In many GNU/Linux setups, drawing attention when a notification arrives
causes the Signal window to steal focus immediately and interrupt the
user from what they were doing before the notification arrived. GNOME
Shell is the most prominent example of this behavior, but there are
likely other cases as well. Suddenly stealing focus on external events
like this can even pose a security problem in some cases, e.g. if the
user is in the middle of a typing a sudo password on one monitor while a
notification arrives and focuses Signal on another monitor. See #4452
for more information.
Disabling attention drawing entirely for Linux is also problematic
because some users rely on it as the sole indication of a new message,
as seen in #3582 and #3611.
Commit f790694559 improved the situation
by adding a hidden "--disable-flash-frame" command-line argument, but
this argument is undocumented and manually adding command-line arguments
to the application's .desktop file is not user-friendly.
This commit adds a settings option for whether to draw attention when a
new notification arrives to make it easy for all Linux users to obtain
the appropriate behavior without relying on an undocumented
command-line argument.
Fixes#4452.
* Retry websocket connect if error returned is 502
* Introduce connect button on 'Disconnected' left-pane dialog
* NetworkStatus: If user clicks connect, show connecting for 5s
* Add new requiredProtocolVersion field to DataMessage
* Message.requiredProtocolVersion, warning if version mot supported
* Update strings; limit width; new left pane preview text
Remove Android length warning
Handle incoming long message attachments
Show long download pending status in message bubble
Fix the width of the smallest spinner
Remove Android length warning from HTML templates
Also:
- visually distinguish any reference we couldn't verify on receipt
- show toast on quote click if we can't scroll to message
- toast visuals redesigned to match rest of app
* Conversation List Item: timestamp bold only when convo has unread
* Preserve the positioning of overlays on re-entry into convo
* ConversationListItem: Handle missing and broken thumbnails
* Shorten timestamp in left pane for better Android consistency
* Update convo last updated if last was expire timer change
But not if it was from a sync instead of from you or from a contact.
* Make links in quotes the same color as the text
* MediaGridItem: Update placeholder icon colors for dark theme
* Ensure turning off timer shows 'Timer set to off' in left pane
* ConversationListItem: Show unread count in blue circle
* Add one pixel margin to blue indicator for text alignment
* Ensure replies to voice message can bet sent successfully
Also:
- New schema version 8 with video/image thumbnails, screenshots, sizes
- Upgrade messages not at current schema version when loading messages
to show in conversation
- New MessageDetail react component
- New ConversationHeader react component
UI now in separate renderer:
- the permissions popup
- settings dialog
- debug log dialog
- about window
Couple bug fixes:
- About Window: Fix 'escape' to close window
- Remove outdated dist/copy tasks from Gruntfile
Eslintified settings_view.js
Biggest changes forced by this: alt tags for all images, resulting in
new strings added to messages.json, and a new i18n paramter/prop added
in a plot of places.
Another change of note is that there are two new tslint.json files under
ts/test and ts/styleguide to relax our rules a bit there. This required
a change to our package.json script, as manually specifying the config
file there made it ignore our tslint.json files in subdirectories
* Only show 'send message' on contact detail when user has account
* Make contact detail headers visible in dark mode
* Fix vertical scrolling for very large contact in detail pane
* Fix a couple comment typos
This makes it more consistent with ‘Report an issue’ under View > Debug Log.
Not using ellipsis as menu item doesn’t require user confirmation:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/637708
- [x] Removed ‘Restart Signal’ global menu item
- [x] Change _Click to create contact…_ to _Start conversation…_
- [x] Move global menu (top-left kebab) into OS menu bar,
i.e. **Settings** > **Preferences…**
- [x] Add tests for OS menu bar templates
- [x] Fix bug with **Window** menu on macOS when showing setup options
- [x] Use _Title Case_ for all OS menu bar menu items for consistency
commit dedf7c9af0de90980388559659df0d92a77b864c
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 16:53:42 2018 -0500
Use ‘Title Case’ to be consistent with OS menus
References:
- Apple:
- https://developer.apple.com/macos/human-interface-guidelines/menus/menu-anatomy/#menu-and-menu-item-titles
- https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FinalCutProX/Conceptual/FxPlugHIG/TextStyleGuidelines/TextStyleGuidelines.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40013782-CH6-SW1
- https://titlecaseconverter.com/
commit 3286da29b334bd4526c587b17707c2f230cec8f5
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 16:36:50 2018 -0500
Fix bug for macOS ‘Window’ menu with setup options
commit 236a23d1eafe2a16073394a27b9013298b682a25
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 16:27:46 2018 -0500
Test menus with included setup options
commit c5d5f5abb8d7f52d6a4aa182a86c92f7ddceade0
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 16:10:27 2018 -0500
Move settings (‘Preferences’) into OS-level menu
This reduces our reliance on custom UI until we have more design resources.
