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Delta Chat Changelog

What's new in Delta Chat 1.44.1

Mar 10, 2024
  • Changed:
  • Update deltachat-node and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to v1.136.3
  • Fixed:
  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.44.0 (Mar 9, 2024)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.42.2 (Dec 3, 2023)

  • Changelog:
  • 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)

New in Delta Chat 1.42.1 (Nov 24, 2023)

  • 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.

New in Delta Chat 1.42.0 (Nov 24, 2023)

  • Fix clear chat sometimes not refreshing the messagelist

New in Delta Chat 1.41.4 (Nov 22, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.41.3 (Nov 17, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.40.4 (Sep 16, 2023)

  • Added:
  • Show video chat instance URLs as subtitles #3369
  • 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.

New in Delta Chat 1.40.3 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.40.0.0 (Aug 26, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.39.0.0 (Aug 6, 2023)

  • Added:
  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.38.1.0 (Jun 24, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.38.0.0 (Jun 20, 2023)

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

New in Delta Chat 1.37.1.0 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.37.0.0 (Jun 7, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.36.4.0 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.36.3.0 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • 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, this blocked the appstore release
  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.36.2.0 (Apr 15, 2023)

  • 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, this blocked the appstore release
  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.36.1.0 (Apr 11, 2023)

  • Supports entries in LXSS without DistributionName
  • Replace tabs by whitespaces

New in Delta Chat 1.34.3.0 (Feb 10, 2023)

  • Added:
  • add context menu option to mark all archived chats as noticed
  • add reply privately in mailinglists
  • 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/[email protected] & @emoji-mart/[email protected])
  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.34.0 (Nov 28, 2022)

  • 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
  • https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.34.0/DeltaChat%20Setup%201.34.0.exe

New in Delta Chat 1.33.1 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.30.1 (Jul 24, 2022)

  • 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

New in Delta Chat 1.15.0 (Feb 25, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue in the static IP assignment used for the DNS forwarder.