Summary
Version 1.0.3 was released on 05 September 2019.
This release includes the following (notable) new features, improvements and bug fixes:
- Tweaked user interface / user experience, based on testers' feedback
- Better support for assistive technology, including the following screen readers:
- Narrator, JAWS and NVDA on Microsoft Windows
- Voice Over on MacOS
- (not tested on Linux)
- Facilitated keyboard-based interaction, shortcuts and visual outlining
- Improved OPDS support (online catalogs / publication feeds), including search, and error messaging (asynchronous HTTP requests, concurrent downloads)
- Cleaned-up language resources (at the moment: English, French, German), to facilitate contributions / UI translations
- Added a Command Line Interface (CLI) to import multiple publications, "open with" or double-click from the file explorer (registered EPUB file extension)
- Better performance and security, latest NPM package dependencies wherever possible
- Improved developer experience:
- Stricter TypeScript compiler rules (static type checking)
- Chromium developer tools with integrated Electron debugger, React and Redux extensions, Axe accessibility checker, and "inspect here" popup menu helper
- Debugger configuration for Visual Studio Code, Electron main and renderer processes
- Locales management: scripts and workflow to maintain JSON language resources