v0.6.3

Commits

• fadaba9: Brand new UI (#170) (David Gerber) #170
• 26eebf8: Bump com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5 from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 (#169) (dependabot[bot]) #169
• fa4aefc: Improve default size of messaging window (David Gerber)
• 0d351cd: Add dark mode borders (David Gerber)
• 74b8f89: Improve fixed fonts (David Gerber)
• d82b4cc: Improve fonts support (David Gerber)
• 9130752: Remove Linux font (David Gerber)
• 03336f9: Optimized add peer window sizing (David Gerber)
• 23d1c02: Fix line refresh (David Gerber)
• 5670e2a: Fix MacOS (David Gerber)
• 20b2047: Improve about window (David Gerber)
• 2c99bb1: Change the warning colors (David Gerber)
• 7310ae2: Bump bouncycastleVersion from 1.76 to 1.77 (#171) (dependabot[bot]) #171
• 0bc846f: Improve main window default sizes (David Gerber)
• 5e3e01b: Bump for release 0.6.3 (David Gerber)
• 061cffa: Remove MacOS installer (David Gerber)

v0.6.2

Commits

• e4bc75e: Add a way to specify the network interface to bind to (David Gerber)
• 4995f9b: Bump org.fxmisc.flowless:flowless from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2 (#165) (dependabot[bot]) #165
• d15a367: Bump org.jsoup:jsoup from 1.16.1 to 1.16.2 (#166) (dependabot[bot]) #166
• fd7018c: Upgrade to JavaFX 21 (David Gerber)
• aa01e36: Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' (David Gerber)
• fce547d: Fix JavaFX tests (David Gerber)
• 25c3671: Upgrade Spring Boot to 3.1.5 (David Gerber)
• a366756: Fix direct messaging not working (David Gerber)
• 22ad47d: Bump mikepenz/gradle-dependency-submission from 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 (#167) (dependabot[bot]) #167
• ca10b4e: Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 (#168) (dependabot[bot]) #168
• 26c8c90: Bump for release 0.6.2 (David Gerber)

This release is signed. My PGP key is here.

v0.6.1

General

• Change the JDK so that it actually allows creating a new profile

v0.6.0

Protocol

• add forums support
• improved reliability

UI

• add markdown support
• add inline color emojis support

Misc

• profile export/import
• Java 21
• improvements to automatic backups

And many bug fixes and other improvements.

v0.5.3

UI

• add QR code export and scanning to simplify ID exchanges

Protocol

• fix GXS syncing so that updates are pushed and received in all cases (for example missing avatar image)
• make UPNP fail when the external IP is not public

And many bug fixes and other improvements.

v0.5.2

UI

• count connections in the notification bar properly
• fix most smileys on Linux
• add internationalization support, with french as a first translation
• format bytes depending on their size (KB, MB, GB, etc...)
• display flags when adding IPV4 connections (uses GeoIP)
• display I2P, Tor and LAN icons for the rest

Chat UI

• fix nickname coloring using always the same color and also tweak the coloring
• add avatars for direct chat
• show ping timeout for users who recently participated in a chat

Misc

• add auto start support on Windows

Protocol

• better DNS checks when adding RSIDs

And many bug fixes and other improvements.

v0.5.1

Protocol

• add Tor support
• add I2P support
• add DHT support
• improve UPNP compatibility with Askey devices
• add hostname support in discovery
• upgrade the broadcast discovery protocol to the latest ongoing version

UI

• add Settings UI
• show a notification for detected clients on the LAN
• add status bar
• add leds for NAT and DHT status
• improve Home UI and menus
• improve tray icon (menu and tooltip)

Chat UI

• bases the nickname color on the GxsId to make spoofing harder

Connection

• prefer direct connection for clients on the same LAN
• detect if the IP changed and reconfigures the services accordingly

Misc

• add idle detection to change the status
• add argument to start iconified

And many bug fixes and other improvements.

v0.4.0

Chat UI

• improve chat room info display
• add tooltip over the user list
• improve nickname completion: the tab key handles multiple nicknames and works anywhere
• display received broadcasts

Identities

• add support for identity avatar image, including setting it

Protocol

• faster and more consistent GxS syncing

Database

• upgrade to latest H2 (this means the user data needs to be deleted before upgrading, sorry!)

Connection

• allow to manually select a peer IP to connect to
• connect immediately to peers when adding them
• allow to manually set trust levels

Misc

• add a log file in the user directory (useful for troubleshooting)
• display profile and location name in the main window
• improve error messages

And many bug fixes and other improvements.

v0.3.2

Chat UI improvements

• chat rooms with unread messages are highlighted
• scrollback buffer fixes
• unseen chat rooms are removed after a while

General UI improvements

• visible error messages when there's a startup problem
• peer window only shows connected locations instead of all of them
• improved 'add certificate' window

Protocol improvements

• add user timeout support in chat rooms
• faster syncing for distributed chat
• improved identity transfers reliability
• add private chats rooms with invitation support
• faster connection to a peer by using the best connection first

Distribution

• smaller packaging by only bundling needed native libraries
• added JAR version: needs a local JDK 17 and runs on all supported architectures + Linux ARM64 and OSX ARM64

And many bug fixes and other improvements.

v0.3.1

Chat UI improvements

• add time stamps prefix for each line
• improve text formatting
• add support for URLs
• add support for emojis
• add image support for node to node messaging
• add support for inline certificate links
• add support for actions (/me is happy)
• add nicknames coloring

General UI improvements

• add ability to delete profiles
• sort profiles and identities

Protocol improvements

• forward chat messages between multiple peers
• handle SSL handshake failures properly
• better recovery from a suspend/resume cycle (for example on a laptop)
• chat rooms can be created even when no peer is connected
• certificate support is back
• add support for DNS names in certificates

And many bug fixes and other improvements.