v1.12.0

v1.12.0

v1.10.0

this is a pre-release for testers: https://support.delta.chat/t/test-upcomming-desktop-1-10-x-release/1080

Changelog

Added

• :colon-emoji: support for skin tones (👍:skin-tone-6:)
• :colon-emoji:'s are now replaced with the unicode emoji they represent on send
• add explaination if there are no contact requests
• add support for markdown links [label](url) (with a open confirmation dialog to prevent phishing)
• implement disappearing messages as an experimental feature

Fixed

• fix using the system language if no language is selected
• fix a bug where the user would end up with multiple contexts after reloading from a frontend crash
• fix Chat-view does not scroll down on incoming message #1783

Changed

• when opening the emoji picker its search bar gets now focused and when closing it the composer gets focused

Technical

• removed styled-components
• increase the version numbering to 1.10 to sync up with ios & android versioning and to avoid troubles with the ancient tags that still linger in the git history.

Updated

• updated google-noto color emoji font
• deltachat-node to 1.40.0
• core version 1.40

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.10.0/

1.4.2 - 2020-06-26

Added

• Burner accounts with QR code
• Theming (some Dark themes and the possibibilty to add even custom ones)
• Mute Chats
• Add Search for Contacts and Messages
• Add autodelete settings
• add git rev to the version in the about dialog
• Oportunistic reminder to update after 90days
• Add a crash-screen that appears instead of the white-screen on a react crash.
• Add enlarge group image
• Add chat image to navbar

Fixed

• Pointer cursor on hovering over document item
• update Readme a bit
• Fix whitescreen crash on opening the EncryptionInfoDialog
• Fix drop send multiple files at once (#1622)
• Fix window bounds are not saved correctly #1705
• Fix export backup progress bar missing
• Fix dc_get_msg called with special msg_id=0 warnings printed to console
• Fix window position on first start (#1711)
• Fix error message on login starting with ',' #1702
• Fix offline toast displayed before login #1729
• Fix "Authentication failed" notification does not disappear even after successfull login #1594
• Fix login button staying disabled on error #1661
• Fix use system language until the user chooses their language #1712
• Fix selecting a non existing chat after restarting DeltaChat

Changed

• Tweak settings design a bit
• Adjust chatlistitem hover colors
• Improve human-readability of logfiles
• display the offline status as permanent toast instead of the error message
• open an electron error dialog on uncaught Excerptions
• Tweak Login styling
• move qr code description up
• Tweak: Less cursor type switching
• Improve styling of Fullscreen-Attachment buttons
• move the verified icon over the group avatar
• now it is possible to have multiple accounts with the same email address (you can import a backup next to the active account)
• change account path again - now the account folder name isn't tied to the email address anymore.
• Update to deltachat-node v1.39.0 (async core)
• Add open attachment to message context menu and increase clickable area (click to open attachment)
• Overhauled login/update credentials flow & ui/ux to provide a more stable and clear experience
• Importing a backup now automatically loads the imported account
• Save account path instead of account addr for remembering the last selected account
• We don't scroll down on incoming messages anymore
• Solved the macOS appstore issue and the macOS notarizing issue.
• Exclude some unused resources from being bundled with the release.

Technical

This section is only relevant to contributors.

• Convert everything in the source folder to typescript
• move more styles from styled-components to scss
• Refactor Dialog system to make things easier for developers and fix stacking multiple instances of the same dialog
• split settings dialog into multiple files
• convert requires to imports
• Refactor Keybindings
• Split Build script into smaller build scripts.
• replace node-sass with sass to remove the native dependency
• introduce runtime.ts as a place to collect electron specific functions (will replace renderer/ipc.ts)
• 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 don't have a tag/release as they were test versions only distributed on the Microsoft App Store

Updates

• update Translations
• update Help

Downloads under: https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.4.2/

1.3.2 - 2020-05-11

Fixed

• Fix not being able to delete the first character when renaming a contact

Changed

• Mirror picture when scanning a QR code
• Update deltachat-node to v1.32.0

Download: https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.3.2/

1.3.1 - 2020-05-05

Fixed

• Fix showing the correct menu on Mac
• Fix showing the title-bar on Mac
• Fix qr scanning on Mac

