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Changelog

Added

  • Remember last position & size of webxdc windows #3754 #3755
  • add quick-key CtrlOrCmd+q for submenu quit #3758
  • add window titlebar for html_email- and help window #3770 #3778
  • add quick key Cmd+W/Ctrl+W to close webxdc-, html_email- and help-window #3770 #3778
  • Accept images from clipboard in QR reader #3762
  • Introduce new Spinner component #3786
  • Instant Onboarding #3773 #3801
  • Add instructions and troubleshooting button to "Add as Second Device" dialog #3801

Changed

  • Update translations (2024-05-01) #3746 #3802
  • The latest reaction is now shown in the chatlist, if it's newer than the last message #3749
  • minor improvements to "add second device" dialog #3748
  • Remove deprecated translations #3756
  • Refactor chat store into React context #3725
  • Improve security: restrict file protocol #3769 #3798 #3800
  • Update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.137.3
  • Change chatlist to use new chatlist changed event from core #3268
  • Refactor QR code reader #3762
  • update eslint dependency and its plugins #3808:
    • eslint: 8.54.0 -> 8.56.0
    • eslint-config-prettier: 9.0.0 -> 9.1.0
    • eslint-plugin-prettier: 5.0.1 -> 5.1.3
    • eslint-plugin-react-hooks: 4.6.0 -> 4.6.2
    • @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin: 6.13.1 -> 7.8.0
    • @typescript-eslint/parser: 6.13.1 -> 7.8.0
  • bump nodejs requirement to >=18.18.0 #3808
  • reorganise some settings acording changes on android & ios #3812

Fixed

  • fix chat audit dialog was going out of viewport on smaller screens #3736
  • fix long names breaking layout of reactions dialog #3736
  • hide "add second device" instructions when transfer has started #3748
  • improve chat scroll performance #3743, #3747
  • reduce CPU load when moving mouse over chat #3751
  • fix chatlistitem background when context menu for it is shown it is now highlighted correctly on pinned chats #3766
  • fix add missing top padding to confirm sending files dialog #3767
  • remove last selected chat id in ui settings when deleting the selected chat #3772
  • fix translation keys in keybindings cheat sheet dialog #3779
  • fix random scroll position and missing redraws when opening "Archive" #3268
  • fix: clear notifications for a contact request when blocking it #3268
  • Unmount QR scanner and disable camera correctly on abort or exit #3762
  • Close reactions bar on emoji selection #3788
  • fix Clicking notification does not bring Delta Chat to foreground on Windows #3793
  • Prevent re-rendering of account sidebar when switching account #3789
  • fix help not opening for languages that have no localized help
  • fix problem of focus when opening create chat dialogue #3816

Removed

  • remove disabled composer reason, now composer is just always hidden when chat.canSend is false #3791

1.44.1 - 2024-03-09

Due to the electron update macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave) are no longer supported, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later is the new requirement.

Changed

  • Update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.136.3

Fixed

  • Fix Bug: When switching accounts after deleting a chat, the message list is blank, similar issues can come up when using the 2nd device flow. #3724
  • Fix bug where cancellation of configure led to an undefined state where it looked like the account was configured successfully, but it was not. #3729
  • Fix double sending #3739

1.44.0 - 2024-03-05

Due to the electron update macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave) are no longer supported, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later is the new requirement.

Added

  • Add repology badge to README #3696

Changed

  • slightly wider account sidebar (so traffic lights look more centered on macOS) #3698
  • refactor some components to not use the chatstore singleton directly #3700
  • Reuse new image selector component for group images #3713
  • Update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.136.1 #3720
  • Update translations (2024-03-05) #3722

Fixed

  • fix broken html email window (CSP got broken with the recent electron update) #3704
  • remove unexpected empty space (bottom padding) from view profile dialog #3707
  • Button style regression #3712
  • Wait until chat id got set before displaying message list #3716
  • change export keys open directory confirm button label to "select" #3710
  • Make chat title and subtitle unselectable to prevent unusual behaviour #3688
  • changing display name of a contact does not change it immediately in the messages #3703
  • WebXDC button style regression #3718
  • Change wording of "sync all" setting and make it appear disabled by default like the other experimental settings #3717

1.43.1 - 2024-02-19

Due to the electron update macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave) are no longer supported, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later is the new requirement.

Changed

  • Upgrade electron from v26.6.3 to version v28.2.3 #3693
  • Refactor buttons #3605
  • Update translations (2024-02-19)

Fixed

  • Fix broken styles for muted and turned off account badges in multiaccount sidebar #3691
  • "Broken protection" message did not allow opening info dialog on tap #3695

1.43.0 - 2024-02-14

Added

  • ContextMenu now handles multiple sublevels #3116
    • ContextMenuItem has a subitems array
    • Hovering outside of the menu closes last opened sublevel
    • ChatListContextMenu mute option now opens a submenu with duration options instead of a dialog
  • Add shortcut to scan qr code to "New Chat" dialog #3623
  • Message reactions with emojis #2964
  • Show info dialog on tap for invalid unencrypted mails #3652
  • Add QR scan button next to search input on main screen #3665
  • Add Account Switcher Sidebar #3621
  • Add new account deletion screen #3621
  • Open DC Invite Links directly inside delta chat from links clicked in messages and html emails #3683
  • Add multiaccount notifications and mute/disable notifications for specific accounts #3680

Changed

  • Update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.135.0
  • Update electron from v26.6.0 to version v26.6.3
  • Update filesize dependency from 8.0.6 to 10.1.0
  • Introduce text formatting for chatlist item summary (use message-parser) #3476
  • Use native watch mode and CSS modules of esbuild #3571
    • Use native watch mode and CSS modules of esbuild
    • Support SCSS in modules
    • Show eslint errors when bundling during development
    • Use watch:frontend:types script for type-checking during development
    • Update esbuild to v0.19.8
    • Update typescript to v5.3.2
  • Refactor dialog components, improved styling for settings #3575
  • Refactor and improve design of search input components #3572
  • Refactor dialog logic and add additional helper methods #3512
  • Prefer light theme for the help and webxdc loading pages
  • Helper method to easily use confirmation dialogs #3601
  • Refactor using new useConfirmationDialog hook #3602
  • Remember file open dialog locations across the current session and do not persist last save location across sessions anymore #3615
  • Disable three-dot-menu when not applicable (map, other gallery tabs) #3523
  • Move pin icon in chatlist after date #3636
  • Hide email address for guaranteed e2e DM chats in the titlebar #3629
  • Use displayName for contact in verified_by in Contact Dialog (also hide email address) #3629
  • Removed minimal theme from offical themes because it is unmaintained #3645
  • Do not add changelog device message on fresh accounts #3639
  • Copy invite link to clipboard instead of only QR code data #3650
  • Remove unessesary z-index css properties and reorganize the remaining ones #3661
  • Require setting display name when creating profile after scanning invite code #3663
  • Improve design of profile image selector component #3667
  • badge count is now across all active accounts #3621
  • "sync all accounts" moved to settings under advanced -> experimental #3621
  • webxdc stay open when switching accounts (when you have sync all enabled, which is the default) #3621
  • Add more versions to about dialog and update the order of information #3677
  • Refactor message meta data component #3678
  • Use overlay in context menu #3682
  • Update local help (2024-02-14) #3686

Fixed

  • Silently fail when notifications are not supported by OS #3613
  • Fix uncaught Exception when dismissing notifications on windows #3593
  • Introduce own React context for context menus & fix regression #3608
  • Improve position of verified icon in profile info #3627
  • Hide reactions UI for info-, system- or video-invite messages and chats #3642
  • Delete old themes before rebuilding in build process #3645
  • More contrast for audio elements in dark mode #3653
  • Fix fullscreen view for avatar images #3669
  • Fix display of avatars with spaces in the name #3669
  • Show search bar when searching chat in archived mode #3679

Removed

  • Remove qr icon in sidebar #3666
  • Remove old Account switcher screen #3621
  • Remove sidebar menu #3621

1.42.2 - 2023-12-02

Changed

  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.131.9
    • more fixes for mail.163.com
  • update esbuild to v0.19.8

Fixed

  • log error when webxdc status update send fails
  • make starting of html email view more reliable (remove race condition)

1.42.1 - 2023-11-23

Changed

  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.131.7
    • Revert "fix: check UIDNEXT with a STATUS command before going IDLE". This fixes mail.163.com which has broken STATUS command.

