DeltaChat 2.62.0

What's new in 2.62.0

Added
- Adding a relay: show a progress bar and allow to cancel
- Notifications are now grouped by chat on some platforms
- Show all reactions in the "Reactions" dialog grouped by emoji ("pills"), including the total count, and update the dialog live
- More support for Delta Chat links in search (#6752)
- "Load Remote Images" option is now also available in the "View" menu, for better screen reader accessibility (#6745)
- New languages: Hebrew and Belarusian (#6761)
Changed
- Relays: the primary relay can now be removed, and removing a relay deletes it immediately
- Relays: removed the "default relay" setting (#6747)
- Email addresses are no longer shown for your profiles in the profile list and settings (#6762)
- Contacts are no longer shown as "verified" (see FAQ) (#6753)
- Onboarding: show a generic privacy policy link instead of a relay-specific one (#6746)
- Better-looking toast widget (#6714, #6728, #6746)
- Notifications no longer repeat the app name
Fixed
- Camera not working on PipeWire-based Linux distributions (#6604)
- Tray menu: bring back a hidden window, and enable "Minimize" when appropriate (#6737, #6741)
- Portable mode (Windows): store the Electron cache in the portable folder and don't register as protocol handler (#6742)
- Linux: set correct WMClass (#6559)
- macOS: hide the "Hide Window Menu Bar" setting, as it has no effect there (#6670)
- Links containing scheme-like words were not linkified correctly (#6698)
- Message multiselect being reset when clicking a button
- Contents of "Show Full Message..." not being focusable
- Focus not returning to the previous element after a dialog closes
- Dialogs staying open after switching profiles (#6727)
- Audio player overflowing on small screens (#6603)
- Show a hint when trying to edit a group you are no longer a member of (#6744)
- Catch possible errors when loading apps (webxdc) with broken or oversized icons (#6723, #6724)
- Faster profile switching and faster "Ctrl + Up" (edit last message) in long chats
Removed
- Setting to enable developer tools for apps (WebXDC): instead we will show a dialog prompt every time you try to open developer tools (#6654)
- Undocumented drag-file-out WebXDC API (#6726)
- Migration of profiles from very old Delta Chat versions (#6755)
Miscellaneous Tasks
- Upgrade Electron to 43 (#6718)
- Upgrade core to 2.62.0 (#6731), notable changes:
- Onboarding adds multiple relays …

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