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YakYak Changelog

What's new in YakYak 1.5.11.5

Jun 30, 2021
  • FIX: Sign in failed because private token was not fetched properly

New in YakYak 1.5.11.4 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Fix tray icon click not causing the window to show or hide properly (thanks to @skanadian for additional details).

New in YakYak 1.5.11.3 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • FIX: YakYak failed to load with "Cannot read property 'length' of undefined" when the account had no active conversations (thanks to @AsgrimS for logs).

New in YakYak 1.5.11.2 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • Fix: YakYak failed to load when upgrading from an older version (thanks to @boekabart for diagnosis).

New in YakYak 1.5.12 Beta (Apr 8, 2021)

  • Remove dependency on remote module (should make it more future-proof and avoid some crashes)
  • Fix rare crash when the language/locale isn't set properly
  • Fix video urls not opening properly

New in YakYak 1.5.11.1 (Apr 8, 2021)

  • Hotfix: Fix issue causing sign in to fail due to google changing things on the server-side.

New in YakYak 1.5.11 (Dec 23, 2020)

  • Adds arm64 for Linux and Mac OS by @michal-olszewski #1276
  • Fix the presence indicator not working anymore #1275
  • Corrects Zip file in windows #1274
  • Fix endless scrolling when scrolling through chat history #1273

New in YakYak 1.5.10 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • Notable changes:
  • Fixes bug #1234 (thanks to @jellisii )
  • Fixes bug #1241 (thanks to @HomerSp)
  • Adds spellcheck #1201
  • Corrects titlebar in MacOSX #1197
  • Under-the-hood:
  • Electron v11
  • Languages: adds Estonian, updates Finnish and Slovakian
  • Major change on how tray icon works, should be much more stable for now on #1200
  • Update to Coffeescript v2.5.1 from v1.9.3 #1212 and #1211
  • Reduces the number of files included in the release by using an ASAR file
  • Update deb package #1204
  • Switches to using Windows 10's built-in 'tar.exe' #1213

New in YakYak 1.5.9 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Bengali translation update #1193
  • Fix window frame #1196

New in YakYak 1.5.8 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Improves on "read" tray icon for colorblind #1184
  • electron update to v9.0.3
  • previous version was fixed at v7.1.7 as it had a bug in with remote.tray
  • update other node packages

New in YakYak 1.5.7 (Jun 17, 2020)

  • Fix connection issues due to server changing data to an array ( thanks to @HomerSp )
  • Changed new coversation shortcut for MacOS to Cmd+N #1161

New in YakYak 1.5.6 (May 8, 2020)

  • Corrects unread count #1113
  • Translations:
  • Arabic
  • Telugu (adds new strings)
  • Finnish

New in YakYak 1.5.5 (May 8, 2020)

  • Upgrade Electron to v8
  • Corrects unread count #1113:
  • Translations
  • Arabic
  • Telugu (adds new strings)
  • Finnish

New in YakYak 1.5.4 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • Underlying fix for "Google Couldn't sign you in Yakyak"
  • Hides archived conversations
  • Add 'Show image preview' (feature #620) -- pull request #1096
  • only for previewing sent links (not for images shared via hangouts)
  • Corrects a problem when deleting conversations
  • New conversation menu
  • When adding users to a conversation it shows the email when hovering the avatar
  • Should correct a notification problem in Windows 10
  • Should correct an auto-launch bug on macOS
  • Bunch on updates on packages that will provide with better security and hopefully same functionality
  • fix mapping to 💩
  • adds languages:
  • Telugu
  • Breton
  • Simplified chinese
  • Remaning Czech string

New in YakYak 1.5.3 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • New version of hangupsjs
  • Closes #999 and others
  • Fix inset border in OSX #992
  • Fix The "url" argument must be of type string, received type object #993 and #875
  • Fix own messages showing as unread #1003
  • Fix popup showing wrong text when opening links. #1004

New in YakYak 1.5.2 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • Update electron to a more recent version
  • Added Pop theme, thanks to @audirs4 #951
  • Flatpak is no longer building
  • Fixed tray icon on lxqt

New in YakYak 1.5.1 (Oct 21, 2018)