1.42.0 - 2023-11-23

Since we needed to upgrade electron this version drops support for windows 7, 8 and 8.1 https://www.electronjs.org/blog/windows-7-to-8-1-deprecation-notice If you are using DC on these platforms you have the following options:

  • Keep using 1.40.4

  • update windows to 10 or 11

  • switch to linux (or dual boot it)

  • contact delta@merlinux.eu if you have money and want to sponsor the development of a special legacy build of deltachat desktop 1.42 for windows 7/8/8.1.

  • Core is now built on Debian 10: now requires glibc 2.28, so ubuntu 18 is not supported anymore.

Fixed

  • fix clear chat sometimes not refreshing the messagelist

[1.41.4] - 2023-11-22

Changed

  • Update local help (2023-11-20)
  • Update translations (2023-11-22)
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.131.6

Fixed

  • fix displaying sticker that has wrong mimetype
  • fix bug where composer was locked after joining a group via qr code
  • fix double message context menu #3550
  • focus after loading draft fixes:
    • fix composer / draft-area not getting focus after click in command #3493
    • fix composer does not get focused when selecting a chat with a draft #3495
  • fix: show error in autocrypt setup enter key dialog when the typed in key is invalid
  • fix bug: allow deleting first number in autocrypt enter setup key dialog

1.41.3 - 2023-11-17

Added

  • Vietnamese language

Changed

  • update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.9.0, which fixes a bug with BotCommandSuggestion parsing
  • update electron from v26.4.2 to version v26.6.0
  • Select device message chat automatically to welcome first users #3531
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.131.4
  • update local help (16.nov.2023)
  • Update translations (17.11.2023)
  • Update options for disappearing messages #3530
  • Do not show redundant read-only message when in device messages chat #3532

Fixed

  • fix: files search not case-insensitive
  • fix: bug in emoji detection for jumbomoji #3508
  • Improve layout and fix unknown locale of DisabledMessageInput #3537
  • Fix: Do not show reply option in read-only groups #3536
  • Use dc_chat_can_send to show or hide reply functionality #3541
  • fix translation key for add_to_sticker_collection in context menu

1.41.2 - 2023-11-15

Changed

  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.131.2
  • Update inApp help (15.11.2023)
  • make help's "scroll to top" button less intrusive
  • streamline profile titles
  • use local help for guaranteed end-to-end encryption more info

Fixed

  • macOS: prevent second instances when runing from terminal
  • fix status text overflow in ViewProfile #3515

1.41.1 - 2023-11-14

Changed

  • fix notarisation for macOS dmg

1.41.0 - 2023-11-13

Since we needed to upgrade electron this version drops support for windows 7, 8 and 8.1 https://www.electronjs.org/blog/windows-7-to-8-1-deprecation-notice If you are using DC on these platforms you have the following options:

  • Keep using 1.40.4

  • update windows to 10 or 11

  • switch to linux (or dual boot it)

  • contact delta@merlinux.eu if you have money and want to sponsor a special legacy build of deltachat desktop 1.41-1.42.

  • Core is now built on Debian 10: now requires glibc 2.28, ubuntu 18 is not supported anymore.

Added

  • Global Gallery
  • Show date when scrolling gallery
  • add option to view images and videos in the gallery cropped to grid or in their original aspect ratio
  • mark webxdc app context as secure #3413
  • Experimental: Related Chats
  • Developer option to disable IMAP IDLE #4803
  • add option to save to file system to webxdc "send to chat"-dialog
  • Add image compression
  • open mailto: and openpgp4fpr: links from webxdc in deltachat #3355
  • show confirm dialogue when creating new chat after clicking mail address #3469
  • Ask for broadcast name when creating one
  • Automatically create verified group when all users are verified #3492
  • register on system as handler for webxdc files

Changed

  • add a dark theme for the "Help" and the webxdc loading screen
  • improve the look of the webxdc loading screen
  • Update translations (05.11.2023)
  • better search in chat design which shows more results (remove redundant chat info and combine both headers)
  • shorten package description, because some debian had problems with our large description.
  • Images are now compressed unless you send them as files
  • move tray icon option to Appearance
  • show prettier linter warnings through eslint #3463
  • move "Forward" and "Reply" close together in the message menu
  • for the "introduced by" line, only use verifier_id (no ContactObject.is_verified)
  • show verification icon in title of view profile if verified dm chat exists.
  • update dependencies
    • update minimum nodejs version from 16 to 18
    • update electron from v22.3.24 to version v26.4.2
    • update electron-builder from 23.0.4 to 24.6.4
    • update @electron/notarize from (electron-notarize package name) ^1.0.0 to ^2.1.0
    • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.131.1
    • update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.8.0, which adds linkification to links on more generic URI schemes.
    • Removed url-parse dependency replacing it with modern APIs

Fixed

  • fix clipboard not working in webxdc apps
  • fix target=_blank links in html emails don't work #3408
  • add description for enableChatAuditLog setting
  • fix: import key from file instead of folder, fixes #1863
  • fix webxdc title not updated in document title changes #3412
  • fix: remove duplicated search button on "search in chat" #3014
  • fix "Verified by" is shown weirdly for contacts that were verified directly #3421
  • open help, webxdc and html email windows with always on top flag, if main window has that flag.
  • fix copy text inserts extra linebreaks
  • improve video message - wide enough to show controls
  • gallery: fix scroll to top when switching tabs
  • fix: context menu items could take up multiple lines
  • fix: retrieve bounds directly from window and check if null on resize or move event #3461
  • fix: initialise power monitor after electron signals readyness to avoid electron failing with SIGTRAP #3460
  • centering of username component in settings view #3467
  • fix wording of autocrypt setup messages
  • fix wording of menu entries and dialog titles
  • fix window store installation (remove unknown language code from supported languages)
  • fix emojis in some html emails (force charset utf-8)
  • fix null account name when leaving the field empty bug
  • fix text truncation so verified icon is always shown on ViewGroup, ViewProfile, ContactListItems, Navbar and on ChatlistItem
  • fix scrollbar caused flickering in ViewProfile

Removed

  • remove 40KiB download on demand option

1.40.4 - 2023-09-14

Added

  • Show video chat instance URLs as subtitles #3369
  • Add similar chats to group profile #3379

Changed

  • Offer to copy non-HTTP links to the clipboard instead of trying to open them in webxdc source code link and inside of html emails.
  • update electron from v22.3.23 to version v22.3.24

Fixed

  • fix duplicated calling of 'open-url'
  • fix html mail getting restrictions of webxdc window
  • fix: when clicking on mailto link in html email show main window even when it was hidden.
  • Display the toast after successful key import.
  • fix the bug where non-contact email addresses are not shown when creating a group #3363

1.40.3 - 2023-09-08

Changed

  • Offer to copy non-HTTP links to the clipboard instead of trying to open them.

