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Bugfixes:

• libssl and libcrypto missing on windows

Official release v0.4.1

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Official release v0.4.0

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Official release v0.3.0

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Release Notes

What's New for Users:
This release brings Windows 10 support and transforms the app into a nostr client with media support, threaded conversations, and a polished user experience. You can now view images and videos directly in posts, engage in nested comment discussions, and enjoy a much more responsive and intuitive interface across Windows and Linux.

🎬 Rich Media Support

• Image display and viewer - Images from URLs now display directly in posts with a dedicated image viewer
• Video player with fullscreen support - Embedded video player with play/pause controls, progress bar, and fullscreen mode
• Download images and videos - Save any image or video directly to your computer with a single click
• Video controls - Full video playback controls including time display and seeking

💬 Enhanced Social Features

Comments & Conversations

• Nested comment threads - Comment on posts with full threaded conversation support
• Comment trees - Visual indentation shows conversation hierarchy and reply relationships

Reposts & References

• Referenced post display - Reposts and quote reposts now show the original post content inline
• Nested post references - Support for complex post reference chains
• Quote repost support - Create and view quote reposts with your commentary

Profile Integration

• Smart profile rendering - npub addresses automatically display as profile names and pictures
• Clickable profile links - Click any profile reference to view that user's feed
• Profile pictures everywhere - User avatars displayed consistently across the app

🎨 User Experience Improvements

Navigation & Interface

• Improved scrolling - Smooth scrolling behavior across all feeds and chats
• Collapsible sidebar - More screen space when you need it
• Auto-scroll intelligence - Feeds automatically scroll to new content when appropriate

Chat & Messaging

• Message anyone - Send private messages without requiring a follow relationship
• Better chat interface - Improved message display and input handling
• Enhanced scroll behavior - Smooth chat scrolling that remembers your position

🖥️ Cross-Platform Support

• Windows support - Full Windows compatibility with native installer
• Better performance - Reduced memory usage and faster loading
• Improved reliability - Better connection handling and error recovery

🔧 Behind the Scenes

Performance Improvements

• Faster loading - Optimized event processing and database operations
• Reduced memory usage - Better resource management prevents slowdowns
• Network optimization - Smarter relay selection and connection management

Reliability & Stability

• Better error handling - Graceful handling of connection failures
• Publish status tracking - See when your posts successfully publish to relays
• Connection monitoring - Visual indicators for network status

Developer & Build Improvements

• Automated version management - Streamlined release process
• Updated dependencies - Latest Qt and build system improvements
• Code organization - Better maintainability for future features

Merged pull requests

• UI Bugfixes and Improvements by @prolic in #72
• add event debug menu button by @prolic in #73
• streamline top bar UI and controls by @prolic in #75
• UI Bugfixes for referenced posts by @prolic in #76
• Fix Login, Follow List Flickering, and Improve Event Handling (Inbox Model) by @prolic in #74
• Bugfixes and minor improvements by @prolic in #95
• add publish status alerts and UI improvements by @prolic in #96
• add error handling for failed relay connections by @prolic in #97
• PostContent with selectable text and clickable URLs by @prolic in #100
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 by @dependabot in #102
• Postcontent addition by @prolic in #101
• Allow messaging without follow & make profile links clickable by @prolic in #103
• make referenced post author clickable by @prolic in #106
• Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 8 to 9 by @dependabot in #108
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 by @dependabot in #107
• Improve repost handling and display in feed by @prolic in #110
• UI Improvements by @prolic in #113
• Inbox Model Refactoring with Improved Event Subscription and Status Notifications by @prolic in #114
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 by @dependabot in #115
• UI Overhall by @prolic in #116
• Improved Profile Interaction and UI Reactivity by @prolic in #117
• Optimize UI update notifications with more targeted signaling by @prolic in #118
• optimize GiftWrap event processing by moving decryption to handler layer by @prolic in #119
• improve UI update handling with granular object signaling by @prolic in #120
• UI signals profile changes by @prolic in #121
• Comment tree structure and UI by @prolic in #122
• remove unix dependency by @prolic in #123
• Improved Windows support by @prolic in #125
• Automated version management system by @prolic in #128

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.3.0

Official release v0.2.2

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Closed issues

• UI Bugfixes and Improvements by @prolic in #72
• add event debug menu button by @prolic in #73
• streamline top bar UI and controls by @prolic in #75
• UI Bugfixes for referenced posts by @prolic in #76

Changes

• Optimized Subscription Handling

  • Implemented proper event pagination with timestamp tracking.
  • Added event deduplication across batches.
  • Improved debug logging for pagination and subscription events.
  • Fixed timestamp handling to prevent future-dated events.
  • Reduced events per pubkey from 2000 to 500 for better efficiency.

• Relay Connection & Event Parsing

  • Improved relay connection state management.
  • Fixed parsing of OK messages from relays.
  • Updated follow list and DM relay parsing.
  • Added proper nevent links for quoted reposts.
  • Increased connection timeout from 3s to 15s to enhance reliability.

• UI & UX Enhancements

  • Fixed follow list flickering by improving model caching.
  • Improved login experience with better async timing.
  • Fixed profile filter issues to improve data consistency.

• Subscription & Relay Overhaul

  • Moved subscription handling to a dedicated SubscriptionHandler module.
  • Improved relay connection reliability with fallbacks and rebalancing.
  • Optimized relay selection logic for better distribution of events.

• Codebase Improvements

  • Simplified tag handling by switching to list-based tags.
  • Moved type definitions into dedicated modules (Event, Profile, Relay).
  • Updated tag parsing and generation throughout the codebase.

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2

Official release v0.2.1

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Official release v0.2.0

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Official release v0.1.0

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What's Changed

• fix dev build docker image by @prolic in #12
• Rebuild by @prolic in #17
• GitHub CI by @prolic in #20
• NIP44 Encryption / Decryption by @prolic in #21
• Effectful by @prolic in #24
• Follow List Implementation and UI Enhancements by @prolic in #26
• Downgrade Cabal to 3.10.3.0 by @prolic in #27
• Bump actions/cache from 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 by @dependabot in #29
• Improve connection handling and retry logic by @prolic in #28
• Improve UI and add search functionality by @prolic in #30
• Bump actions/cache from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 by @dependabot in #35
• NIP 17 - Private Direct Messages / NIP 42 - Relay Auth by @prolic in #38
• Bump actions/cache from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 by @dependabot in #42
• Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #43
• Relay Management / Outbox Model by @prolic in #41

New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #29

Full Changelog: v0.0.2...v0.1.0