Itâs finally time again for a new Desktop Release, help us find the most annoying bugs, so we can make sure that this update is ready to be released on the website and in the stores.
This release features a new core-based account manager, a view with connectivity details, some code cleanup & refactoring and the new awaited contact request experience (contact requests are now normal chat that can be either blocked or accepted).
Highlights
Chat Requests now pop up as single chats and can be inspected in detail before accepting or blocking
Youâll also find your old requests in the Archive
Multi-account improved: Switching accounts is now faster and less often blocked by lengthy updates
Know whatâs going on: Info about Connection problems can be found in the settings
We changed many things under the hood so test everything with a special focus on:
Account management
login
login with wrong credentials â is the error displayed correctly?
backup import / export
create account from burner qr code
multi account usage
Usage
Contact requests
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Go online/offline and see if the connectivity toast appears
open settings and change settings (settings that affect the core), are they set and displayed correctly?
look if timestamps still auto update (after each minute)
encryption info (right click on chat in chat view)
edit group (adding, removing, searching contacts)
search for chats, contacts and messages
chat list
Interface
~~we have a new theme that mimics rocket chat - can we ship it or does it need more work? whats your opinion? also there is a dedicated issue on GitHub for it so report new issues that you find on it there: Issues · deltachat/deltachat-desktop · GitHub we disabled it because its not ready
system theme light/dark mode is respected by DC (if theme is set to automatic)
WARNING: This version uses a new directory structure for accounts. If you want to revert to an older version after an update, you have to do this via an export/import
The account cannot be deleted in the account list. After deleting it, restart it and the deleted account is back.
Under certain settings, the message sent to the other party is âread by myselfâ, this issue affects all versions I have tested (1.21.0 for Windows, 1.22.1 for Android). It has been discussed on GitHub. Ignore MDNs sent to self due to bug fixed in #2603 · Issue #2634 · deltachat/deltachat-core-rust · GitHub
Developer response: This problem can be solved by updating the Delta Chat on all devices in hand to the latest official version.
Ok. Thanks.
Saw in root-folder âdesktopâ a exe named portable and looked for a later one which I didnât found.
But could now see portables in the preview folder. Didnât see it before?!
I was able to fix the account removal problem on windows but unfortunately the MDN bug wonât be fixed in this release because it needs the new core 61, which also introduces big features
like downloading big messages later on demand which are awesome, but are also not testet enough to make it into this release. It will come in the next test version that will get announced on the forum as soon as its ready for testing.
Changelog of 1.22
Removed
Windows installer: donât allow user to choose the instalation path. (because user could install to data path and loose data on uninstalation, see #2356)
Chat Requests now pop up as single chats and can be inspected in detail before accepting or blocking
Youâll also find your old requests in the Archive
Know whatâs going on: Info about Connection problems can be found in the settings
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