Fixed

  • webxdc: fix a bug where the webxdc was able to open the dev tools. Also make opening devtools with F12 more reliable.
  • packaging: fix corrupted .desktop file

1.40.2 - 2023-09-07

Added

  • option to delete contacts in list when creating a new chat

Changed

  • update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.7.0, which adds support for unicode #hashtags
  • update electron from v22.3.2 to version v22.3.23
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.121.0

1.40.1 - 2023-09-01

Added

  • add: "always on top" option to webxdc titlebar menu.
  • add: context menu entry to resend webxdc messages
  • add: context menu entry to resend self sent messages

Changed

  • remove jitsi as a default Video Chat instance, because they added a sign-in requirement #3366
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.120.0
    • mainly bugfixes, also fixes a memory leak
  • Update translations (01.09.2023)
  • update UI for sticker selector

Fixed

  • fix: filename sanitation bug in webxdc send api
  • fix: make a chat item background look hovered when a context menu is open for it (#3228)
  • fix: show webxdc titlebar also on mac -> make show sourcecode link accessible on macOS
  • fix: hide devtool option in webxdc titlebar menu when it is not enabled.
  • fix: remove reload options that don't work from webxdc titlebar menu.
  • fix: contact creation in new chat dialog not working with leading or trailing spaces. #3357

1.40.0 - 2023-08-13

Changed

  • update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.6.0, which fixes 2 bugs:
  • Fixed problem of IPv6 links being detected as punycode
  • Fixed the bug of brackets being parsed as part of the email address

Fixed

  • fix missing translation string in setup second device progress dialog
  • fix device message ordering

1.39.0 - 2023-08-05

Added

  • Guide user tapping "Welcome / Add Second Device" what to do on the other device
  • add: webxdc_custom.desktopDragFileOut api

Changed

  • Update translations (01.07.2023)
  • Update offline help
  • changed: make verified icon green
  • use filename property for saving files (see #3330 for details)
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.119.0

Fixed

  • fix: clicking start on an already open webxdc app now opens it again even when it was minimised #3294
  • fix: Including whitespace in search query does not cause problem when if the search query is an email address(#3299)
  • fix: text is now smaller in the unread badge on the top of the jump down button(#3068)
  • fix: links in quoted texts should not be clickable (#3290)
  • fix: move "Sync All" switch in Account List to bottom (#2963)
  • fix: fix duplicated status updates race condition bug in webxdc #3296
  • fix: remove unsupported language code, this broke the installation from the ms store on windows #3292
  • fix: show edit button if a contact's profile is shown from group view(#3267)
  • fix: Proper description for Linux packages(#3209)
  • fix: When opening new chat dialogue, it's always focused(#3286)
  • fix: No draft is saved if the message contains only whitespace(#3220)
  • fix: webxdc CSP allow media from blob: and data:
  • fix: Fix colour of clock icon in ViewProfile dialogue (#3329)
  • fix: Center the "no media" text in Gallery
  • fix: The media fullscreen screen is now always closed using Esc key(#2919)
  • fix: Fix problem of crashing Delta Chat when it can't write to standard output (#3323)
  • fix: Fix problem of returning exception on quit (#2201)
  • fix: same icon size in navbar as in chatlist

1.38.1 - 2023-06-23

Changed

  • don't close webxdc on sendToChat()
  • Update translations (22.06.2023)
  • WebxdcSaveToChatDialog: show filename in title

Fixed

  • fix: if systemPreferences.askForMediaAccess is not available, then don't call it (broke qr scan under linux (and maybe also under windows, was not tested))
  • fix: only allow one instance of sendToChat() (the old one is now replaced by the new one) #3281

1.38.0 - 2023-06-19

Changed

  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.117.0
  • Update translations (17.06.2023)

1.37.1 - 2023-06-14

Changed

  • Settings: Move Experimental Features into Advanced
  • Settings: Move Connectivity button down and give it an icon (like on android and ios)
  • update in-app help (2023-06-07)

Fixed

  • If clipboard contains a file and text, then only paste the file into deltachat. #3261
  • possibly fix asking for camera permission on MacOS #3252

1.37.0 - 2023-06-05

Added

  • Show thumbnail in chatlist summary of image, sticker and webxdc messages
  • add webxdc api sendToChat #3240
  • add webxdc api importFiles

Changed

  • exclude more unused files from installation package
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.116.0
  • remove message id from chatlistitem
  • Improved message search results
  • Update translations (18.05.2023)
  • add Romanian translation
  • better profile view for saved messages chat

Fixed

  • fix some emojis not getting larger in emoji only messages
  • add missing languages to supported languages in appx manifest
  • fix show verification state of chat in chatlist
  • fix make self contact not clickable in group member list
  • remove pasted images from temp folder #2927
  • update timestamps and reconnect after resuming after sleep

1.36.4 - 2023-04-21

Added

  • add received timestamp to html email view

Changed

  • webxdc message: icon change hover cursor to pointer
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.112.8

Fixed

  • fix copy qrcode to clipboard

1.36.3 - 2023-04-17

Changed

  • remember html email window positioning and size.
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.112.7

Fixed

  • always display html emails in black text on white background by default, fixes white text on white background when the OS was in dark theme mode
  • fix: webxdc loading progress bar finishing at 50% (not 100)

1.36.2 - 2023-04-14

Changed

  • Update inApp help (11.4.2023)
  • improve confirm abort dialog for setup second device #3173

Fixed

  • do not save custom video chat provider if it only contains whitespaces
  • fix show error messages when starting a video chat
  • don't show video chat in attachment menu when the feature is turned off
  • fix "Always Load Remote Images" should be hidden for contact requests #3180
  • always show copy link when right clicking a link in a message #3184

1.36.1 - 2023-04-09

Fixed

  • add ws as explicit dependency, this should hotfix the startup crash #3171

1.36.0 - 2023-04-08

Added

  • networked setup multidevice
  • open html emails in internal window

Changed

  • update electron from v22.1.0 to version v22.3.2
  • use the new go based transifex cli (old one stopped working)
  • Update translations (08.04.2023)
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.112.6
  • only allow webxdc devtools when user enabled it in settings #3157
  • move webxdc functions in backend from cffi to jsonrpc #3127

Fixed

  • mac: update tray icon menu on hiding/showing #3041
  • chat request deletion now asks for confirmation
  • fix updating of relative timestamps #3125
  • fix account details of old account shown in new second account created via qr code #3154
  • fix chat of old account still selected in new account
  • fix scroll down when sending video chat invitation
  • some webxdc security fixes #3157
  • add message metadata to video chat invitiation (encryption and send status and date-time)

Removed

  • removed more bloat (unnessary files) from release packages

1.34.5 - 2023-02-27

Added

  • Add possibility for themes to change the emoji font. See docs/THEMES.md for a guide.

Changed

  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.110.0
  • update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.5.1 (<delimited@emails> and fix code blocks with emojis)

Fixed

  • better error handling when messages fail to load from db in messagelist and gallery
  • make emoji mart use the correct emoji font

Removed

  • remove unused direct dependency on babel: @babel/core, @babel/preset-env and @babel/preset-react
  • remove hallmark modules, because we never really used it and it has many dependencies.
  • remove unused electron-devtools-installer - it does not work since our upgrade to electron >=11, so its not used for a long time already

1.34.4 - 2023-02-09

Added

  • add context menu option to mark all archived chats as noticed
  • add reply privately in mailinglists
  • html emails are opened shown in a dedicated window

Changed

  • Update translations (07.02.2023)
  • restrict web permissions #2548
  • update google noto color emoji font to unicode 15
  • update emoji-mart to version 5.5.2 (adds @emoji-mart/data@1.1.2 & @emoji-mart/react@1.1.1)
  • emoji picker now closes automatically when selecting an emoji, press shift to select multiple emojis
  • escape key closes the emoji picker
  • removed dependency on emoji-regex
  • context menu size is updated dynamically, so there shouldn't be any word-wrapping
  • remove dependency on glob-watcher
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.107.1

Fixed

  • improve jumbomoji logic (that emoji only messages appear bigger), now works even with new emojis that are not in delta chat yet.
  • css: fix hover overflow on context menu corners
  • context menu items are correctly updated when application language changes

Removed

1.34.3 - 2023-01-30

Added

  • new dialog to change profile name/photo pops up after logging with a QR-Code
  • add progressbar to webxdc loading

Changed

  • upgrade electron to version 22
    • to make this work, we also moved some electron api invocations from preload script to main process
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.107.0

Fixed

  • still show the rest of the chat, even if loading first batch of messages failed

Removed

  • Removed port numbers from advanced settings placeholders. Delta Chat core may try multiple ports during autoconfiguration, load configuration from the server or from the provider database, so displayed placeholder was sometimes incorrect. Now a simple string "Default" is displayed instead. (#3094)

1.34.2 - 2023-01-12

Added

  • show count of the archived chats with unread messages

Changed

  • forward message dialog now has a title and a confirmation dialog and chat preview before forwarding
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.106.0
  • change style of "Archived Chats" chatlist item

Fixed

  • fix default welcome screen height so all buttons fit scrollbar is hidden
  • fix unblock contact did not update the chatlist

Removed

  • temporarily remove donate link to make app store release possible again (only on MacOS)

1.34.1 - 2022-12-22

Added

Changed

  • show jump down button earlier when scrolling up
  • make font-style of info messages consistent with iOS and Android #3034
  • Bump decode-uri-component from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2.
  • move all verified icons to the end chat/contact name (previously some were still on the avatar image)
  • set ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption to false for mac
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.104.0
  • Update translations (22.12.2022)

Fixed

  • fix "message not found in cache" bug #3039
  • fix webxdc: allow self and blob: in connect-src in CSP
  • indentation in update device message
  • fix "no messages" blinking up for a second when loading a chat
  • hide unread count on jump down button if you are at the bottom, fixes #3033
  • fix removing group avatar image #3038
  • fix chat title in navbar did not update correctly when it should change (disappearing messages & recently seen indicator) #3046
  • Control overflow of so text does not escape the code block nor message bubble, for the experimental message markdown mode.

1.34.0 - 2022-11-27

Changed

  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.102.0

Fixed

  • fix jump to message from gallery
  • webxdc: allow data: in connect-src in CSP

1.33.2 - 2022-11-16 - Testrelease

This is a testrelease, learn more at https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-1-33-x-release/2278

Added

  • Add experimental option to enable markdown rendering in messages

Changed

  • add ability for experimental testing webxdc apps to have full internet access #3005
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.101.0
    • fixes 100% cpu usage bug
  • Update translations (16.11.2022)

Fixed

  • fix dclogin scheme in desktop file
  • don't log jsonrpc requests to logfile #3015

1.33.1 - 2022-11-09 - Testrelease

This is a testrelease, learn more at https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-1-33-x-release/2278

Added

  • add webxdc's icon to webxdc info messages
  • show webxdc icon in chat audit log
  • add option to jump to message in chat audit log
  • add option to jump to webxdc message in chat audit log

Changed

  • Update translations (19.10.2022)
  • Tray icon is now by default enabled. Settings got moved to Settings->Advanced
  • instantly react to changing chat background color
  • made frontend code more independent from electron
  • reduce notifications when many messages are received at once.
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.100.0
  • jump down button: show different icon (one arrow), when jumping to message in jump to message list
  • chat audit log also show menu on click
  • add context menu option to save a sticker to the own sticker menu

Fixed

  • prevent double context menu on macOS
  • fix setting color chat background color #2659
  • Fix that results of search in chat are not ordered by newest first
  • Fix messagelist overscrolling #2956
  • Fix messagelist not jumping to correct message #2953
  • fix chat audit log #2967
  • fix that results of search in chat are not ordered by newest first
  • Fix chat name/avatar in navbar take full width
  • don't show dash in mailinlist title if there is no mailinglist address #2965
  • fix scan account creation (burner-account/dcaccount: and dclogin:) from MainScreen
  • fix contact requests button to run block function and show right label (Group: delete, DM: block) #2877
  • Fix notifications when showNotificationContent was disabled
  • fix unread count on scroll down button
  • make recently seen dot in navbar disappear automatically #2926
  • only webxdc info messages jump to parent message on click now
  • fix scroll down when sending message
  • fix jump to info-message
  • don't show "copy text" menu entry for stickers
  • fix text and author color in quote in sticker replies

1.33.0 - 2022-10-16

Added

  • show mailing list address in chat subtile
  • clear webxdc browser data on webxdc instance deletion
  • add donate link in settings
  • add button to clear chat history (delete all messages of a chat)
  • add recently seen indicator
  • add jump down button
  • add "search for messages in chat"
  • show webxdc icon in quote

Changed

  • migrated core communication to jsonrpc api
  • migrate event handling to jsonrpc api
  • Update translations (22.09.2022)
  • click on selected chat in chatlist now goes to bottom or first unread message
  • remember last path in "save as" dialog
  • allow using dclogin: and dcaccount: from logged in account, without logging out first
  • register in os as handler for the dcaccount: and dclogin: scheme
  • remove loading stage from sending autocrypt setup message
  • make contact last seen always display relative time
  • hide ephemeral timer menu options for mailing lists #2920
  • reposition ConnectivityToast
  • only show core events in frontend dev console if deltachat was started with --log-debug or --devmode
  • always show sticker tab now and add a button to quickly open the sticker folder.
  • update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.97.0

Fixed

  • allow scanning of certain qr code types on welcome screen (account, url and text)
  • fix selecting chat after forwarding to it
  • fixed bug where unread badge on app icon was not updated immediately
  • fix notifications are not removed from notification center
  • fix quote linebreaks #2870
  • fix low resolution of copy qrcode image #2907
  • fix group join qr code when creating a new group
  • message search: show "1000+ messages", because 1000 as result means the result was truncated most of the time
  • fix contact name is not updated in view profile #2945

1.32.1 - 2022-08-18

Changed

  • updated deltachat-node to v1.93.0 to fix flatpak and nix build issues

Fixed

  • fix indentation in --help

1.32.0 - 2022-08-09

Changed

  • open mailto links in messages always in deltachat #2835
  • update esbuild to 0.14.51
  • disable broadcast lists by default, because they are experimental
  • updated deltachat-node to v1.91.0
  • Update translations (09.08.2022)

Added

  • Broadcast lists as experimental feature
  • add connectivity status in sidebar/hamburger menu #2819

Fixed

  • fix escape key let sidebar flimmer shortly upon startup bug
  • fix double open settings crash #2824
  • fix display of quoted forwarded messages
  • add warning that broadcast lists are unencrypted
  • remove 1px white bottom border on image message

1.31.0 - 2022-07-17

Added

  • Floating action button in chatlist to start a new chat

Fixed

  • use addr if displayname is not set for webxdc selfName #2803
  • prevent whitescreen on invalid last account id

Changed

  • rename the gallery tab "documents" to "files" #2829
  • Less round buttons, more similar to android and better spacing #2813
  • Updated deltachat-node to v1.90.0
  • Update translations (17.07.2022)
  • add aeap confirmation dialog and make email address changeable

1.30.1 - 2022-06-07

Added

  • Added messageId to MessageDetail dialog
  • added custom titlebar menu for webxdc (on linux and windows)
  • add open keybindings dialog to window titlebar menu
  • exit fullscreen webxdc with escape key
  • added cli arguments --help and --version

Fixed

  • "New contact" button hidden if contact already exists (#2646)
  • Fix too wide clickable area on forwarded messages @andresmc98 (#2782)
  • Fix button label saying open instead of save in export backup file dialog
  • Fix display/playing of media files that contain invalid url chars in filename (such as #) (#2527)

Changed

  • Updated minimal theme
  • Update translations (03.06.2022)
  • New login screen layout
  • Update translations (07.06.2022)
  • Update deltachat-node to 1.86.0

1.30.0 - 2022-05-30

Added

  • add check for compatible node while installing dependencies (#2724)

Fixed

  • remove context menu option "open attachment" for webxdc (#2763)

Changed

  • click on webxdc icon starts it too now (#2775)
  • webxdc title is now shown in bold (#2774)
  • remove unessesary deltachat-node files from release package
  • change composer keybindings (shift+enter now always adds a newline and crtl/cmd+enter now always sends regardless of what the enter key is set up to do)
  • update deltachat-node to v1.84.0

1.29.1 - 2022-05-20

Added

  • Show settings menu item in titlebar menu
  • Sidebar closes on escape key
  • add chat name to webxdc window title
  • support for webxdc document names
  • Access archived chats through sidebar

Fixed

  • Fix crash on migrating accounts from an older version (before 1.21.0)
  • Add a guard against selecting accounts with impossible ids (smaller than 0)
  • Fix stock translations set too late (after I/0 is started) #2735
  • Fix jumping to send video chat invitation
  • Fix jumping to last message if sending multiple attachments through drag&drop
  • prevent webxdc content from setting the window title
  • Fix truncating of names and emails

Changed

  • Update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.4.0 (fixes a email parsing issue)
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.83.0

1.29.0 - 2022-05-05

You now need node version >=16 for building desktop

Fixed

  • Fix: exit search when using it to create a dm chat from an email address (new contact)
  • Fix "Send Message" does not always open chat view #2592
  • Fix contact name has color in quote when replying with sticker
  • Fix startup crash when spam clicking on app icon on mac.
  • fix webxdc content not visible in gallery
  • unexpected click behavior in gallery/document view #2626
  • fix prev/next media had seperate list for images and gifs
  • fixed height for webxdc icons in messages
  • Better empty gallery tab messages
  • allow internal webxdc navigation (multiple html files)
  • fix random search result position (#2631)
  • fix: signature field in Edit Profile is not labeled when empty (#2579)
  • Keyboard shortcut preview for "Send on Enter" setting
  • Keyboard shortcut reference dialog (cheatsheet), accessible via Ctrl + / or Cmd + /
  • display video/quicktime videos
  • Fix chatlist item showed wrong timestamp (jan 1 1970) if there was no timestamp
  • Fix bring back get provider info

Added

  • Implement expandable settings
  • jump to message from gallery ("show in chat") #2618
  • add Webxdc tab to gallery
  • handle mailto links in webxdc content in deltachat
  • add images to quotes #2628

Changed

  • Move node-fetch to devDependencies
  • Update emoji-mart to ^3.0.1
  • Update @types/emoji-mart to ^3.0.9
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.79.3
  • ENTER + SHIFT and ENTER + CTRL in the composer do now the same thing: they send or add a newline depending on the enterKeySends user preference
  • update webxdc setUpdateListener api
  • Remove dependency tempy
  • Update @blueprintjs/core to 4.1.2
  • use forked version of react-qr-reader (@deltachat/react-qr-reader@4.0.0)
  • nicer webxdc start button #2723
  • update nodejs to version 16
  • update electron to 18.0.3
  • upgrade electron builder to 23.0.4
  • ENTER + SHIFT and ENTER + CTRL in the composer do now the same thing: they send or add a newline depending on the enterKeySends user preference
  • Metadata text color is now white on sent media messages

Removed

  • remove dependency react-qr-svg

1.28.2 - 2022-04-22

Changed

  • Update electron to 14.2.9
  • Enable unread badge counter on windows

Fixed

  • fix Layout issues in Settings window
  • Fix chat background on windows
  • fix tray icon unread indicator on windows

1.28.1 - 2022-04-05

Changed

  • Update translations (25.03.2022)
  • Update react-string-replace to 1.0.0

Fixed

  • remove wrong line (about send on enter) from changelog in device msg
  • webxdc allow blob: uri scheme

1.28.0 - 2022-03-25

Changed

  • Set default of enterKeySends to false again
  • remove webxdc clear domstorage settings for now until we know what we want (see #2638)
  • increase composer draft saving debounce timeout to one second

Fixed

  • Fix messages not appearing with download on demand

1.27.2 - 2022-03-15

Added

  • webxdc content now has access to persistent DOMStorage

Fixed

  • Fix missing key login_socks5_login
  • Fix creating contacts from email address in message
  • Fix two different about dialogs on macOS #2280
  • Fix error in calculatePageKey
  • Fix special messages not getting fetched on incoming messages
  • Fix react adjacent warning in info message
  • Fix open deltachat from uri doesn't detect the uri on macOS #2257
  • show qr code content if decoding failed
  • fix openpgp4frp uri opening on macOS
  • Fix loading more messages if we only less messages to fill the window size
  • Fix chatlist jumps to top after archiving
  • Reduce startup lag while fetching messages (fix debouncing of onChatListItemChanged)
  • Fix webxdc audio playback
  • Fix qr scanning on account screen
  • fix: log messageg-parser errors and display plain text message as fallback (instead of crashing)

Changed

  • exclude more unused files from installation package
  • Improved videochat instance dialog

1.27.1 - 2022-03-10

Changed

  • Update electron to v14.2.6

Fixed

  • click on offline toast now opens the connectivity view
  • fix error object logging and make "core could not be loaded" error dialog more useful

1.27.0 - 2022-03-04

Added

  • It's now possible to add new group members by their email addresses
  • Experimental support for webxdc
  • Implement jump to message (quotes, search, webxdc info messages)
  • Logging for unhandled frontend errors
  • Copying image now possible from gallery and chat view
  • Add image zoom for full screen views

Changed

  • Update @deltachat/message_parser_wasm to 0.3.0 (fixes some link parsing issues)
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.76.0
  • Update electron to 13.6.8
  • Update translations (3.3.2022)
  • Make disabled "delete profile image" button more readable in dark themes @ejgonzalez17 #2478
  • Update inApp help (3.1.2022)
  • Making the minimal theme even more zen
  • Drastically improve performance of MessageList
  • Switch from tape to mocha for unit tests
  • Don't update Timestamps if they are older then one week
  • Removed options to watch inbox and Deltachat folder from advanced settings
  • Added option to only watch Deltachat folder to advanced settings
  • Update error-stack-parser to 2.0.7
  • Sending messages on pressing enter is now activated per default
  • added Command ⌘ + Enter as alias for Ctrl + Enter to send message when Press Enter to Send is deactivated
  • Disabled fetching account provider info as it causes the ui to be blocked
  • migrate backend to strict typescript

Fixed

  • fix opening logfolder and logfile in appx
  • Fix overflow in long links inside quotes @naomiceron #2467
  • Show error if writing an attachment fails @IrvinLara9 #2479
  • Fix connectivity view title @IrvinLara9 #2480
  • Do not double log core events
  • Fix Bulgarian language name (uppercase first letter)
  • Fix signature text styling @ejgonzalez17
  • Fix missing image formats @ejgonzalez17
  • momentjs isn't localized on first startup
  • Fix connectivity status hiding composer @trujillo9616
  • Fix overflow in Confirmation Dialog @Abhijnan-Bajpai
  • Fix the profile picture removal @cavesdev #2472
  • Fix the horizontal scroll in autocrypt dialogs @cavesdev #2277
  • Add logging in by pressing enter in AccountSetupScreen
  • Fix blob width for html messages
  • Fix usage of wrong translation key chat_no_contact_requests
  • Fullscreen view for group avatar and own avatar in settings
  • Fix messagelist sometimes not loading more messages
  • Fix rockettheme font color for highlighted settings options
  • Fix device messages showing unneccessary elements
  • Fix background image url being absolute -> make it portable #2562

1.26.0 - 2021-12-15

Added

  • Add an attachment menu

Fixed

  • fix sending POI

Changed

  • Update translations (16.12.2021)

1.25.2 - 2021-12-11

Added

  • PageUp and PageDown keys can now be used to scroll in the MessageList
  • Keeping Alt + ArrowUp/ArrowDown pressed now keeps selecting the next chat until the key is released
  • Download on Demand

Changed

  • update filesize dependency to version 8.0.6
  • update deltachat-node to v1.70.0

1.25.1 - 2021-11-30

Fixed

  • fixed production builds (npm run build4production)

1.25.0 - 2021-11-29

The Downloads of this version are broken because they were done with npm run build4production which was broken in this release, please either use npm run build or download 1.25.1 instead

We jumped to 1.25 for the version (should in theory be 1.23), to be get sync with android and iOS numbering again.

Added

  • Clicking on member in group dialog shows the profile of member
  • Implement previous/next buttons for the gallery's media view (the left and right arrow keys can also be used for navigation)
  • add update unread counts on account screen on incoming messages
  • Clickable bot command suggestions, email addresses and hashtags in messages
  • Clickable links in messages on the map
  • Tray icon now shows a blue circle over the logo in case of unread messages (only linux + win)
  • reload profile image on DC_EVENT_SELFAVATAR_CHANGED in settings

Changed

  • Upgrade deltachat-node to v1.68.0
  • Bring back the back and close button in dialogs, move actions that need an ok/cancel button into it's own dialogs
  • show contacts that are already in group in add member dialog, but disabled
  • show chips for members to add
  • update to typescript 4.4.4 and update eslint to version 8.2.0 (also updated the eslint plugins to their new versions)
  • use our new rust (wasm) based message (text) parser instead of simple-markdown for making links (and so on) clickable
  • remove dependencies that are now not needed anymore (punycode, simple-markdown)
  • dont load quoted messages asynchronously
  • Fetch more messages if as close as 200px to top of MessageList
  • Join group via qr-code is now async (group already opens, no wait time)
  • show only the relevant copy action in the context menu (selection, link, email or text depending on where the context menu was invoked)
  • Use Qrcode svg from core
  • Update translations (29.11.2021)

Fixed

  • don't show logo twice in notifications (because macOS already shows applogo)
  • disable editing of left/readonly groups
  • fix member list being incomplete in chat requests
  • Fix messagelist not being at the correct position after fetching more messages
  • Fix group names/contact names & contact email addresses not being selectable
  • Fix scanning QRCode again while the Dialog is still open
  • selecting chat now closes all notifications about it again
  • fix quotes without message text are empty (#2434)
  • Fix react warning in about dialog (#2428)
  • Fix bug where wrong message is shown in chatlist item

Changed

  • use strict typescript for ui code

1.22.2 - 2021-09-23

Fixed

  • fix copy image to clipboard compatibility on windows (see #2323)
  • fix whitescreen crash on startup

1.22.1 - 2021-09-22

Removed

  • remove nsis logging again because it breaks the release build

1.22.0 - 2021-09-22

Removed

  • Windows installer: don't allow user to choose the installation path. (because user could install to data path and loose data on uninstallation, see #2356)

Added

  • Windows installer: enable logging for installer

Fixed

  • fix unreadable POI message in map in dark themes
  • fix map crash on maps in DM chats
  • fix account removal on windows

1.21.1 - 2021-09-18

Added

  • add switch to toggle simultaneous account syncing off
  • Implement settings for socks5 proxy

Changed

  • hide unfinished themes with the prefix dev_ from the theme selection, unless --devmode is active.
  • hide rocket theme

Fixed

  • fix flashing up account list on startup
  • fix update/load core translation strings
  • fix yggmail emailaddress text overflow in qrcode dialog & settings

1.21.0 - 2021-09-08

Added

  • Windows installer: Allow user to choose the installation path.
  • Copy-paste images into chat
  • make chatlist item height changeable by themes.
  • "rocket chat"-like experimental theme
  • Implement new contact request ui/ux
  • Implement new connectivity view

Changed

  • Update translations (06.09.2021)
  • Upgrade electron-builder to 22.12.0
  • Upgrade deltachat-node to v1.60.0
  • Upgrade esbuild to 0.12.15
  • Update testcafe to 1.15.0
  • Upgrade react and react-dom to 17.0.2
  • refresh theme if there is an update event by electron
  • Update to electron 13.1.6
  • Update some dependencies (classnames, emoji-regex, mime-types, use-debounce) and remove unused ones (immutability-helper, @blueprintjs/select, wolfy87-eventemitter, @types/classnames, @types/css, @types/sass, depcheck, pngjs)
  • use core method to validate email addresses, this will make tld email addresses possible
  • upgrade minimum nodejs to version 14
  • remove dependencies that are now not needed anymore (fs-extra)
  • Upgrade error-stack-parser to 2.0.6
  • Make sass and @types/debounce development dependencies
  • cleanup backend / main process (remove unused functions / variables)
  • Remove dependency array-differ
  • replace react-virtualized with react-window
  • show user-visible error in fullscreen media view if mimetype isn't set or not supported
  • migrate to core account system

Fixed

  • rename --debug flag to --devmode (in order to fix #2315)
  • fix duplicated contacts in search
  • fix going into archived view starts at bottom

[1.20.3] - 2021-06-30

Fixed

  • Chat Background fixes (fix black border on bee background, fix preview of background in settings and color picker now is set to the current color when its opened)
  • allow brackets in links (see #2238)

Changed

  • Update translations (30.06.2021)
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.56.0

1.20.2 - 2021-06-04

Added

  • Add env option VERSION_INFO_GIT_REF to manualy set the git-ref on the version info, so that you can set it manually if needed. (interesting for packagers only)

Fixed

  • Fix "Forwarded by $author" in message and add support for overwritten sender name to it.
  • Fix cursor type on hovering over sticker
  • Fix links in status (profile view)

Changed

  • Adjust sticker styling (quote styling).

Removed

  • remove unused dependency spectron, which also removes chromedriver dependency.

1.20.1 - 2021-05-28

Fixed

  • fix empty settings after importing backup
  • fix archiving/unarchiving chat deselection issues (see #2262)
  • clear userfeedback on account switch / logout (see #2261)
  • fix link color in quotes
  • disable OK button in dialog to add new members to a group if noone is selected

Changed

  • update translations (28.05.2021)

1.20.0 - 2021-03-22

Changed

  • use new decideOnContactRequest api

Added

  • add option to open message HTML in browser
  • encryption info for groups
  • Add status text to profile view
  • allow sending of ".webp" stickers
  • allow starting a video chat in groups
  • add local help for zh_CN and fr
  • add missing Czech translation #2218
  • add Mailinglist support
  • add support for overwritten sender name (also sometimes referred to as impersonation)
  • add experimental audit log to chats (view where only info/system messages are shown such as member added/removed)
  • add --minimized CLI option to start DeltaChat minimized as a tray icon. This is useful for setting DeltaChat as a startup application that starts up with your computer.
  • add support for handling mailto: links.

Fixed

  • Fix source-mapped stack trace on crash screen in bundled production builds
  • Don't delete Contact request messages, that are blocked - answered with never. #2225
  • hide show encryption info for saved messages (resulted in error)
  • Make text of elements like timestamps, chat list summaries etc. non selectable
  • remove "file://" scheme from filenames before calling dc_msg_set_file for stickers
  • initialize name field in contact profile dialog with previously manually set name and use authname as a placeholder
  • show context menu also for video chat messages
  • Fix a bug where the settings crashed
  • Fix a startup crash that sometimes appeared when you had multiple accounts setup.

Changed

  • update translations (22.05.2021)
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.55.0
  • Remove double-click to quote → this allows users to properly use double and triple click to select stuff again

1.15.5 - 2021-03-27

Added

  • add Menu item on macOS to show the main window

1.15.4 - 2021-03-24

Fixed

  • Fix dragging out file attachments #2177
  • own location and path in maps is not visible in single chats
  • Fix crash in settings-profile if account object is empty
  • make notifications more reliable and allow multiple ones at a time

Changed

  • Switch back to file scheme #2171 fixes audio and video seeking issues
  • adjust warning/hint color of before-login-hint
  • increase DAYS_UNTIL_UPDATE_SUGGESTION to 120 days
  • improve notifications (show chat name and avatar)

1.15.3 - 2021-03-18

Fixed

  • Fix qrcode unscanable in darktheme #2163
  • choose better default locations for file open dialogs #2133

Changed

  • Disable fontligatures completely
  • Rename message context menu entry "Copy" to "Copy Text" #2294

1.15.2 - 2021-03-03

Fixed

  • Fix disable contact name edit field on device message
  • Fix right click on image mesage opens both context menus #2122
  • Fix Attachment sometimes not being displayed (#2144)
  • Fix possible backup corruption (pause io while doing a backup) (#2148)
  • Fix some react warnings (#2152)
  • Fix crash in settings
  • Fix enabling/disabling notifications

Changed

  • update translations (02.03.2021)
  • change "Download attachment" to "Export attachment"

Added

  • translations for Khmer, Kurdish, Sardu, Slovak and Norwegian

1.15.1 - 2021-02-13

Fixed

  • Package Problems

Changed

  • Update electron-builder to 22.9.1
  • Update electron-notarize to 1.0.0

1.15.0 - 2021-02-11

Added

  • open message info when clicking on the error status icon of a message
  • add deltachat desktop version & build info to the logfiles
  • Add warn dialog for urls containing punycode
  • add a minimalistic theme featuring an irc like message view
  • add a context menu for electron (adds copy/paste options to composer #1997, #2047)
  • Add copy button to qrcode text/url result dialog
  • Add a confirmation dialog when starting a new videochat

Changed

  • always show timestamp and padlock/nopadlock on messages (previously padlock and timestamp were hidden on error)
  • update translations (10.02.2021)
  • add Farsi translation
  • Try to always focus composer textarea
  • Store relative instead of absolute path to last Account #2028
  • replace parcel bunder with esbuild bundler (faster bundle speed)
  • turn "theme not found" error from the --theme cli option from process exit into normal init fail with a user readable error message in an dialog.
  • loghandler: warn on non-writable stream
  • move error toast to top in order to free the view onto the message input field.
  • overhaul ui of email settings
  • overhaul ui of switching between media/message list and map
  • overhaul ui of "context" menu button
  • ui: integrate map dialog into the main screen
  • Upgrade electron to version 11
  • use only esbuild for frontend builds (skip typescript build & validation, typescript can now be checked with npm run test or npm run check-types)
  • ui: make videochat invite messages look like on android
  • ui: overhaul send message button
  • ux: indicate who forwarded the message in groups

Removed

  • Remove intergrated BasicWebRTC, because it was broken and we currently lack the resources to fix and maintain it
  • Disable React Devtools as they are broken in the newer electron versions
  • remove terser minification, the minfication of esbuild is sufficient and faster

Fixed

  • correctly display RTL text inside of the message input field (see #2036)
  • performance: only mark messages read on the currently fetched page instead of all when selecting a chat
  • show right default background for theme in background preview in settings
  • handle invalid theme metadata better (don't display no themes anymore when one has invalid metadata)
  • Fix copy of labeled links
  • Fix hard to alter text in the middle of "Video chat instance" input field (see #2016)
  • Add missing options (at once, one minute...) for autodelete from server
  • Update failed messages also in messagelist
  • Fix crash on upgrading from v1.12 or earlier

1.14.1 - 2020-12-15

Added

  • Add Press F5 to call dcMaybeNetwork

Changed

  • Show linebreaks in quotes
  • trust all labeled links from device chat
  • Adjust order of buttons at labeled link dialog
  • Change order and ux of context menus, especially for messages
  • Increase padding of draft/reply area
  • All import of .tar backup
  • open profile view instead of chat on click on contact
  • Switch to showing archived chats when selecting an archived chat in the chat search and emptying the search
  • Switch to archived/normal view accordingly when selecting an archived/unarchived chat
  • Update Translations
  • call maybe_network on window focus
  • Overhaul ui of chat background settings

Fixed

  • Fix "copy link" context menu option for labeled links
  • Fix exception when opening second instance of deltachat and tray icon is disabled
  • Fix showing/focusing deltachat on second instance
  • Hide reply context menu option in device chat
  • Fix messages sometimes overflowing
  • Fix resizing of quote after fetching author
  • Fix state update on unmounted components in Timestamp and LoginScreen
  • Fix non emojis getting displayed big (see #1989)
  • Fix selecting a chat focus composer input (see #1986)
  • Fix processing qr code again while another is still getting processed
  • Fix reconnecting logic on suspend/resume or disconnecting/connecting to a network
  • Fix using first letter of email address on avatars if there is no username or profile image set
  • Fix styling of disabled "remove profile image" button
  • Fix bug in tray menu showing hide when the window was visible or vice-versa
  • Hopefully fixed rare bug of draft area not getting cleared
  • Fix copy text selection from context menu
  • Fix Contact Requests (ui was not properly updating)

1.14.0 - 2020-11-24

Added

  • Upgrade Emoji Picker(Emoji 12.1) and emojifont(Unicode 13.1) for new emoji support 🦾
  • Add Keyboard navigation between accounts in account selection screen
  • Add the account name to the account deletion-confirmation dialog
  • Add a hover tool-tip with account path and size when hovering over the email address of an account (this is useful when importing a backup of an account you already have and can't distinguish which is the old account and which is the imported one)
  • Add context menu to gallery
  • Option for packagers to disable asar (NO_ASAR=true npm run pack:generate_config).
  • Added context menu for info messages
  • Add simple support for displaying quotes (no attachment preview nor jump to message yet)
  • Show sending indicator for outgoing info messages #1867
  • Implement tray icon (huge thanks to @pepea28 for contributing & pushing this)
  • Add info log message that lists all unconfigured accounts, so you don't need to find them yourself to delete them. (see #1952)
  • Add draft/staging area
    • add a description to the files you send
    • reply to other messages
  • Re-add pasting in of qrcode data

Changed

  • Change "More info" translation to "Message Details"
  • Through the emoji mart update, frequent emojis are now not sorted immediately, fixes #1177
  • gallery media display type is chosen via viewType now and if the mime type is not displayable by the browser an error is shown
  • minor gallery style adjustments
  • Own Context Menu Implementation that makes development easier
  • Update translations
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.50.0
  • Update inAppHelp
  • hasLocation indicator on messages is now always shown even when the experimental Location streaming feature is not turned on
  • localize some unlocalized strings in settings ("select" and "remove" buttons beneath the profile image)
  • Overhauled look and feel of the profile editing section in settings
  • Overhauled look and feel of about dialog

Removed

  • removed inline message buttons (3dot menu button and download button)

Fixed

  • Fixed missing application icon for linux
  • Fixed unselecting current chat after deleting another chat
  • Fix hover color on emoji picker for light theme
  • Fix missing translations in emoji picker
  • Fix broken enlargen group image #1924
  • Fix opening of multiple setting windows via keybinding
  • Fix two issues with the labeled link (see #1893)
  • Fix refresh of "empty chat" info meassage on chat changes
  • Fix removing incompleted account (see #1952)
  • Fix that drag n' drop selection message text resulted in an "send following dropped files" dialog
  • Fix adding of multiple members to a group via add member with searches in between (see #1964)

1.13.1 - 2020-10-06

Changed

  • order media in gallery after sortTimestamp, newer ones up

Fixed

  • Fix a bug where we render an empty message list
  • Hide invalid options in menu (example: send video invitation in device chat)

1.13.0 - 2020-10-01

Fixed

  • Fix search shows placeholders
  • Fix ok button not being a primary button in EncryptionInfo dialog
  • Fix handling of QrReader errors with own logger instead of console.error

1.13.0-rc4 - 2020-10-01

Added

  • Added indicator icon if disappearing messages are enabled in a chat/group

Changed

  • Update deltachat-node to v1.45.0
  • run npm audit fix
  • Overhaul colors of login hint
  • Change "remove account" translation to "delete account"
  • Disappearing messages are now enabled by default and not experimental anymore

Fixed

  • Fix network errors not shown on failed login
  • Fix crash on settings after first login
  • Make sure login screen doesn't flash on slow devices
  • Fix logging of react crashes.
  • Fix confusing error message on wrong autocrypt setup message code
  • Fix automatically login to last remembered account
  • Fix scanning qr code and general improvement of the whole process
  • Fix avatar initials of the text avatars, of people with no displayname, inside of the messagelist
  • Fix refreshing message list when disappearing message timed out

1.13.0-rc1 - 2020-08-13

Changed

  • Improve UX of changing/updating group & contact names, add buttons in those dialogs to the dialog footer
  • Overhaul QR Code dialog and condense scan/show qr code into one dialog
  • Implement welcome screen & overhaul login flow & account overview
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.44.0

Fixed

  • Fix sluggish ui while typing in email address in login form
  • Fix url parsing in labeled link confirmation dialog

1.12.0 - 2020-07-31

Changed

  • Updated deltachat-node to v1.42.1

1.10.4 - 2020-07-30

Added

  • Implement experimental WebRTC support for 1to1 video chats & audio calls

1.10.3 - 2020-07-30

Fixed

  • Fix labeled links (fix the regex, make it dumber)

1.10.2 - 2020-07-30

Fixed

  • Fix messagelist being empty when starting chat with contact request
  • Fix messagelist not having a scrollbar sometimes
  • Fix settings dialog not closable with escape key
  • Fix "New contact" in search results

1.10.1 - 2020-07-29

Added

  • add hint below ephemeral messages options, that explains the feature

Fixed

  • translate the term "error" in configure dialog
  • fix "Invalid date" in message details on searchresult

Removed

  • disable keycombination for Scroll active chat (alt + left arrow because this keyboard shortcut is already used by mac to move over words in input fields)

Updated

  • deltachat-node to 1.41.0
  • core version 1.41

1.10.0 - 2020-07-16

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

1.4.3 - 2020-06-30

Added

  • localize full timestamps (when hovering above the short ones) (issue #1732)

Fixed

  • fix startup with last used language (issue #1765)
  • fix language update did not apply instantly (issue #1637)
  • fix ChatListItem timestamp bug (issue #1720)

Changed

Technical

  • window.translate is now window.static_translate
  • also introduced <i18nContext.Consumer> & useTranslationFunction() which trigger a rerender when the language changes

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

1.3.4 - 2020-05-18

Fixed

  • Fix crash on login when entering invalid email
  • Fix not being able to login because of old core
  • Fix scanning qr code
  • Fix error toast only showing the event name and not the error message

Changed

  • Upgrade deltachat-node to v1.33.0

1.3.3 - 2020-05-12

Fixed

  • Fix encryption dialog causing white screen

Changed

  • Account Path: old accounts are now migrated to the new account system.

If you experience startup problems make sure you don't have two account folders of the same account.\ This could happen if you duplicated an account folder for backup purposes, for example. If you did not modify the account folders please open an issue on github.

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

1.3.1 - 2020-05-05

Fixed

  • Fix showing the correct menu on Mac
  • Fix showing the titlebar on Mac
  • Fix qr scanning on Mac

1.3.0 - 2020-04-30

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)

1.2.0 - 2020-03-30

Changed

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

Fixed

1.1.1 - 2020-03-14

Changed

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

1.1.0 - 2020-03-10

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

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

1.0.0 - 2020-02-22

Known Bugs

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

0.999.1 - 2020-02-02

Fixed

  • Fix crash on help in distributed packages

0.999.0 - 2020-02-02

Added

  • Fullscreen view for media files
  • Select last openend chat after starting app
  • Implement In-App Help
  • Implement BCC-Self setting
  • Add TypeScript support
  • Add/Move to TestCafe as testing framework
  • Add windows icons

Changed

  • Improve chatlist performance
  • Removed welcome screen and image
  • Rewrite account folder logic
  • Improve styling of media gallery
  • Show Verified Icon in Navbar
  • Disable search when showing archived chats
  • Update deltachat-node to v1.0.0-beta23.1

Fixed

  • Fix importing keys
  • Various login & account setting fixes
  • Fix unread counter
  • Fix clicking on notifications and focusing app
  • Map dialog styling
  • Fix qr images overflowing on small screens
  • Fix missing avatars in groups
  • Fix sometimes not loading all messages
  • Fix destination of DeltaChatData folder if run as portable app
  • Delete old logs
  • Fix showing spinner more noticable
  • Fix video attachment play button

0.901.0 - 2019-12-20

Changed

Removed

  • markdown removed (will come back in the future)

Fixed

  • Fix the desktop side of the bug where when a user changed their name the new name wasn't displayed see #1228 for more info on that bug.

  • Fix MessageList not updating/scrolling down on incoming message #1229 @Jikstra

  • Fix subtitle missing in device-chat #1225@Simon-Laux

  • Fix CHAT_MODIFIED state update #1247 @nicodh

  • Fix POI only visible after reloading map #1351 @nicodh

  • Avoid update draft loop #1248 @nicodh

  • Make sure all layers are removed before updates #1259 @nicodh

  • Fix bug: chat was still selected active after switching accounts #1260 @nicodh

  • Don't fetch chat twice #1262 @nicodh

  • Update deltachat-node to 1.0.0-beta.21

0.900.0 - 2019-12-12

Changed

Added

Removed

Fixed

Refactorings

Mentions

  • @adbenitez fixed some types

  • Thanks to our translators

  • Update deltachat-node to 1.0.0-beta.15

0.840.0 - 2019-11-05

Changed

Fixed

Added

0.201.0 - 2019-09-27

Added

  • A few default chat background images to choose from @Simon-Laux

Fixed

  • fixed new Language Strings and fixed a11y strings

0.200.0 - 2019-09-26

Added

Changed

Fixed

0.104.0 - 2019-06-09

Added

Changed

Fixed

0.103.0 - 2019-05-22

Added

Changed

Fixed

0.102.0 - 2019-03-12

Added

Changed

Fixed

Removed

0.101.0 - 2019-02-27

Changed

Added

Removed

Fixed

  • Show leading digits in Autocrypt Setup (#651) (@ralphtheninja)
  • Change chown to chmod in README.md (#655) /(@naltun)
  • Remove/Hide scrollbar in groupname & and fix emoji in avatar (#661) (@Simon-Laux)
  • Do not send empty messages (i.e. only spaces) (#670) (@nicodh)
  • Fix layout breaking when pasting long multiline messages to composer
  • Focus the composer position on the current selection/cursor (#677) (@jikstra)

0.100.0 - 2019-01-27

Changed

Added

Fixed

  • Fix message duplication (#613) (@Simon-Laux)
  • Appdata updates and cleanup (@har9862)
  • For some reasons emoji-mart doesn't pull in a required dependency, we need to require it manually (@jikstra)

0.99.0 - 2019-01-20

Changed

Added

Removed

Fixed

0.98.2 - 2019-01-11

Changed

Added

Removed

Fixed

0.98.1 - 2019-01-06

Changed

  • Use google noto emojis and remove image emojis (@Simon-Laux)
  • Tweak functionality in edit group page (@Simon-Laux)

0.98.0 - 2019-01-05

Changed

Added

  • Add settings for configuring mvbox and sentbox threads (@jikstra)
  • Add divider between chat list and chat view (@Simon-Laux)
  • Write output of dc.getInfo() to console (@ralphtheninja)

Removed

Fixed

0.97.0 - 2018-12-24

Changed

0.96.0 - 2018-12-11

Added

  • Improve experience for inputting Autocrypt setup codes (@karissa)
  • Media view for chats (@karissa)
  • See encryption info for contacts in a chat (@karissa)
  • List contact requests (@karissa)
  • File->Quit in the menu to quit the application (@ralphtheninja)
  • Drag a file out of the chat window to the filesystem to copy it locally (@Simon-Laux)
  • Settings option for sending read receipts (@karissa)
  • Settings option for preferring encryption (@karissa)
  • Forget account button in the Login screen (@karissa)
  • Update account settings while logged in (@karissa)

Fixed

  • Make button hover state a pointer cursor (@karissa)
  • Read and delivered checkmarks are now green (@Jikstra )
  • Display filename and size for downloadable files in messages (@Simon-Laux)
  • Richer file messages, including displaying webm videos (@ralphtheninja)
  • Ask user before leaving group (@ralphtheninja)
  • Mark messages read properly (@karissa)
  • Small bug with exporting backups (@Jikstra)

Changed

0.90.1 - 2018-12-11

Changed

Added

Fixed

Historical Note We decided to change the versionining scheme to be more in line with the android app.

Historical Note 2 We removed the older changelog, you can look at the git history to get it. (version numbers made hallmark crazy)