Messenger Changelog

What's new in Messenger 2.0.9

Mar 31, 2017
  • General:
  • Stable release with all the features.

New in Messenger 2.0.8 Dev (Mar 23, 2017)

  • General:
  • Added Hungarian dictionary for the spell checker.
  • Fixed white borders around chat bubbles.
  • Fixed app getting stuck on the loading screen.
  • Fixed error that appeared sometimes when right-clicking.

New in Messenger 2.0.7 Dev (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Zoom level changes in 25% increments now instead of 100%.
  • Fixed icon resolution (adios blurriness!).
  • Fixed/re-added shortcuts to switch between conversations.
  • Fixed/re-added shortcut to focus on the Search input field.
  • Fixed audio/video calls semetimes opening 2 windows.
  • Replaced the About menu with a custom dialog that mentions contributors.
  • Updated theme Midnight and fixed some minor styling issues.
  • Added a notification displayed after the app updates to see what's changed.
  • Added a new preference in Window that changes how first clicks are handled.
  • Added a Preferences/Settings shortcut for the in-app Settings.
  • Made window Reload clear the cache as well.
  • Added back the context menu with word corrections.
  • Fixed window not closing after menubar is turned on and dock off.

New in Messenger 2.0.6 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Fixed an internal error related to notifications count.

New in Messenger 2.0.5 Beta (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Updated dependencies and Electron to v1.4.15.
  • Disabled hardware acceleration (should be easier on the GPU).
  • Added option to disable typing and seen indicators.
  • Made the crash reporter use less resources.
  • Fixed file download links opening in the browser.
  • Fixed an issue with updates on Windows and Linux.
  • Fixed audio and video calls.
  • Fixed blinking badge.
  • Fixed top banner still appearing sometimes.

New in Messenger 2.0.4 Beta (Dec 30, 2016)

  • General: Remove custom context menu (temporarily) to fix crashes.

New in Messenger 2.0.1 Beta (Sep 12, 2016)

  • Add toggle to auto-hide the sidebar.
  • Various fixes and improvements.
  • Dependency updates.

New in Messenger 1.4.3 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Don't load the tray icon on Linux (fixes lag)

New in Messenger 1.4.2 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Fixes tray icon always appearing on OSX
  • Enables Chromium plugins (could fix calling crashes)

New in Messenger 1.4.1 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Show the linux tray icon (not tested)
  • Use native clipboard (nwjs)
  • Reload every 10s until online instead of 15s
  • Close the window with the ESC key #46
  • Fixes sidebar transparency bug #115
  • Allows users to remove the update prompt #127
  • Improves the icon_tray_alert image for Windows

New in Messenger 1.4.0 (Jun 2, 2015)

  • Background loading gif
  • Fixes dialog crashes (e.g. when checking for update)
  • Fixes (might stop the badge from blinking)
  • Fixes multiple tray icons
  • Fixes sidebar not being themed (mosaic theme)
  • Keep window state on reload
  • Makes linux icon themeable

New in Messenger 1.3.3 (May 30, 2015)

  • Removes loading indicator (it caused high cpu usage and wasn't really necessary)