I'm really happy to release this first beta version of Sideband. Since the last alpha releases, there has been a lot of small tweaks and improvements, and some major new additions, that now makes Sideband usable as a day-to-day tool. This is still very early, but we are getting there.
Changes
- Sideband can now connect directly to Reticulum hubs on the Internet via I2P and TCP
- Added connectivity settings
- Added connectivity status
- Added Android/Desktop awareness for connectivity settings
- Added Guide section
- Added propagation nodes to announce stream
- Added various keyboard shortcuts for sending, adding conversations and navigating
- Updated Sideband to use RNS 0.3.9
- Improved app navigation
- Improved presplash loading graphics (now with dark mode support)
- Implemented a circumenvention for an SDL2 widget focus bug
- Various minor UI tweaks