly spending" — more accurately conveys current expenses rather than future plans
Saved country scores recalculated automatically — shows current scores from the latest algorithm instead of scores at time of saving
Remove country button appears on hover — cleaner UI
Fixed bug: duplicate reasons in list — system now automatically deduplicates

Alpha 1.7

Scoring v4.1 (new default) — fixes 6 issues identified from simulation of 100 profiles x 50 countries
Purchasing Power Score — calculates real purchasing power by profession, comparing foreign salary to cost of living against the same ratio in Thailand (tech worker → Switzerland improves, student → expensive countries decrease)
Steeper priority weights — rank 1 now accounts for 50% (up from 42%), spreading scores to avoid clustering in the middle
Specialization Boost — countries excelling in the user's top priority get +2/+4 bonus, reducing Australia/Singapore dominating rank 1 across all profiles
Rebalanced safety formula — reduced crime index weight (25% to 15%), increased peace (35%) + stability (30%), restoring ranks for stable democracies like Denmark and Ireland
Graduated LGBTQ+ filter — replaced hard filter with 3-tier system: dangerous → score 0, caution zone → -20, safe → no penalty (Singapore now appears with a low score instead of disappearing)
Diminishing Bonus Returns — replaced hard cap of 12 with exponential curve approaching 14, maintaining differentiation between high-bonus and medium-bonus countries
New Economic Sub-Score — 40% cost of living + 60% Purchasing Power, making the economic pillar reflect the user's profession
Added v4.1 to Debug Switcher options and Scoring Algorithm comparison page
Added philosophy banner in Hero Section — "This tool is designed to help you explore new possibilities, not to show you what you want to see" — always visible, placed above the CTA button
Hero CTA button text changes based on state — not yet surveyed: "Find your ideal country" | completed: "View your results"
Disabled auto-scroll after completing the survey — users can explore results at their own pace via the Hero button
Auto-save survey results — removed "Save results" button; system now saves profile + Top 3 countries immediately upon survey completion
Changed "Explore the World Map" button icon from arrow to globe 🌐 — clearer meaning (scroll down to map, not navigate to next page)

Alpha 1.6

Scoring v4 (new default) — uses full profile data in calculations: gender, LGBTQ+, religion, political leaning, family status, age
Phantom Priorities — system auto-adds priorities from profile: LGBTQ+ → LGBTQ+ rights, family with children → safety + healthcare, women/non-binary → gender equality
LGBTQ+ Auto-Protect — users who select orientation = LGBTQ+ are automatically protected, filtering out dangerous countries even without selecting LGBTQ+ rights as a priority
Religion bonus (+0 to +4) — country's dominant religion matches user's, e.g. Buddhist → Japan, Muslim → Malaysia
Politics bonus (-2 to +3) — user's political leaning aligns with the country's political environment
Age-visa bonus (+0 to +3) — age 18-34 + Working Holiday available = bonus, age 55+ + retirement visa available = bonus
New safety formula — added Political Stability (World Bank) as 4th factor: 30% peace + 25% crime + 20% disaster risk + 25% stability
Political Sub-Score expanded to 4 factors — democracy + corruption + expression + political stability
New reason tags — Buddhist/Muslim/Christian country, almost no Buddhist community, political leaning aligned/misaligned, Working Holiday/retirement visa
Added "gender equality" priority — WEF Gender Gap ranking from 146 countries, data updated for all 56 countries
Added Deal-Breaker Pills — red tags showing factors that severely conflict with the user's profile, separate from normal concern tags
Added cost of living concern tag — warns when cost of living exceeds the user's budget
Improved country detail panel UI — scrollable pill tabs, new color-coded Fit Score card, categorized reasons into positives/concerns/deal-breakers
Removed Radar Chart from country detail panel — still available on the comparison page
Improved negative reason tags — added new criteria, reduced empty tags from 72% to 23% for countries scoring 70-89
Changed concern tag color from red to grayscale

Alpha 1.5

Added profile system — saves survey results, interested countries, and relocation plans in the browser without requiring sign-up
Save interested countries with heart icon ♥ in country detail panel, with personal notes
Auto-save profile after survey — Top 3 countries are saved automatically
Save relocation plan from planning page — editable checklist in profile
Saved countries shown with red dashed outline on world map
Export/import profile as JSON file for backup
Improved country detail panel UI — mobile slides up from bottom at 75% screen height, desktop slides from left
Added negative score pills (red) showing unsuitable factors
Added share country link button — copies ?country=XX to clipboard
Changed PriorityRanker to pill/chip style to save space
Moved map controls to bottom-right corner

Alpha 1.4

Experimental scoring v3 — cultural_proximity split into 4 factors (food 40%, English 25%, WLB 20%, Buddhist community 15%), softer visa_accessibility (embassy 30→40, eVisa 60→65, +DN bonus), Thai community as 5-tier system, total bonus capped at 12, added distance bonus (+5/+3/+1/+0 based on flight hours)
Experimental scoring v3.1 — replaced fixed distance bonus with user-selectable "close to Thailand" priority, so distance only affects users who care about it
Experimental scoring v3.2 — added Crime Index (Numbeo) to safety formula, changed from 70% peace + 30% disaster to 40% peace + 30% crime + 30% disaster, added crime_index to Social Sub-Score
Added new priority: "close to Thailand" — calculated from flight hours from Bangkok
Changed PriorityRanker to vertical list with rank labels (most important → somewhat important) to clarify it's ranking, not just selection
Added Debug Version Switcher — bug icon hidden below results, press to switch between v2/v3/v3.1 to compare scores live
Added Scoring Algorithm comparison page under Methodology — tabs comparing v2, v3, v3.1

