v5.8.0

Over-the-air (OTA) update to %groups. This release further refines the left sidebar on desktop, makes search much faster, and includes lots of other small fixes.

This has been released with hash: 0vh.ua3q8.scdt5.k5gos.e1s0g.s6o1q.4riqe.uovcj.7apqn.pn4gr.2e4km

What's New

• Improved performance of search
• Improved performance of sidebar animation
• Updated desktop navigation and Leap to be clearer based on feedback
• Updated notifications to show nicknames
• Updated state fetching to improve performance on mobile, specifically when reconnecting
• Updated our areas of support to all point towards emailing support@tlon.io
• Added handling for kick/resubscribes so that we don't DDOS ourselves or each other
• Added support for special characters in search
• Added redirects for bad URLs in channels
• Fixed issue causing emoji picker to be hidden
• Fixed issue with uploading to wrong http protocol
• Fixed issue with uploading with missing publicUrlBase
• Fixed issue where Leap was crashing when opened
• Fixed issue where the wrong desk was being used for settings

Contributions

• web: update readme and development docs by @patosullivan in #3269
• activity: show contact alias for ship name in notification content by @patosullivan in #3273
• s3: prevent attempt to upload to insecure s3 endpoint from secure context by @patosullivan in #3272
• channels: redirect on bad id in thread URL by @patosullivan in #3268
• channels: make sure channel data is up to date when we have unreads by @patosullivan in #3267
• mobile: fix display of new groups in list by @alecananian in #3276
• subscriptions: kick resub ddos protection by @arthyn in #3212
• scroller: invert list based on reading direction by @patosullivan in #3236
• Move types to shared package. by @dnbrwstr in #3280
• upload: handle no publicUrlBase by @jamesacklin in #3282
• channels: support non-knot text in searches by @Fang- in #3274
• mobile: generate profile tab icon from user sigil by @alecananian in #3281
• scroller: revert reading direction inversion changes by @patosullivan in #3290
• Add Realm + Contact sync by @dnbrwstr in #3283
• leap: change default menu items, icon type by @jamesacklin in #3295
• errors: send mail to support@tlon.io by @jamesacklin in #3294
• state: rip out prefetching on unread in bootstrap by @patosullivan in #3297
• leap: fix crash on open by @patosullivan in #3298
• LAND-1025: Fix broken docs links by @midsum-salrux in #3289
• mobile: use single webview & handle native/webview navigation ipc by @latter-bolden in #3284
• web: desktop navigation improvements by @jamesacklin in #3285
• channels, chat: faster search ux by @Fang- in #3293
• channel: improved state fetching by @arthyn in #3287
• web/nav: restore safe area inset for mobile nav in native app by @jamesacklin in #3300
• nav/desktop: wire up update button by @jamesacklin in #3302
• deps: upgrade react-router by @latter-bolden in #3301
• Staging to dev 2024.03.04 by @arthyn in #3306
• web/nav: fix overflow clipping issues by @jamesacklin in #3307
• mobile reactions: fix hidden emoji picker by @latter-bolden in #3304
• mobile: implement groups tab in RN by @alecananian in #3303
• ops: bump mobile version to 47 by @latter-bolden in #3309
• %activity agent by @midsum-salrux in #3219
• mobile: revert native groups list for now by @latter-bolden in #3310
• mobile: pull in subsequent work from the old repo by @latter-bolden in #3311
• e2e tests: avoid relying on urbit.org for runtime downloads by @latter-bolden in #3313
• settings: use %landscape, not %garden by @patosullivan in #3316
• perf: speed up sidebar sorter by @patosullivan in #3317
• ops: version bump and promote to staging by @arthyn in #3318

Full Changelog: v5.7.0...v5.8.0