v2.7.0

Over-the-air (OTA) update to Groups and Talk. This release adds Leap, includes a minimally-viable CLI client for Talk, and addresses several UX pain points.

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What's new

• Adds navigational Leap capability in Talk and Groups, accessible via Ctrl/Cmd-k, closable with Esc
• Adds a minimally-viable CLI client for Talk, accessible in Terminal via |start %talk %talk-cli followed by |link %talk-cli
• Adds support for notification content in Small Talk
• Adds the ability to bulk-invite ships to a group by copying and pasting a comma-separated list of @ps
• Adds notifications scoped to individual groups
• Adds confirmation dialogs for all destructive actions (deleting items, kicking/banning users, etc.)
• Adds the ability to "reply" to a message in Chat, recreating the quote-reference pattern from Groups 1
• Adds a persistent Help and Support floating action button to Groups and Talk
• Adds delete, react, and copy-reference actions to Gallery comments
• Adds draft support for Chat messages to prevent input wiping between navigation states
• Adds suggested groups in Find Groups
• Adds an empty-state placeholder for the Groups sidebar
• Improves the performance of the Chat scroll and restores scroll-to-position functionality
• Improves the appearance of notifications in Groups
• Improves the invitation input in the final step of the group creation flow
• Improves optimistic rendering of sent DMs
• Improves first-run experience by routing to Find Groups by default
• Fixes authentication to work with the new cookie scheme in Urbit OS
• Fixes an issue where fresh ships would fail a permissions check when joining a channel
• Fixes an issue where setting a color in a profile that started with 0 in the hex value would result in an unexpected, different color
• Fixes an issue where joining a group from a reference was impossible
• Fixes an issue where unread markers in the Groups sidebar would eventually stop updating
• Fixes an issue where creating new DMs in Safari would fail if localStorage errored
• Fixes an issue where adding more than a few Pinned Groups in the sidebar would make the scrollable list of All Groups unusably short
• Fixes an issue where Notebook comments would appear out of order
• Fixes an issue where a "Reject" button would appear on references to groups you have joined
• Fixes an issue where channel hosts could be kicked and group hosts could be banned from a group
• Fixes an issue where block content could be added to a list in a Notebook post
• Fixes an issue where multiple image blocks in Notebook posts would use the same URL
• Fixes an issue where the unread blue dot of a group would show if notifications emanating from that group hadn't been read
• Fixes an issue where rearranging channels and sections in Groups would glitch or not re-render

Contributions

• ux: profile supports color hexes starting with 0 by @tomholford in #1854
• heap: prevent double comments on Curios by @tomholford in #1855
• talk: minimal viable chat-cli for groups 2 by @Fang- in #1708
• new-group-invites: only hit enter once and actually support copy paste by @arthyn in #1871
• ops: finish janeway by @arthyn in #1865
• chat: dms should be optimistic too by @arthyn in #1875
• hark: expects ud in quilt scry by @arthyn in #1874
• groups: allow group joins from references by @patosullivan in #1860
• Landscape Wayfinding by @patosullivan in #1884
• chat: detecting disconnects by @arthyn in #1886
• uselocalstorage: gracefully fail if localstorage errors by @arthyn in #1896
• add confirm modals for destructive actions by @patosullivan in #1892
• notifications: spacing tweaks by @jamesacklin in #1899
• groups: notification overhaul by @patosullivan in #1876
• leap: layout tweaks from design by @jamesacklin in #1900
• ux: Leap by @tomholford in #1309
• channels: guarantee we always have group flag immediately upon join by @arthyn in #1902
• ops: update sync script by @tomholford in #1906
• leap: escape to close by @patosullivan in #1909
• notebook: don't allow text content to overflow by @patosullivan in #1917
• groups: try again link in find timeout message by @jamesacklin in #1911
• auth: fix to work with new cookie scheme by @arthyn in #1923
• chat: optimize virtual scroller by @arthyn in #1908
• chat: add replies by @patosullivan in #1915
• sidebar improvement omnibus by @patosullivan in #1916
• notifications: break long lines by @patosullivan in #1933
• gallery: add emojis, ref sharing, delete to comments by @patosullivan in #1926
• chat: fix new dms by @arthyn in #1935
• Only show pinned if we have talk pins, filter out left/deleted group channels from briefs by @patosullivan in #1934
• gallery: virtualize list, fetch new items at bottom by @patosullivan in #1938
• devex: remove updateScroll log by @tomholford in #1939
• chat: do not insert replies into browser history by @patosullivan in #1946
• groups: hide reject button on group refs for joined groups by @patosullivan in #1940
• chat: fix chat input loss of focus by @patosullivan in #1948
• v2.7.0 cosmetics by @jamesacklin in #1947
• chat: fix message options not appearing on mobile by @patosullivan in #1949
• chat: drafts reborn by @arthyn in #1954
• chat: fix emoji picker disappearing on subsequent messages by @patosullivan in #1955
• chat: prevent stuck at top and add scroll to message by @arthyn in #1957
• version bump: 2 7 0 [skip actions] by @jamesacklin in #1960
• notifications: make sure we load on mobile and tweak layout by @arthyn in #1965
• chat: prevent extra break/space on messages with uploaded images by @patosullivan in #1969
• groups: fix group sidebar icons in dark mode by @patosullivan in #1968
• notebooks: disable blocks in lists by @arthyn in #1972
• diary-image: fix uploader uniqueness and styling by @arthyn in #1974
• groups: prevent channel host removal by @arthyn in #1962
• groups: add real progress to mark read by @arthyn in #1975
• sidebar: stop notifications from triggering blue dot by @arthyn in #1983
• groups: Add loading state for notifications view by @patosullivan in #1984
• groups: add groupsummary to group home by @jamesacklin in #1985
• chat: using tiptap editor in a 'controlled' way is bad by @arthyn in #1986
• groups: various first-run fixes by @jamesacklin in #1991
• ux: Leap sorts by pinned, unreads, and pals by @tomholford in #1931
• diary: breaking up paragraphs correctly by @arthyn in #1990
• channelmanager: fix reorder rerender issue by @patosullivan in #1994

New Contributors

• @Fang- made their first contribution in #1708

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.7.0