v2.4.0 - 2017-07-30

For more details, see the full changelog and milestone.

This release improves link and image previews a great deal! On the menu:

• Up to 5 previews are now displayed instead of 1
• All previews on the current channel can now be hidden or displayed using the /collapse and /expand commands
• Thumbnails can be opened in a fullscreen viewer without leaving the app by clicking on them, and cycled using the previous/next buttons or by hitting ← and →
• Say bye to mixed content warnings: The Lounge can now proxy all images (opt-in option in the server settings) for better privacy
• Title and description are improved overall

Also in this release, auto-complete feature now has an opt-out option in the client settings, and emoji can be searched using fuzzy-matching:

Added

• Add title attributes to previews (#1291 by @astorije)
• Allow opting out of autocomplete (#1294 by @awalgarg)
• Add collapse/expand commands to toggle all previews (#1309 by @astorije)
• An image viewer popup for thumbnails and image previews, with buttons to previous/next images (#1325, #1365, #1368, #1367 by @astorije, #1370 by @xPaw)
• Store preview images on disk for privacy, security and caching (#1307 by @xPaw)
• Emoji fuzzy-matching (#1334 by @MaxLeiter)

Changed

• Check status code in link prefetcher (#1260 by @xPaw)
• Check og:description before description tag in previews (#1255 by @xPaw)
• Check og:title before title tag in previews (#1256 by @xPaw)
• Do not display preview if there is nothing to preview (#1273 by @xPaw)
• Increase max downloaded bytes for link preview (#1274 by @xPaw)
• Refactor link previews (#1276 by @xPaw, #1378 by @astorije)
• Support multiple previews per message (#1303, #1324, #1335, #1348, #1347, #1353 by @astorije)
• Add mask-icon for pinned safari tab (#1329 by @MaxLeiter)
• Lazily load user list in channels on init, keep autocompletion sort on server (#1194 by @xPaw)
• Keep track of preview visibility on the server so it persists at page reload (#1366 by @astorije)
• Bump express and socket.io to their latest patch versions (#1312 by @astorije)
• Update production dependencies to their latest versions, by Greenkeeper 🚀:
  • commander (#1257, #1292)
  • jquery-textcomplete (#1279, #1321)
  • fs-extra (#1332)
  • semver (#1369)

Removed

• Remove hostname prettifier (#1306 by @xPaw)
• Remove X-UA-Compatible (#1328 by @xPaw)

Fixed

• Make sure thumbnail is a valid image in previews (#1254 by @xPaw)
• Parse X-Forwarded-For header correctly (#1202 by @xPaw)
• Do not truncate link previews if viewport can fit more text (#1293 by @xPaw)
• Fix too big line height previews text on Crypto (#1296 by @astorije)
• Fix background color contrast on Zenburn previews (#1297 by @astorije)
• Fix jumps when toggling link preview (#1298 by @xPaw)
• Fix losing network settings (#1305 by @xPaw)
• Fix missing transitions (#1314, #1336, #1374 by @astorije, #1117 by @bews)
• Fix incorrect mode on kick target (#1352 by @xPaw)
• Correctly show whitespace and newlines in messages (#1242 by @starquake, #1359 by @xPaw)
• Hide overflow on entire message row (#1361 by @starquake)
• Fix link previews not truncating correctly (#1363 by @xPaw)

Documentation

In the main repository:

• Remove mention in CHANGELOG that The Lounge uses Semantic Versioning (#1269 by @astorije)
• Remove devDependencies badge on README (#1267 by @astorije)
• Reword link preview settings to better match reality (#1310 by @astorije)
• Update screenshot in README (#1326 by @MaxLeiter)
• Update README badge to new demo URL (#1345 by @MaxLeiter)
• Update README for when to run npm run build (#1319 by @MaxLeiter)

On the website:

• Update demo URL to new demo (#70 by @MaxLeiter)

Internals

• Move nickname rendering to a single template (#1252 by @xPaw)
• Ignore all dotfiles in .npmignore (#1287 by @xPaw)
• Add .npmrc file with save-exact set to true so packages are saved already pinned (#1284 by @MaxLeiter)
• Do not hardcode vendor bundles in webpack configuration (#1280 by @xPaw)
• Prepare for SOURCE CTCP command, when irc-framework supports it (#1284 by @MaxLeiter)
• Change "Show older messages" to use id rather than count (#1354 by @YaManicKill)
• Update development dependencies to their latest versions, by Greenkeeper 🚀:
  • eslint (#1264, #1272, #1315, #1362)
  • nyc (#1277)
  • stylelint (#1278, #1320, #1340)
  • babel-loader (#1282)
  • babel-preset-env (#1295)
  • webpack (#1308, #1322, #1338, #1371, #1376)
  • chai (#1323)