commit 027803f8f4983cffa443f0beff1854dcf541689b
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 16:02:56 2018 -0500
Prepare tests for menu with/without included setup
commit 9e2f006924b85eb249a8a1261c1c4dd1a706afa6
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 15:55:46 2018 -0500
Destructure `includeSetup`
commit 6b2a1eccdf724fd722e58415d2700da73942d9e8
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 15:55:14 2018 -0500
🔤 `createTemplate` `options`
commit c2fecba34b153fed106f414ed3347d46299f6fe5
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 12:49:55 2018 -0500
Test menu for Windows and Linux
commit 60281b1af9ad1f022cdbc40711ebd0b688a7355d
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 12:40:39 2018 -0500
Add `yarn run test-app` command
commit 1a0489919c0a97b03fe88196260fef894fb3d9e4
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 12:40:29 2018 -0500
Add test for `SignalMenu.createTemplate` on macOS
commit 9638b86c0f00f231e44562a5aa01626f0e5fdd8b
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 12:34:46 2018 -0500
Make `createTemplate` pure
Extracting `options.platform` makes it easier to test without having to
stub `process.platform`.
commit 9c26404892d7c9a7bd0199a9e8367a165a3b365c
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 11:47:39 2018 -0500
Extract `locale.load` `appLocale` & `logger` for testability
This allows us to run this code in a non-Electron environment, e.g. Node.js
Mocha test suite.
commit 710b22438df25c8d5e8431845a035c55ec8fc0b7
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 11:46:13 2018 -0500
🔤 npm scripts
commit 9ae22937fbce078f91443023b560b3c0468c1380
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 11:45:30 2018 -0500
Use 2-space indendation for `app` module tests
commit 22c26baf6159bd2e1f5a787c10e2260f09395329
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 11:22:55 2018 -0500
Prefer named exports
commit 9c9526195266ac77ac2ca04135a1e675f617dfd2
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 11:22:46 2018 -0500
🔤 Organize `require`s
commit 2f144d24d9e9a9ef72fe418996e3c911b304b00a
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Tue Feb 27 11:13:50 2018 -0500
Remove existing global hamburger menu
This will be replaced by a OS-level ‘Preferences’ menu.
commit f5adb374cb742e5f319ececda8ab6d8adee88d7e
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Mon Feb 26 18:40:54 2018 -0500
Remove ‘Restart Signal’ menu from settings
Apparently, this is a remnant from the Chrome web application.
commit d7a206bc8e67ef44022085e804ca040ed1b219f7
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Mon Feb 26 17:16:49 2018 -0500
Clarify label for starting a new conversation
When user a enters a number that is not a contact, we prompt them to start a new
conversation.
commit 715a4064367fb61d85c1a4f9d48261b2ce002435
Author: Daniel Gasienica <daniel@gasienica.ch>
Date: Mon Feb 26 16:46:26 2018 -0500
Use ‘Enter name or number’ as prompt’
This follows implementation of Android and recommendation from Alissa.
- A new design for the import flow. It features:
- Icons at the top of every screen
- Gray background, blue buttons, thinner text
- Simpler copy
- A new design for the install flow. It features:
- Immediate entry into the QR code screen
- Animated dots to show that we're loading the QR code from the server
- Fewer screens: 1) QR 2) device name 3) sync-in-progress
- When not set up, the app opens directly into the install screen, which has been streamlined. The `--import` command-line argument will cause the app to open directly into the import flow.
- Support for two different flavors of builds - the normal build will open into the standard registration flow, and the import flavor will be exactly the same except during setup it will open directly into the import flow.
- A new design for the (dev-only) standalone registration view
- When these install sequences are active, the OS File menu has entries to allow you to switch the method of setup you'd like to use. These go away as soon as the first step is taken in any of these flows.
- The device name (chosen on initial setup) is now shown in the settings panel
- At the end of a light import, we hand off to the normal device link screen, starting at the QR code. On a full import, we remove the sensitive encryption information in the export to prevent conflicts on multiple imports.
- `Whisper.Backup.exportToDirectory()` takes an options object so you can tell it to do a light export.
- `Whisper.Backup.importFromDirectory()` takes an options object so you can force it to load only the light components found on disk. It also returns an object so you can tell whether a given import was a full import or light import.
- On start of import, we build a list of all the ids present in the messages, conversations, and groups stores in IndexedDB. This can take some time if a lot of data is in the database already, but it makes the subsequent deduplicated import very fast.
- Disappearing messages are now excluded when exporting
- Remove some TODOs in the tests
This commit adds a tray icon to the application, shown in the system
tray bar, that can be used to minimise the application window. This
is a common feature on most desktop messaging apps (e.g. Telegram
Desktop or Slack) and allows to save space in the system task bar.
