PATCH NOTES

What’s New in v0.2.5

Improvements & Bug Fixes:

• Improved contact search functionality within the ‘Add Members’ dialog of group chats, particularly beneficial for users managing extensive contact lists (400+)
• Resolved video controls in the attachment view modal on desktop app
• Increased contrast for better visibility of PDF view control buttons
• Updated button colors in the attachment view modal for the light theme
• Optimized message bubble and chat list entry to prevent text overflow, avoiding horizontal scrolling in chats
• Rectified default avatar & chat picture display for usernames that start with a special character to prevent instances where ‘undefined’ displays instead of two letters 
• Fixed chat name display in chat header and chat drawer

What’s New in v0.2.4

Bug Fixes:

• Resolved issue where P2P chats appeared above group chats in the chat list
• Rectified problem preventing moderators from adding users to group chats
• Addressed glitch causing attachments to display multiple times in the media drawer
• Resolved visual bug causing background ornaments to overlap in some screen

What’s New in v0.2.3

Performance Improvements & Optimizations

• Performance: ORION has been optimized for users participating in hundreds of chats, whether P2P of group chats
• Scalability: Architecture & implementation can accommodate groups of up to 100k users)
• Security: Strengthened security protocol for API requests

New Features & Enhancements:

• Redesigned Chat List: New look, latest message activity populates at the top of the chat list, preview text displays most recent message for quick reference
• Streamlined Contact Page: Redesigned to reduce steps needed to add or message users
• Simplified Chat Creation: Updated for a smoother user experience
• Theme Updates: New dark theme; light theme redesign; ORION blue theme improvements
• Attachment Preview Enhancement: View attachment previews with a solid color background for better clarity
• Account Settings Update: Improved zoom slider
• Search Contacts: *NEW*
• Enhanced Chat Management: Simplified user experience by removing the capability to create multiple chats with the same user
• One Reaction Per Message: Users can add only one reaction per message
• Enhanced P2P Notifications: P2P notifications now display sender

Bug Fixes:

• Resolved issue preventing users from zooming in and out of attachments
• Fixed role change bug; member list no longer duplicates, eliminating the need for refreshing to view role change updates
• Addressed contact count inconsistency
• Ceased notifications for users’ own reactions or edits
• Fixed chat avatar display for new chats, removing the need for manual refresh
• Restored service messages upon user departure or removal from chats
• Fixed attachment refusal bug related to non-Unicode filenames
• Ensured consistency in profile pictures after modification
• Prevented deleted users from receiving notifications for specific chats
• Improved consistency and clarity in user search results

What’s New in v0.1.4:

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

• Attachments upload no matter the name (still needs to be saved as a .jpeg or .png before uploading)
• No longer receive notifications for reactions – users still get notifications for messages, but not for reactions (emojis)
• No longer receive notifications for a group chat that user has left
• A broken message in a chat caused the entire chat to show a spinning wheel

What’s New in v0.1.3:

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

• Chat list now displays profile images for DMs
• Header within the DM chat displays profile images
• Buttons to open DM chat from drawer works
• Reply with an image to an image or to a reply with an image now works
• Note to self reintroduced and working
• Reactions in DM chats display correctly

What’s New in v0.1.0:

• Added ability to mute chats
• Improved scroll function
• Improved infinite scroll on messages
• Copied messages include styling (rich text format)
• Added landscape mode on Android tablets
• New P2P chat entities & events

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

• Resolved issue where every chat name appeared as the username of the account owner
• Drawer no longer blocks modal when attempting to leave a chat or delete a group chat
• No longer need to refresh in order for a deleted chat to be removed from chat list
• Fixed text box size on mobile
• Users can be promoted to admin or moderator without losing chat key
• Users can now navigate between attachments on preview modal
• Restored ability to copy messages outside of ORION app

What’s New in v0.0.5:

• Application reload time is a lot faster
• Open chat info drawer by clicking on the name of the chat
• Add ability to create a chat with users that are not in your contacts
• Add ability to add users that are not in your contacts to an existing chat
• Save attachments in IndexDB to for 30 days to improve chat load time and avoid having to re-decrypt them
• Unsent messages get saved as drafts
• Allow user to enlarge all app components instead of only text size
• Number of unread messages on app icon badge 
• Virtualization of the members list in chat drawer, improving performance of big groups
• Retain format when copy/pasting
• Virtualization of contacts, allowing improve performance for contact list
• Showing Orion users on chat creation dialog
• Improvements of the websocket reconnecting flow, improving performance when coming back into the app
• Versioning system got changed in order to use industry standards (semver)
• Save app files on device to make it to work offline 
• Core data architecture to improve performance
• Added ADD TO CONTACTS button in user drawer
• Faster encryption and decryption

Bug Fixes:

• New chat not showing service messages (if user is not the creator)
• Chat shows as empty until first scroll
• The same chat name shows up multiple times in Chat list
• Unable to open the chat that is highlighted when app loads (was selected before closing the app)
• “Load more messages” not triggering if all messages from the first bach are visible on the screen
• User can’t take back emoji reaction if the user wasn’t the first to react
• Scrolling through messages sometimes freezes the app
• “Unread messages count” not always clearing after viewing a messages from a chat
• Missing “user removed” service message
• Reaction disappears after exiting the chat & re-entering
• Content from previous seen chat shows in the newly opened chat for a second
• Messages sent while “websocket loading bar” is on don’t appear in the chat.
• After reconnecting, app jumps to a different chat
• Secret key missing after chat creation, causing critical failure
• Chats show in incorrect order when a new chat is created from another device
• Deleting a chat requires a refresh to make it also disappear from the list
• Message sent in note to self chat appeared in another chat
• Sometimes messages do not appear in a new chat without refresh
• Sometimes chat in the URL is not synchronized with selected chat
• Can create a group chat named “ “ (empty space)
• Text written in message input clears out when a new member is added
• Download button not working for PDFs
• Creating a chat with long name shifts the UI
• Spamming the add contact button causes duplicate entries in contacts