deltachat/deltachat-desktop v1.21.0

1.21.0

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This release candidate is currently in the testing phase, to learn more read https://support.delta.chat/t/help-to-test-upcoming-1-21-x-release/1836

WARNING: This version uses a new directory structure for accounts. If you want to revert to an older version after an update, you have to do this via an export/import

Added

• Windows installer: Allow user to choose the instalation 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

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.21.0/