Download: https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.3.1/

v1.3.0

Added

• add Import/Scan QR code which enables you to verify contacts and to join verifed groups from desktop (#1550)
• add pinned chats #1537
• add big view of profile image (closes #1356)
• add option to change a contacts displayname (#1502)
• add some Mac keybindings (related to #1451)
  • add cmd + , as shortcut to open the settings
  • focus the message composer
  • mac specific hide window (solves #634)
• add primitive & experimental contact import (you can import a json array of contacts in the devconsole)
• add archive label to archived chats #1537
• add support for opening openpgp4fpr uris with deltachat-desktop

Changed

• --debug enables now --log-debug & --log-to-console
• The forward message dialog now shows saved messages as first option.

Performance Improvements

• remove lag when scolling the settings (add thumbnails for chat backgrounds in settings screen)

Bugfixes

• Info events are now always logged (not only when --log-debug is enabled)
• fix that emojis get displayed right in the popups
• fix composer whitescreen when having a zoomlevel
• Some styling fixes:
  • remove unneccessary border on chatlist
  • changer caret color of sarch input to the same color as the placeholder
  • make dialog height overlap navbar/composer for fixed dialogs
  • Fix fake-contact-item label #1529
• fixes help won't open on mac (open help in seperate electron window)
• fix hover color for selected chats and make it a lot more slight

Technical

This section is only relevant to contributors.

• Convert project files to typescript (75% complete)
• Move more styled components to scss and cleanup some unsused classes
• add top-evil script (shows places that need work)

Updated

• Update translations & languages shown in menu, change prefix of npm translation scripts
• Update Core to deltachat-core-rust @ 979d7c5 (deltachat-node v1.29.1)

v1.2.0

Changed

• Update deltachat-node/deltachat-core-rust to v1.28.0
• Some typescript convertions @Simon-Laux

Fixed

• Fix a bug on incoming message where screen went blank @Simon-Laux #1523
• Copy whole message to clipboard @Simon-Laux
• Fix about dialog links @Simon-Laux
• Make e2e tests more stable @nicodh

v1.1.1

Changed

• Update deltachat-node/deltachat-core-rust to v1.27.0
  • This fixes a bug of undecryptable messages

downloads under:
https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.1.1/

1.1.0

Added

• Add copy qr code manually
• Add zoom factor option in order to adjust font size. (It's found under View->Zoom Factor)

Changed

• Development related:
  • new code formatter (prettier insted of standardjs)
  • convert some more code to typescript
• update deltachat node 1.26.0
  • update core in order to get the Ed25519-key bugfix in deltachat/deltachat-core-rust#1327

Fixed

• fix focus composer textarea when chat id changes
• fix group name editable
• fix avatar shrink bug on too long names (profile view)
• fix emoji name/initial avatars in message list
• fix a css bug that destroyed the app layout in media view (eadd487)
• fix copy to selection button shown even when nothing was selected.

Removed

• removed some unused dependencies

Known Bugs

• inApp help is broken on MacOS Help
• if you downloaded this release before 11. march 17:00 and got an error message, please re-download now, because you got an broken build.

Downloads are found under https://download.delta.chat/desktop/r1.1.0/

v1.0.0

[1.0.0] - 2020-02-22

Known Bugs

• Ed25519 keys are broken sometimes due to a bug in core (deltachat/deltachat-core-rust#1326)
• inApp help is broken on MacOS Help

Added

• open help via F1
• button to open DM chat in profile view
• info messages are now selecteable
• provider info
• info message in empty chats
• --multiple-instances flag to allow multiple deltachat instances

Changed

• Upgrade deltachat-node to v1.25.0
• upgrade electron builder to 22.3.2
• upgrade electron to 6.1.7
• Open Help in browser
• improved build process
• Chat scrolling improvements
• replace webpack with parcel
• convert more
• Restyle main menu
• Media view doesn't go into fullscreen anymore.

Fixed

• Small styling fixes
• Fix qr images getting scrollable
• Duplicate language entries in Language selection menu
• Fix Message state was not updated in ChatView
• Fix images so they don't cause horizontal scrolling anymore.

Removed

• remove version from titlebar