github signalapp/Signal-Desktop v1.15.0-beta.1

latest releases: v7.5.1, v7.6.0-beta.3, v7.6.0-beta.2...
pre-release5 years ago

Preview some upcoming visual changes before they hit production, and let us know what you think. Thanks for being a beta tester!

  • New colors and message bubbles
  • Unified theme
  • Video playback updates
  • Disappearing messages can now be enabled without first turning them on with a '1 day' duration
  • The status of the last conversation message (if outgoing) is now shown in the left pane
  • One-click access for replying to message

Fixed: Deleting conversations with a large history would sometimes fail

Fixed: Sometimes triple-dot menu for replying to message would show up off-screen

Fixed: Some elements of Media Gallery did not honor dark theme

Fixed: Wrong attachment would be saved from Media Gallery lightbox after left/right navigation

Updated localization strings

Dev:

  • New version 8 schema for messages: thumbnails and dimensions from image and video attachments, as well as a full-size video screenshot for use in conversation view
  • Much of the application has been moved to React
  • Dark theme was rewritten from scratch
  • New CSS is now using Block Element Modifier syntax (BEM) for info: http://getbem.com/
  • All backbone-related functionality removed from Style Guide
  • JSHint removed from project; ESLint now scans entire project
  • TSLint rule for formatting removed; as it had a conflict with Prettier
  • _locales/en/messages.json is now included in jsprettier runs

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