The tray icon provides a context menu that contains a button to
show/hide the application window, and a button to quit the
application. When the tray icon is clicked, the visibility of the
window is toggled. When the close (x) button of the window is
pressed, the application is not terminated but minimised to the tray
icon instead (it can be terminated by using the "Quit" entry in the
File menu or in the context menu of the tray icon).
The tray icon is disabled by default, and two command line arguments
are available to enable it:
--use-tray-icon: enables the tray icon
--start-in-tray: enables the tray icon and the application starts
minimised in the tray bar
Resolves: #1480
* Added top level menu shortcuts (Fixes#1688 and #1695).
The ampersand (&) character in front of a letter in a menu label
indicates that the letter that follows '&' will be used as a keyboard
shortcut letter to access this menu. In Windows/Linux, the default
shortcut combination is Alt+<letter>.
* Use non-hardcoded menu labels.
The menu labels were hardcoded in English.
We should not be using plain strings right in the source code, but
pulling them from the `messages.json` files instead.
* Remove reload options, new file/help menus, tools/log at bottom
* Further menus refactor: install handlers at template creation
* WIP: Further tune menus, add custom about window
* New About window, new help menu items, menu labels now i18n
* Default device name on registration is now computer hostname
The OS of the device makes sense for those of us testing across a lot of
different OSes. And maybe for a user with just one desktop device. But
most users with multiple desktop devices are using the same OS for both.
* About window: Only show window when content is ready
* Fix typo in app/menu.js
* Add setting to hide menu bar
Add a setting in the themes section to hide the menu bar.
The menu bar is not needed in everyday use and might not fit in with
signals dark theme. The hidden menu bar can still be shown by pressing
alt.
autoHideMenuBar is added to windowConfig and saved and restored on
startup to prevent flickering.
* Trigger events only when related setting changes
Set the event to trigger on instanciation of the view.
Notification settings no longer reapply the theme or menu bar settings.
* Save window state when closing the window
When not moving or resizing the window, no BrowserWindow config would be
created and saved.
* Add transifex config to git
So we can pull different translation resources from different branches.
// FREEBIE
* Pull the electron strings from transifex
* Update translations
Because export might take a couple minutes, we now set expectations
that it might take 'several minutes' instead of just 'please wait.'
We also promote 'Install new Signal Desktop' from a text link in the
instructions to a button. This is important on the 'Completed' screen
because it is bigger and to the left of the 'Export Again' button, which
previously drew primary focus on that screen.
Lastly, we also remove the title-specific element of the support link,
so we're resilient to title changes in the future.
FREEBIE
* Add support for backup and restore
This first pass works for all stores except messages, pending some scaling
improvements.
// FREEBIE
* Import of messages and attachments
Properly sanitize filenames. Logging information that will help with
debugging but won't threaten privacy (no contact or group names),
where the on-disk directories have this information to make things
human-readable
FREEBIE
* First fully operational single-action export and import!
FREEBIE
* Add migration export flow
A banner alert leads to a blocking ui for the migration. We close the socket and
wait for incoming messages to drain before starting the export.
FREEBIE
* A number of updates for the export flow
1. We don't immediately pop the directory selection dialog box, instead
showing an explicit 'choose directory' button after explaining what is
about to happen
2. We show a 'submit debug log' button on most steps of the process
3. We handle export errors and encourage the user to double-check their
filesystem then submit their log
4. We are resilient to restarts during the process
5. We handle the user cancelling out of the directory selection dialog
differently from other errors.
6. The export process is now serialized: non-messages, then messages.
7. After successful export, show where the data is on disk
FREEBUE
* Put migration behind a flag
FREEBIE
* Shut down websocket before proceeding with export
FREEBIE
* Add MigrationView to test/index.html to fix test
FREEBIE
* Remove 'Submit Debug Log' button when the export process is complete
FREEBIE
* Create a 'Signal Export' directory below user-chosen dir
This cleans things up a bit so we don't litter the user's target
directory with lots of stuff.
FREEBIE
* Clarify MessageReceiver.drain() method comments
FREEBIE
* A couple updates for clarity - event names, else handling
Also the removal of wait(), which wasn't used anywhere.
FREEBIE
* A number of wording updates for the export flow
FREEBIE
* Export complete: put dir on its own line, make text selectable
FREEBIE
New experience in the Message Detail view when outgoing identity key
errors happen, matching the Android View.
'View' button is only shown on outgoing key errors right now.
When a contact with an outgoing identity key error is clicked, they are
taken to a view like the popup that comes up on Android: an explanation
of what happened and three options: 'Show Safety Number', 'Send Anyway',
and 'Cancel'
Contacts are now sorted alphabetically, with the set of contacts with
errors coming before the rest.
FREEBIE
We also show more errors than we used to in the MessageDetail screen
to help make it clear what is happening, and why the user would need to
re-send.
FREEBIE
