github signalapp/Signal-Desktop v1.1.0

latest releases: v7.34.0-beta.2, v7.34.0-beta.1, v7.33.0...
6 years ago

Note: This release is equivalent to v1.1.0-beta.6. Listed below are the changes from the previous production release: v1.0.41

Update to electron 1.7.9 (#1736)

Support the latest phone number formats via libphonenumber update (#1899)

Reduce download size by ~25MB compared to the previous production build (#1869)

Emoji - thanks @liliakai:

  • Emoji picker (#1608)
  • Add support for Emoji 5 (#1797)

Notifications:

  • Windows 7: Use an alternate mechanism for notifications (#1812)
  • Prevent drawAttention() when notifications are turned off - thanks @canerelci! (#1612)

Linux:

  • Support for current (artful) and previous (xenial) ubuntu versions (#1856)
  • Fix missing application icon on some Linux distributions (#1735)
  • Fix issue where window would not show new message alerts on some Linux systems - thanks @cornerman (#1820)
  • Add .deb specific dependencies - thanks @veggiedefender (#1858)

The default button is now 'later', not 'restart' in the 'update available' dialog (#1894)

Make the window minimum width a little smaller - thanks @emptyflask (#1863)

Intl-friendly sort order for contact lists (#1900)

Fix issue where update would restore deleted windows shortcut (#1804)

Fix issue where .tif file attachments could not be sent or received (#1901)

(in testing) Add a tray icon to the application behind command-line argument - thanks @m-pilia (#1676)

  • --use-tray-icon enables the tray icon
  • --start-in-tray enables the tray icon and the application starts minimized in the tray bar

(in testing) Support pass-through proxies with HTTPS_PROXY environment variable (#1878)

Dev:

  • Display of environment and app instance in title bar/about window (#1606)
  • Support for beta releases installed beside production versions (#1606)
  • Fix json parsing exceptions obscuring server errors (#1605)
  • Be resilient to thrown non-errors in import process (#1737)

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