  • Fix connection issues due to Google changes
  • Better support to send SMS via google voice #738 #835
  • Better clickable url detection
  • Only hide frame on Windows #658
  • Removes placeholder error page when not necessary anymore #574
  • Provides flatpak packages #820
  • Adds tray options to view menu (in addition to right-clicking on tray) #840
  • Fix position of new window in multi-screen setup #845
  • Fix version check with actual power operator #854
  • Fix "Details" flowing out of the conversation settings wrapper at small window widths
  • #779
  • Updates a lot of npm modules #837 #836 #726
  • Fixed ScrollBars for Dark Theme on macOS High Sierra #818
  • New Translations:
  • Tamil
  • Korean
  • Romanian
  • Polish Update
  • Bengali update
  • Portuguese Brasil
  • Danish
  • Japanese
  • Italian
  • Slovak
  • Turkish

New in YakYak 1.5.0 Pre-release (Jan 5, 2018)

  • SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES/CORRECTIONS:
  • Better support to send SMS via google voice
  • Better clickable url detection
  • Only hide frame on Windows #658
  • Removes placeholder error page when not necessary anymore #574
  • Provides flatpak packages
  • New Translations:
  • Tamil
  • Korean
  • Romanian
  • Polish Update
  • Bengali update
  • Portuguese Brasil
  • Danish
  • Japanese
  • Italian
  • Slovak
  • Turkish

New in YakYak 1.4.4 Pre-release (Apr 19, 2017)

  • New Translations:
  • Tamil
  • Korean
  • Romanian
  • Update to Polish

New in YakYak 1.4.3 (Apr 15, 2017)

  • Fix opening links containing #

New in YakYak 1.4.2 (Apr 14, 2017)

  • internationalization #526
  • more efficient startup and redraws #549
  • open videos and better handle google plus contents in general #535
  • line breaks from android app are now rendered correctly #558
  • fix presence handling and reporting
  • fix windows taskbar app name from electron to yakyak #580
  • set as online with every connection cycle #167
  • improves on emoji support in linux and windows 8.1/10 #562
  • fix tray icon as it wasn't being updated with read/unread information #566

New in YakYak 1.4.2 Pre (Jan 13, 2017)

  • Fixes:
  • Internationalization #526
  • More efficient startup and redraws #549
  • Open videos and better handle Google + content in general #535
  • line breaks from android app are now rendered correctly #558
  • fix presence handling and reporting
  • fix windows taskbar app name from electron to yakyak #580
  • set as online with every connection cycle #167
  • improves on emoji support in linux and windows 8.1/10 #562
  • fix tray icon as it wasn't being updated with read/unread information #566
  • NOTE: Perform a logout/login cycle for these fixes to work correctly (#535)

New in YakYak 1.4.1 (Jan 10, 2017)

  • notifications improvements [#467]
  • small fixes creating/removing conversations [#476]
  • show participant reading status in conversations [#483]
  • ui improvements
  • performance improvements, lower CPU usage in idle and avoid GPU usage
  • Fix failed to append child error [#518]
  • only plays custom audio if notifications are on [#539]
  • fixes exception with leaving conversation [#524]

New in YakYak 1.4.0 (Dec 18, 2016)

