deltachat/deltachat-desktop v1.3.0

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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)