Official news: MyChat 8.6 — message quotes and auto-updating for Linux clients

 

Release date: 30.03.2021

Development history

 
[+] new feature;

[*] fixed bug or improved feature;

[-] fixed.

 

MyChat Client

 

[+] implemented system for quotations and replies;

[+] (Linux) implemented a system for automatic client update; only for a version installed from an archive MyChatClient.tar.gz and MyChatClient.x86.tar.gz;

 

[*] inserting formatted text is moved as a separate tool;

[*] redesigned system for bug reporting in MyChat Client for Windows;

[*] (macOS, Linux, WEB) text input field "memorizes" 5 last sent messages (the combination CTRL+UP or CTRL+DOWN for navigation);

[*] deleting messages is performed by right mouse click on any message part in the chat instead of clicking on a timestamp;

[*] context menu on a user's nickname is called by rights mouse button instead of the left one;

 

[-] when a user is offline, it is possible to make a call by pressing F9, F10, or F12. The program displays the error, but the call attempt still performs. Fixed;

[-] when inserting corrupted PNG files with incorrect names in the chat, the application crashes. Fixed;

[-] fixed console command GetBugs. ZIP archive was forming empty without files inside;

[-] fixed minor errors in emoji's description;

[-] uninstaller error when a user's profile does not clean and the MyChat Client Registry branch does not delete. Fixed;

[-] automatic update issue if a Windows user login consists of Cyrillic characters. Fixed;

[-] (Android) when answering a video call with a voice a camera turns on anyways. Fixed;

 

MyChat Server

 

[+] (MSL) function mPersonalContactsAddUsers for adding several users to a personal contact list;

 

[-] (MSL) error in the function mAddNewBBSMessage, incorrect checking of announcement expiration causes the function to fail and returning the value "-2";

[-] (Admin) in the tool for viewing logs, when choosing any period, the date "To" resets to the current date;

[-] (Lobby) new path aliases do not apply on the greetings page when changing paths to the chat services;

[-] (Kanban) incorrect time display in UTC when viewing tasks. Fixed;

[-] minor errors in the section for updates on Admin Panel where it was impossible to upload the update file for Windows clients. Fixed;

[-] (Admin) matching fields does not work when importing users from Active Directory. Fixed;

[-] (Support) the style for displaying a support operator's name does not apply. Fixed;

[-] (Admin) when changing a path for logs storage in the section "Settings" -> "Folders", the nodejs log continues writing into the default folder. This log is not displayed when viewing logs. Fixed.