  • New features/fix/experimental:
  • [MAJOR FIX] Google changed protocol. This version works with the new version
  • New Features:
  • [FEATURE] Embedded photos in chat messages (#407)
  • [FEATURE] Image preview when pasting or adding images via selector (#398)
  • [FEATURE] 'Help -> About' window (#423)
  • [FEATURE] Add startup screen and fix window position on startup (#418)
  • [FEATURE] Switching between hide window and clear input when pressing 'escape' key (#409)
  • [FEATURE] Feature Request: Notification Privacy (#386 and #399)
  • [FEATURE] Add "show popup notifications" option to tray (#393)
  • [FEATURE] Debugging: All errors from main window are shown in command line (#426)
  • [FEATURE] clears input when changing conversations, remembers when returns to it #76 #458
  • [FEATURE] new packaging method
  • [FEATURE] clears input when changing conversations, remembers when returns to it #76 #458
  • [FEATURE] new packaging method
  • Bug fixes:
  • [FIX] bad avatar and wrong initials #74
  • [FIX] Copy/Paste/Cut working on MacOSX
  • [FIX] Native about window problem solved, now calls on new "About" (MacOSX). Help menu item is removed from MacOSX
  • [FIX] Send same image to two contacts in a row #450
  • [FIX] About window is now created on demand instead of being pre-loaded at the beginning.
  • [FIX] Fix on not fitting images in conversations list (#430)
  • [Fix] menu icon in dark scheme (#433 and #437)
  • [Fix] fallback to initials when thumbnail image not available #428
  • [FIX] fix deploy.sh and add --no-zip option (#424)
  • [FIX] Fix 'event.keyIdentifier' depreciation in favour of 'event.key' (#419)
  • [FIX] fixes three bugs with emojis (#412 and #413)
  • [FIX] menus had a typo 'getAccelarator' should be 'getAccelerator' (#403)
  • [FIX] Make hide the window (close to tray) work on all platforms if "Close (#397)
  • [FIX] Copy/Paste/Cut working on MacOSX
  • [FIX] Native about window problem solved, now calls on new "About" (MacOSX). Help menu item is removed from MacOSX
  • [FIX] Send same image to two contacts in a row #450
  • [FIX] About window is now created on demand instead of being pre-loaded at the beginning.
  • [FIX] bad avatar and wrong initials #74
  • Experimental (now fully working):
  • [Experimental] Shows who has seen each message group (#429)

New in YakYak 1.4.1 Pre (Dec 18, 2016)

  • notifications improvements [#467]
  • small fixes creating/removing conversations [#476]
  • show participant reading status in conversations [#483]
  • ui improvements

New in YakYak 1.3.2 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Fix login to work after breaking Google API change
  • Fix leaving conversation
  • Better handle emojis expansion while writing
  • Monocrome tray icon

New in YakYak 1.3.1 (Aug 6, 2016)

  • Add color scheme menu for Windows and Linux
  • Better compression for osx package
  • Show / hide conversation timestamp / last message
  • Fix issues on window resize
  • Add hamburger menu and hide menu bar (on Windows/Linux)
  • Fix odd behavours on Windows
  • Add ability to change font size
  • Add shortcode emoji support
  • Hide window on ESC key

New in YakYak 1.3.1 Pre (Jun 16, 2016)

  • Testing the old Yak-icon because some people prefer it over the new one.

New in YakYak 1.3.0 (Jun 15, 2016)

  • New UI with 4 color schemes (themes)
  • Support for user presence
  • OSX integration with the window titlebar
  • Show hangout events in conversations
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in YakYak 1.2.3 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • Fix missing user icons
  • Fix application flashing when changing conversation
  • Fix missing directory error on first launch

New in YakYak 1.2.2 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Fixed login bug.

New in YakYak 1.2.1 (Jun 7, 2016)

  • Fix empty messages
  • electron version 1.2.1 (yea, same version as ours)

New in YakYak 1.2.0 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Fresh icon
  • Dark/Light theme
  • Electron 0.37.4

New in YakYak 1.1.3 (Feb 11, 2016)

  • emoticons support (special thanks to @mhogerheijde)
  • more robust login procedure
  • better tray/menubar icon handling
  • minor fixes

New in YakYak 1.1.2 (Jan 15, 2016)

  • Login fixed
  • Experimental tray icon

New in YakYak 1.1.1 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • electron 0.34.1
  • hangupjs 1.2
  • minor improvements
  • check latest version on startup

New in YakYak 1.1.0 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Notable changes:
  • favorite (starred) conversations
  • electron 0.30.2
  • keyboard conv nav skip hidden pure hangouts
  • conversation settings improvements

New in YakYak 1.0.0 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Notable changes:
  • Proxy detection
  • Audible notifications
  • Keyboard to move between convs
  • Better online/offline detection
  • Message times on hover

New in YakYak 0.2.0 Beta 3 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Various fixes:
  • Missing OSX shortcuts (fullscreen, hide)
  • Tooltips on buttons
  • Attach image button for non-drag-droppers
  • Bug fix writes to app dir (thanks @maxkueng)