Alpha 1.3

Scoring v2 — steeper priority weights with rank 1 at 42%, adjusted cost of living curve, budget-aware scoring, reduced special bonuses
Verified PR/citizenship data for 51 countries — corrected timelines for 42 countries based on 2025-2026 immigration laws
Added PR and citizenship pathway notes for all countries — showing steps, processing times, and key requirements
Added new priority: "permanent immigration pathway" — calculated from PR timeline + citizenship + work visa difficulty
Shows 2-3 reasons why a country fits you — below Fit Score in detail panel and survey results page
Fixed bug: users who prioritized climate getting extremely hot countries as #1 despite zero temperature overlap — added -15 penalty for zero climate overlap

Alpha 1.2

Added natural disaster risk data (World Risk Index) for 53 countries — displays risk level (very low/low/medium/high/very high) in country detail panel
Integrated disaster risk into safety scoring (70% peace + 30% disaster risk) and social pillar
Added WRI data source to Data Sources and Methodology pages
Changed political leaning slider from numeric 0-100 to descriptive labels (very liberal → moderate → very conservative) to reduce bias
Updated Roadmap to reflect completed features and added new milestones: Profile & AI future planning
Fixed country detail panel on mobile being cut off by the status bar
Share stories via direct link — recipients see the article immediately via ?story=id
Added view survey results and retake survey buttons in country detail panel
"Explore the World Map" button scrolls to map section every time it's pressed
Added confirmation dialog before clearing existing survey data

Alpha 1.1

Added new climate scoring system — calculates based on user's acceptable temperature range compared to actual capital city temperatures for each country
Added temperature data (high/low °C) for 53 countries
Added temperature question to survey (step 11) — thermometer-style slider to select min-max temperature range
Display temperature range in country detail panel
Fixed visa data for Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania — Thai citizens require Schengen visa from embassy (not visa-free)

Alpha 1.0

Added GDP data, world GDP ranking, and 3-year growth rate (2022-2024) in the economy tab
Thailand is now clickable on the world map — view data for comparison with other countries
Hide visa info and relocation planning button when viewing Thailand's data
Changed country dropdown in relocation planning page to searchable
Split country list into "popular" (sorted by Thai population) and "all" (sorted alphabetically by Thai name)
Added Plausible analytics for pageviews and custom events (Thailand Moment)
Added Roadmap section showing 3-phase platform development plan
Fixed scoring bug: users who prioritize LGBTQ+ safety will no longer be recommended unsafe countries
Verified and updated lgbtq_safety, peace_index data for 6 countries (Brazil, India, Singapore, Qatar, USA, Philippines)

Alpha 0.9

Display Top 3 best-fit countries with color-coded scores (green/yellow/red) on results page
Display least suitable countries (lowest scores) with red pills
Added share results buttons: X, Facebook, copy link
Pinned share, explore world map, and retake survey buttons to the bottom of the modal
Fixed issue where retaking the survey didn't auto-scroll to the world map
Fixed scoring bug that didn't support certain special countries 🎄

Alpha 0.8

Changed domain to moveme.now with updated metadata, OG image, sitemap, robots.txt
Updated English brand name to "Move Me Now"
Updated favicon and OG image to match the compass design on Hero Section
Country detail panel: country name, data sources, and close button pinned at top (sticky header)
Country detail panel: "Add to comparison" and "Create plan" buttons pinned at bottom (sticky footer)
Show pills for compared countries above the button, with X button to remove
When 3 countries are added, button changes to "View comparison" and scrolls to comparison section
Fixed sticky footer being cut off on mobile with bottom address bar (using dvh + safe-area-inset)
Fixed scroll snap trapping users on map section (changed mandatory → proximity)

Alpha 0.7

Added SEO: robots.txt, dynamic sitemap, OG image, Twitter card metadata
Added compass favicon (icon.svg) from Hero Section icon
Contact, share story, and report error forms now use mailto: (no backend required)
Improved job_market score with real calculation from 3 factors: visa difficulty, salary-to-cost ratio, profession data
Survey progress auto-saved to localStorage
Changed budget question from "monthly budget abroad" to "current spending in Thailand" with estimated expenses per country
Added "Send email" button in to-do checklist, opens email with items based on visa type
Added Contributors page (chéd & Claude Opus 4.6)

Alpha 0.6

Added Alpha Preview banner on homepage with links to Methodology, Data Sources, and Changelog
Collapsed country list on map to top 10 popular, with expand button to view all
Added data source attribution text below country name in detail panel and comparison page
Added Changelog page and link in Footer
Added Alpha badge after site name on Hero Section

Alpha 0.5

Verified and updated data for 51 countries from 2024 sources (GPI, EIU, CPI, RSF, WEF, EF EPI)
Fixed incorrect visa statuses for multiple countries, e.g. China (changed to visa-free 30 days), Luxembourg, Iceland, Estonia, Greece, Croatia
Fixed english_proficiency values using raw EF EPI scores, normalized to 0-100 scale for ~15 countries
Added "Retake survey" button on results page
Replaced placeholder story with first real story: Thai designer in Tokyo
Fixed Taiwan on world map showing as China after clicking China

Alpha 0.4

Added visa and career data (visa_career_info) for all countries
Added key resource links (embassy, immigration, Thai community)
Added tooltip explaining cost of living compared to Bangkok
UX improvements: scroll to planning section on button click, moved planning section above stories
Fixed planning button to retain the selected country

Alpha 0.3

Split visa system into 2 sections: tourist visa and long-term/work visa
Added static pages: Methodology, Data Sources, Privacy Policy, Share Story, Report Error, Contact Us

Alpha 0.2

Expanded country count from 10 to 52 countries (supporting Phase 2 roadmap)

Alpha 0.1

Launched MVP Phase 1: survey, world map, country details, country comparison, stories, and planning system
Set up project with Next.js 15, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS