FerrisPad v0.1.5

🦀 FerrisPad v0.1.5

Added

• In-App Update Checker: Privacy-first update notification system
  • Manual update check via Help → Check for Updates menu
  • Auto-check on startup (once per 24 hours, fully optional)
  • Notification banner when updates are available
  • Settings toggle to enable/disable auto-updates
  • GitHub API integration for release checking
  • Semantic version comparison
  • Background thread for non-blocking checks
  • No telemetry or tracking - only checks GitHub public API
• About Dialog: Standard application information
  • Help → About FerrisPad menu item
  • Displays version, copyright, license information
  • Project website and GitHub links
• Privacy-First Design: Complete transparency and user control
  • Update checker can be completely disabled
  • No personal data collection
  • No usage tracking or analytics
  • Open source and auditable code

Changed

• Extended Settings dialog with Updates section
• Enhanced Help menu with About and Check for Updates items
• Updated website with privacy section and new features
• Improved README with privacy commitments and update checker documentation

Fixed

• Settings dialog close button no longer closes entire application
• Proper event handling for modal dialogs

Technical

• Added src/updater.rs module (267 lines)
  • GitHub API integration
  • Semantic versioning with semver crate
  • Background update checking
  • Thread-safe state management with Arc<Mutex>
  • Comprehensive test coverage (12 unit tests)
• Extended src/settings.rs with update preferences
  • auto_check_updates field
  • update_channel (Stable/Beta)
  • last_update_check timestamp
  • skipped_versions list
  • Backward compatibility with old config files
• Enhanced src/main.rs (+288 lines)
  • Background update check on startup
  • Update notification banner
  • About dialog implementation
  • Manual check dialog
• Added dependencies:
  • reqwest (with rustls-tls for better portability)
  • semver (for version comparison)
  • open (for opening URLs in browser)
• Total test count: 18 unit tests (all passing)
• Comprehensive documentation (15 files, ~170 KB in docs/temp/0.1.5/)

📦 Downloads

• Linux: Ubuntu/Debian .deb package
• Windows: Portable .zip archive
• macOS: Universal .dmg installer (Intel + Apple Silicon)

📝 Installation

See the Installation Guide for detailed instructions.