Releases: mattermost/desktop
v3.4.0 (2016-09-22)
This release contains a security update and it is highly recommended that users upgrade to this version.
Version number updated to 3.4 to make numbering consistent with Mattermost server and mobile app releases. This change will not imply monthly releases.
Improvements
Windows
- Current team and channel name shown in window title bar
- Team tab is bolded for unread messages and has a red dot with a count of unread mentions
- Added an option to configure whether a red badge is shown on taskbar icon for unread messages
- Added new shortcuts:
CTRL + S
: sets focus on the Mattermost search boxALT + Left Arrow
: go to previous page in historyALT + Right Arrow
: go to next page in history
- Upgraded the Settings page user interface
- Added access to the settings menu from the system tray icon
- Added validation for name and URL when adding a new team on the Settings page
- The app now tries to reconnect periodically if a page fails to load
- Only one instance of the desktop application will now load at a time
OS X
- Current team and channel name shown in window title bar
- Team tab is bolded for unread messages and has a red dot with a count of unread mentions
- Added an option to configure whether a red badge is shown on taskbar icon for unread messages
- Added new shortcuts:
CMD + S
: sets focus on the Mattermost search boxCMD + [
: go to previous page in historyCMD + ]
: go to next page in history
- Upgraded the Settings page user interface
- The app now tries to reconnect periodically if a page fails to load
- Added validation for name and URL when adding a new team on the Settings page
Linux (Beta)
- Current team and channel name shown in window title bar
- Team tab is bolded for unread messages and has a red dot with a count of unread mentions
- Added an option to flash taskbar icon when a new message is received
- Added a badge to count mentions on the taskbar icon (for Unity)
- Added a script,
create_desktop_file.sh
to createMattermost.desktop
desktop entry to help integrate the application into a desktop environment more easily - Added new shortcuts:
CTRL + S
: sets focus on the Mattermost search boxALT + Left Arrow
: go to previous page in historyALT + Right Arrow
: go to next page in history
- Upgraded the Settings page user interface
- Added access to the settings menu from the system tray icon
- The app now tries to reconnect periodically if a page fails to load
- Added validation for name and URL when adding a new team on the Settings page
- Only one instance of the desktop application will now load at a time
Bug Fixes
Windows
- Cut, copy and paste are shown in the user interface only when the commands are available
- Copying link addresses now work properly
- Saving images by right-clicking the image preview now works
- Refreshing the app page no longer takes you to the team selection page, but keeps you on the current channel
- Removed misleading shortcuts from the system tray menu
- Removed unclear desktop notifications when the application page fails to load
- Fixed the Mattermost icon for desktop notifications in Windows 10
- Fixed an issue where the maximized state of the app window was lost in some cases
- Fixed an issue where shortcuts didn't work when switching applications or tabs in some cases
- Fixed an issue where application icon at the top left of the window was pixelated
- Fixed an issue where the application kept focus after closing the app window
OS X
- Cut, copy and paste are shown in the user interface only when the commands are available
- Copying link addresses now work properly
- Saving images by right-clicking the image preview now works
- Refreshing the app page no longer takes you to the team selection page, but keeps you on the current channel
- Fixed an issue where the maximized state of the app window was lost in some cases
- Fixed an issue where shortcuts didn't work when switching applications or tabs in some cases
Linux (Beta)
- Cut, copy and paste are shown in the user interface only when the commands are available
- Copying link addresses now work properly
- Saving images by right-clicking the image preview now works
- Refreshing the app page no longer takes you to the team selection page, but keeps you on the current channel
- Removed misleading shortcuts from the system tray menu
- Removed unclear desktop notifications when the application page fails to load
- Fixed an issue where the maximized state of the app window was lost in some cases
- Fixed an issue where shortcuts didn't work when switching applications or tabs in some cases
Known Issues
Windows
- Copying a link address and pasting it inside the app doesn't work
- YouTube videos do not work if mixed content is enabled from app settings
OS X
- YouTube videos do not work if mixed content is enabled from app settings
Linux
- YouTube videos do not work if mixed content is enabled from app settings
- [Ubuntu - 64 bit] Right clicking taskbar icon and choosing Quit only minimizes the app
- [Ubuntu - 64 bit] Direct message notification comes as a streak of line instead of a pop up
Contributors
Many thanks to all our contributors. In alphabetical order:
Downloads
Windows
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-setup-3.4.0-win32.exe
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-setup-3.4.0-win64.exe
Windows (.zip files)
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-win32.zip
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-win64.zip
Mac
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-osx.tar.gz
Linux (Beta) - tar.gz files
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-linux-ia32.tar.gz
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
Linux (Unofficial) - deb files
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-linux-amd64.deb
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/3.4.0/mattermost-desktop-3.4.0-linux-i386.deb
v1.3.0 (2016-07-18)
Improvements
Windows
- Added an installer for better install experience.
- The app now minimizes to the system tray when closed.
- Added an option to launch application on login.
- Added an option to blink the taskbar icon when a new message has arrived.
- Added tooltip text for the system tray icon in order to show count of unread channels/mentions.
- Added an option to toggle the app to minimize/restore when clicking on the system tray icon.
- Added auto-reloading when tab fails to load the team.
- Added the ability to access all of your teams by right clicking the system tray icon.
OS X
- Added colored badges to the menu icon when there are unread channels/mentions.
