Iridium Turns 1

January 21st marks the one-year anniversary of the first release of Iridium! I thought it would be fun to look back at all the changes that have been made in the past year. Time for a trip down memory lane!

History

• January 21, 2021 - 1.0.0 Release 🎉
• May 16, 2021 - 1.1.0 Release
  • 📚 Spanish translations by JeysonFlores
  • 📚 Dutch translations by Vistaus
  • ✨ Display available channel list
  • ✨ Allow suppressing join/part messages
  • ✨ Display date/time in chat views when message received after some time
  • ✨ Support opening irc:// links
  • ✨ Remember window size and position
  • ✨ Support /me actions
  • ✨ Add visual indicator for channel operator status
  • 🪲 Use Sqlite.Database.exec instead of Sqlite.Statement.step
  • 🪲 Fix in64_parse error on RPL_TOPICWHOTIME messages
  • 🔧 Force monospace font in chat views in preparation for elementary OS 6
• July 16, 2021 - 1.2.0 Release
  • 🔧 Support for elementary OS 6!
  • 🔧 Include Flatpak manifest
  • 📚 Updated Dutch translations by Vistaus
  • 🪲 Fixed ‘servers != NULL’ error on startup
• July 27, 2021 - 1.3.0 Release
  • ✨ Use libhandy for application window and headerbar
  • 🪲 Fix libgranite dependency version
  • 🪲 Fix QUIT messages not following join/part suppression preference
  • 🪲 Fix appdata to include Stripe public key
• August 2, 2021 - 1.3.1 Release
  • 🪲 Fix flatpak runtime version to be stable 6
• August 11, 2021 - 1.3.2 Release
  • 🪲 Fix Stripe public key
• November 16, 2021 - 1.4.0 Release
  • ✨ Respect the system light/dark style preference
  • ✨ Support SASL (plain and external) authentication
  • 🪲 Fix autoscrolling when receving QUIT messages
  • 🪲 Fix text not wrapping for errors on server connection
  • 🪲 Fix window size and position not saving
  • 🪲 Fix certificate warning dialog not appearing
  • 🪲 Fix secrets not saving when using the Flatpak installation
  • 🪲 Fix BrowseChannelsDialog not using Granite.Dialog
  • 🪲 Fix new auth tokens not saving when editing a connection
• November 18, 2021 - 1.5.0 Release
  • ✨ Add ability to browse a curated list of IRC servers
  • 🪲 Fix parsing of MODE messages which caused crashes when connecting to certain servers
• December 3, 2021 - 1.6.0 Release
  • ✨ Integrate with OS notifications to display a notification when mentioned in a channel or private message
  • ✨ Display the number of unread mentions as an application badge in the dock
  • ✨ Set initial default nickname and real name based on system user account
  • 🪲 Fix marker line in chat views showing incorrectly when font scaling other than 1x is used
  • 🪲 Fix incorrect handling of network availability state
  • 🪲 Fix the “restoring connections” overlay not appearing on startup
  • 🪲 Fix incorrect parsing of command-line arguments
  • 🪲 Revert the overly-restrictive 8-character nickname limit in the server connection dialog
• December 4, 2021 - 1.6.1 Release
  • 📚 Updated Dutch translations by Vistaus
• December 10, 2021 - 1.7.0 Release
  • ✨ Use non-symbolic icons in the headerbar
  • ✨ Re-open application to the last chat view
  • ✨ Use new icons for server items in the side panel
  • 🪲 Fix parsing of ACTION messages causing empty private messages to appear
  • 🪲 Fix inability to reconnect to a server if it dies without restarting the application
  • 🪲 Fix app icon badge not clearing with private message chat view regains focus
• December 30, 2021 - 1.8.0 Release
  • ✨ Redesign of the headerbar!
  • 🔧 Update elementary OS runtime to 6.1
  • 🪲 Remove unnecessary sandbox hole for accountsservice
  • 🪲 Fix slow switching of channel views when there is a large number of users
  • 🪲 Fix auto-scrolling to be more reliable and simpler

That’s 27 bugs fixed, and 18 noteworthy features added just in the past year!

How about a side-by-side to compare the UI since the first release?

Thank You!

A massive thank you to everyone who has supported the project in one way or another - I really appreciate it!