LBRY 0.10 - The Omnibar Edition

This release includes major changes to the look and feel of the app. The left menu and search box are gone, replaced by a browser-like bar at the top of the page. The homepage is redesigned to highlight several popular categories of content. On first run, the app offers a (very brief) tutorial on what you can do, and rewards you for trying out new features (rewards require an invite at the moment, to prevent abuse).

Under the hood, the app is faster and more responsive. The latest daemon brings improvements in reliability and caching of name resolutions, among other things.

New UI

Full Changelog

Added

• The UI has been overhauled to use an omnibar and drop the sidebar.
• Redesigned homepage
• New welcome flow for new users
• The app is much more responsive when switching pages. It no longer reloads the entire page and all assets on each page change.
• New publishes now display immediately in My Files, even before they hit the lbrynet file manager.
• Code signing of binary on Windows

Changed

• Update process now easier and more reliable
• Updated search to be compatible with new Lighthouse servers
• Cleaned up shutdown logic
• Support lbry v0.10 API signatures
• Add special support for building channel claims in lbryuri module
• Handle more of price calculations at the daemon layer to improve page load time
• lbry.js now offers a subscription model for wallet balance similar to file info.
• You can now make API calls directly on the lbry module, e.g. lbry.peer_list()
• New-style API calls return promises instead of using callbacks
• Wherever possible, use outpoints for unique IDs instead of names or SD hashes

Fixed

• Fix Watch page and progress bars for new API changes
• Fixed file info subscribes not being unsubscribed in unmount.
• Fixed drawer not highlighting selected page.