- Added an option to minimize the app to the system tray when closed.
- Added auto-reloading when tab fails to load the team.
- Added the ability to access all of your teams by right clicking the system tray icon.
Linux (Beta)
- Added an option to show the icon on menu bar (requires libappindicator1 on Ubuntu).
- Added an option to launch application on login.
- Added an option to minimize the app to the system tray when closed.
- Added auto-reloading when tab fails to load the team.
- Added the ability to access all of your teams by right clicking the system tray icon.
Menu Bar
- New Keyboard Shortcuts
- Adjust text size
- Ctrl+0 (Menu Bar -> View -> Actual Size): Reset the zoom level.
- Ctrl+Plus (Menu Bar -> View -> Zoom In): Increase text size
- Ctrl+Minus (Menu Bar -> View -> Zoom Out): Decrease text size
- Control window
- Ctrl+W (Menu Bar -> Window -> Close): On Linux, this minimizes the main window.
- Ctrl+M (Menu Bar -> Window -> Minimize)
- Switch teams (these shotcuts also reopen the main window)
- Ctrl+{1-9} (Menu Bar -> Window -> Team name): Open the n-th tab.
- Ctrl+Tab or Alt+Command+Right (Menu Bar -> Window -> Select Next Team): Switch to the next window.
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Alt+Command+Left (Menu Bar -> Window -> Select Previous Team): Switch to the previous window.
- Right click on the tray item, to see an overview of all your teams. You can also select one and jump right into it.
- Added Help to the Menu Bar, which includes
- Link to Mattermost Docs
- Field to indicate the application version number.
- Adjust text size
Settings Page
- Added a "+" button next to the Teams label, which allows you to add more teams.
- Added the ability to edit team information by clicking on the pencil icon to the right of the team name.
Other Changes
- Application license changed from MIT License to Apache License, Version 2.0.
Bug Fixes
Windows
- Fixed authentication dialog not working for proxy.
- Fixed the blurred system tray icon.
- Fixed a redundant description appearing in the pinned start menu on Windows 7.
OS X
- Fixed authentication dialog not working for proxy.
- Fixed two icons appearing on a notification.
Linux (Beta)
- Fixed authentication dialog not working for proxy.
Known Issues
Linux
- [Ubuntu - 64 bit] Right clicking taskbar icon and choosing Quit only minimizes the app
- [Ubuntu - 64 bit] Direct message notification comes as a streak of line instead of a pop up
Contributors
Many thanks to all our contributors. In alphabetical order:
Downloads
Windows Installers
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-setup-1.3.0-win32.exe
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-setup-1.3.0-win64.exe
Windows
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-desktop-1.3.0-win32.zip
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-desktop-1.3.0-win64.zip
OS X
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-desktop-1.3.0-osx.tar.gz
Linux (Beta)
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-desktop-1.3.0-linux-ia32.tar.gz
https://releases.mattermost.com/desktop/1.3.0/mattermost-desktop-1.3.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
v1.2.1
Fixes
- Fixed issue to remove "Electron" from appearing in the title bar on startup.
Improvements
- Added a dialog to confirm use of non-http(s) protocols prior to opening links. For example, clicking on a link to
file://test
will open a dialog to confirm the user intended to open a file. - Added a right-click menu option for tray icon to open the Desktop application on Windows and OS X.
v1.2.0
This release contains a security update and it is highly recommended that users upgrade to this version.
Fixes
- Node.js environment is enabled in the new window.
- The link other than
http://
andhttps://
is opened by clicking.
Linux
- Desktop notification is shown as a dialog on Ubuntu 16.04.
Improvements
- Improve the style for tab badges.
- Add Allow mixed content option to render images with
http://
. - Add the login dialog for http authentication.
OS X
- Add the option to show the icon on menu bar.
Linux
- Add .deb packages to support installation.
v1.1.1
v1.1.0
The electron-mattermost
project is now the official desktop application for the Mattermost open source project.
Changes
All platforms
- Rename project from
electron-mattermost
todesktop
- Rename the executable file from
electron-mattermost
toMattermost
- The configuration directory is also different from previous versions.
- Should execute following command to take over
config.json
.- Windows:
mkdir %APPDATA%\Mattermost & copy %APPDATA%\electron-mattermost\config.json %APPDATA%\Mattermost\config.json
- OS X:
ditto ~/Library/Application\ Support/electron-mattermost/config.json ~/Library/Application\ Support/Mattermost/config.json
- Linux:
mkdir -p ~/.config/Mattermost && cp ~/.config/electron-mattermost/config.json ~/.config/Mattermost/config.json
- Windows:
Improvements
All platforms
- Refine application icon.
- Show error messages when the application failed in loading Mattermost server.
- Show confirmation dialog to continue connection when there is certificate error.
- Add validation to check whether both of Name and URL fields are not blank.
- Add simple basic HTTP authentication (requires a command line).
Windows
- Show a small circle on the tray icon when there are new messages.
Fixes
Windows
- File > About does not bring up version number dialog.
Linux
- File > About does not bring up version number dialog.
- Ubuntu: Notification is not showing up.
- The view crashes when freetype 2.6.3 is used in system.
Known issues
All platforms
- Images with
http://
do not render. - Some keyboard shortcuts are missing. (e.g. Ctrl+W, Command+,)
- Basic authentication requires a command line.
Windows
- Application does not appear properly in Windows volume mixer.