github moffatman/chan v1.2.9-forked-engine
v1.2.9

latest releases: v1.2.9+116-forked-engine, v1.2.9+116-forked, v1.2.9+116...
7 months ago

New Features

  • HTTP 2.0 support
    • This should fix all the Error 403 posting on 4chan
      • Any user-agent containing "Trident/7.0;" (the temporary workaround) will be cleared on first launch
  • New video player gestures
    • Zooming (pinch with two fingers)
    • Double-tap and...
      • Immediately release to zoom in/out by 2x
      • Drag up/down to zoom in/out
      • Drag left/right to pan back/forward
    • Hold in center to pause while holding
    • Hold on left/right edge to speedup to 2x while holding
  • Google Lens reverse-image-search
  • History list in drawer
  • Setting to dim thumbnails (with settings icon toggle)
  • Setting to move reply button to the bottom of the screen
  • Support for ptchan.org
  • Support for "filename" archive search field
  • Support for "oldest first" when searching archives

General Improvements

  • Support Cloudflare turnstile captcha (for holotower)
  • Update archive search query editor
    • Save/Cancel button instead of always saving and always searching on exit
  • New tabs will start with current site instead of first site alphabetically
  • Added some longer options for tab auto-update timers
  • Large thumbnails (>125px) will try to use full-res image if loaded from the gallery already
  • Added a popup button to find watched unread threads within "more discussion" on /chance/
  • Show vote counts on 2chan.net
  • Show error loading thread and possible actions next to the bottom-right indicator
  • Show number of search results within the bottom-right indicator
  • Relative timestamps will count up live
  • Improved board search algorithm
    • Press space to match exact board name
  • Imgur links and galleries loaded inline
  • More suggested filters within the "Hide..." menu
    • Username
    • Trip
    • Subject
    • Text (if one-line)
  • Select text -> Filter
  • Setting to disable highlighting primary post when sharing as an image with parent/child context
  • Show NSFW label on Reddit threads
  • Faster popup of Cloudflare challenge page
  • Suggest to batch mark/unmark posts with the same account (on relevant sites) as (You)

Tweaks

  • Faster history search
  • Added error handler and retry popup to the list of discussion threads in the settings
  • Updated reply box height-limiting behaviour
    • Keep the height limited when writing a long post
    • Expand the height if possible when opening menus
  • Improved layout for wide Reddit tables
  • Show total of unseen (You)s in tabs in the tab icon (not just unseen post)
  • Increase spam-filter-check time limit by 3 seconds
  • Added a loading indicator while searching for subreddits
  • Improved colors for short (<7 chars) poster IDs
  • Added "last replies" in catalog on lynxchan-based sites
  • Improved quality of exported MP4 files
  • Shrink catalog page button to match buttons within thread
  • Support handling cooldown/flood warning when posting to lynxchan-based sites
  • Support user IDs on jschan-based sites
  • HTTP 304 handling for catalogs
  • Improved error messages when 4chan captcha response "doesn't match"
  • Support spoiler images on lynxchan-based sites (including upload checkbox)
  • Always show page number on hidden threads in the catalog
  • Prioritize non-rate-limited archives on search
  • Show a popup message when getting a long rate-limit block from server
  • Added context menu actions on threads within history search results
  • Faster load of other tabs after app restart
  • Added a trash icon next to the indicator for deleted threads
  • Drawer icons like settings, history, saved now navigate back if that is already the current pane
  • Reduce amount of noise used in "Randomize checksum" re-encoding
  • Improved performance of filters
  • Cleaned up the layout of search query descriptions

Bugfixes

  • Crashlytics was not disabled before first opt-in popup
  • Suggested YouTube thumbnail URL broke when video didn't have HQ thumbnail
  • UnsupportedError popup when searching archived threads
  • "Go to post" and other features missing when opening images from the vertically-scrolling gallery
  • Fixed visual glitches when searching for a board while scrolled-down in the switcher
  • Improve URL linkifier for various rare edge cases
  • Archive search did not properly reset to page 1 when editing the query
  • Background tabs might be missing unseen posts after relaunch
  • Captcha form might be stuck with wrong number of letters
  • Long filenames containing emojis could break the post metadata area
  • Whole network stack could be deadlocked after receiving a HTTP 429 rate-limit
  • Workaround Android limitation on 32 files with same name when saving media
  • Editing the list of image MD5s to filter didn't work properly
  • Tab bar could be shown while navigation bars were still hidden
  • Embed links didn't work on holotower
  • Transparent images had corrupt thumbnails in the reply form (just locally, no corruption on uploaded image)
  • Missing image when posting to lynxchan-based sites (8chan)
  • Special characters caused an error and could not be posted on lynxchan-based sites
  • Confusing error from TinEye
  • Bad cookie handling on retried HTTP requests
  • Retry original operation after applying remedies (e.g. "try archive" or "reset timer")
  • Bottom row with thread menu could get cut-off if too much content
  • Soundposts didn't load on Cloudflare-protected sites
  • Multiple Cloudflare popups instead of one for protected sites at launch of app
  • Poor performance of staggered grid catalog
  • If a thread was 404 upon opening, some posts were stuck when loading from archive
  • Thumbnail not shown while loading high-quality image in gallery
  • Glitchy loading spinner in gallery
  • Image download queue did not cancel properly when closing the gallery
  • Deleting posts did not work on lynxchan-based sites
  • Some thread metadata was unreadable on unread watched threads
  • Auto-saved or auto-watched threads would be missing most of their posts until a new post was made
  • Randomize checkbox on filename did not reliably disable when manually editing the filename
  • Loading spinner showed for too long on Reddit videos
  • Lazy/line-tap on quotelinks didn't work after using the context menu
  • Creating new threads on Dvach didn't work
  • Setting editor for "limit uploaded file dimensions" started with "null" in the text box
  • Image loading spinner or error info did not move with the image when dragged
  • (You) coloring to the left of posts didn't respect visibility settings when sharing posts as an image
  • OP could be missing when sharing a post + all parents in tree mode as an image
  • Tabs opened in background didn't show the number of unread posts until they were first activated
  • /chance/ board was not selectable as a board in the filter wizard
  • Transcoding images and videos sometimes used the wrong bitrate target (too low)
  • Transcoded images including an alpha channel (transparency) gave the wrong result on Android
  • Suggested subreddits could be lost when typing quickly
  • Cached catalog data was not cleared while the app was open (memory leak)
  • Keyboard could re-open on Android after using the gallery
  • Thread watcher progress bar didn't show the progress of the initial update upon app launch
  • Scrolling to the bottom of a thread didn't quite reach the bottom
  • Unable to load the warosu.org's archive for /3/
  • Reddit search for username + query didn't work, it just showed username results
  • Timed-out and abandoned archive requests could still end up showing cloudflare popup
  • Sliders couldn't be dragged after being tapped

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