1.22.0

Removed

• Windows installer: don't allow user to choose the installation path. (because user could install to data path and loose data on uninstallation, see #2356)

Added

• Windows installer: enable logging for installer

Fixed

• fix unreadable POI message in map in dark themes
• fix map crash on maps in DM chats
• fix account removal on windows

1.21.1

This release candidate is currently in the testing phase, to learn more read https://support.delta.chat/t/help-to-test-upcoming-1-21-x-release/1836

WARNING: This version uses a new directory structure for accounts. If you want to revert to an older version after an update, you have to do this via an export/import

Added

• add switch to toggle simultaneous account syncing off
• Implement settings for socks5 proxy

Changed

• hide unfinished themes with the prefix dev_ from the theme selection, unless --devmode is active.
• hide rocket theme

Fixed

• fix flashing up account list on startup
• fix update/load core translation strings
• fix yggmail emailaddress text overflow in qrcode dialog & settings

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.21.1/

1.21.0

This release candidate is currently in the testing phase, to learn more read https://support.delta.chat/t/help-to-test-upcoming-1-21-x-release/1836

WARNING: This version uses a new directory structure for accounts. If you want to revert to an older version after an update, you have to do this via an export/import

Added

• Windows installer: Allow user to choose the instalation path.
• Copy-paste images into chat
• make chatlist item height changeable by themes.
• "rocket chat"-like experimental theme
• Implement new contact request ui/ux
• Implement new connectivity view

Changed

• Update translations (06.09.2021)
• Upgrade electron-builder to 22.12.0
• Upgrade deltachat-node to v1.60.0
• Upgrade esbuild to 0.12.15
• Update testcafe to 1.15.0
• Upgrade react and react-dom to 17.0.2
• refresh theme if there is an update event by electron
• Update to electron 13.1.6
• Update some dependencies (classnames, emoji-regex, mime-types, use-debounce) and remove unused ones (immutability-helper, @ blueprintjs/select, wolfy87-eventemitter, @ types/classnames, @ types/css, @ types/sass, depcheck, pngjs)
• use core method to validate email addresses, this will make tld email addresses possible
• upgrade minimum nodejs to version 14
• remove dependencies that are now not needed anymore (fs-extra)
• Upgrade error-stack-parser to 2.0.6
• Make sass and @types/debounce development dependencies
• cleanup backend / main process (remove unused functions / variables)
• Remove dependency array-differ
• replace react-virtualized with react-window
• show user-visible error in fullscreen media view if mimetype isn't set or not supported
• migrate to core account system

Fixed

• rename --debug flag to --devmode (in order to fix #2315)
• fix duplicated contacts in search
• fix going into archived view starts at bottom

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.21.0/

v1.20.3

Fixed

• Chat Background fixes (fix black border on bee background, fix preview of background in settings and color picker now is set to the current color when its opened)
• allow brackets in links (see #2238)

Changed

• Update translations (30.06.2021)
• Update deltachat-node to v1.56.0

1.20.2

Added

• Add env option VERSION_INFO_GIT_REF to manualy set the git-ref on the version info, so that you can set it manually if needed. (interesting for packagers only)

Fixed

• Fix "Forwarded by $author" in message and add support for overwritten sender name to it.
• Fix cursor type on hovering over sticker
• Fix links in status (profile view)

Changed

• Adjust sticker styling (quote styling).

Removed

• remove unused dependency spectron, which also removes chromedriver dependency.

v1.20.1

Fixed

• fix empty settings after importing backup
• fix archiving/unarchiving chat deselection issues (see #2262)
• clear userfeedback on account switch / logout (see #2261)
• fix link color in quotes

Changed

• update translations (28.05.2021)

Downloads under:
https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.20.1/

1.20.0 - Email Compat

This release candidate is currently in the testing phase, to learn more read https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-1-20-x-release/1688

Changed

• use new decideOnContactRequest api

Added

• add option to open message HTML in browser
• encryption info for groups
• Add status text to profile view
• allow sending of ".webp" stickers
• allow starting a video chat in groups
• add local help for zh_CN and fr
• add missing Czech translation #2218
• add Mailinglist support
• add support for overwritten sender name (also sometimes referred to as impersonation)
• add experimental audit log to chats (view where only info/system messages are shown such as member added/removed)
• add --minimized CLI option to start DeltaChat minimized as a tray icon. This is useful for setting DeltaChat as a startup application that starts up with your computer.
• add support for handling mailto: links.

Fixed

• Fix source-mapped stack trace on crash screen in bundled production builds
• Don't delete Contact request messages, that are blocked - answered with never. #2225
• hide show encryption info for saved messages (resulted in error)
• Make text of elements like timestamps, chat list summaries etc. non selectable
• remove "file://" scheme from filenames before calling dc_msg_set_file for stickers
• initialize name field in contact profile dialog with previously manually set name and use authname as a placeholder
• show context menu also for video chat messages
• Fix a bug where the settings crashed
• Fix a startup crash that sometimes appeared when you had multiple accounts setup.

Changed

• update translations (22.05.2021)
• Update deltachat-node to v1.55.0
• Remove double-click to quote → this allows users to properly use double and triple click to select stuff again

Why is this release numbered 1.20 instead of 1.16?

We jumped into the future with the version number, because on the other platforms this is also the 1.20 release.

Downloads under:
https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.20.0/

1.15.5

Added

• add Menu item on macOS to show the main window

1.15.4

Fixed

• Fix dragging out file attachments #2177
• own location and path in maps is not visible in single chats
• Fix crash in settings-profile if account object is empty
• make notifications more reliable and allow multiple ones at a time

Changed

• Switch back to file scheme #2171 fixes audio and video seeking issues
• adjust warning/hint color of before-login-hint
• increase DAYS_UNTIL_UPDATE_SUGGESTION to 120 days
• improve notifications (show chat name and avatar)

Downloads under https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.15.4/

1.15.3

Fixed

• Fix qrcode unscanable in darktheme #2163
• choose better default locations for file open dialogs #2133

Changed

• Disable fontligatures completely
• Rename message context menu entry "Copy" to "Copy Text" #2294

downloads under: https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.15.3/