Name: Franz
Author: Stefan Maizner

Franz is your messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat and messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts,GroupMe, Skype and many more.

Franz

Bug Fixes:<ul><li>Fix automatic spellcheck language detection</li><li>Fix crash when Todos view is not initialized</li><li>Fix issue where service can't be initialized when spellchecking language is not set</li><li>Remove screen id from share screen dialogue</li></ul>Features:<ul><li>Update electron to 22.3.18</li></ul>

Bug Fixes:<ul><li>Service: Apply Google login fix for all services</li><li>App: Don't reload app when coming back from system sleep</li><li>Windows + Linux: Introduce new Franz Menu</li><li>App: Improve layout rendering of services</li><li>Todos: Fix Todos to be resizable again</li><li>Todos: Fix Todos layout issues when Todos should be hidden</li><li>App: Don't let the app get confused by unknown routes</li></ul>Features:<ul><li>App: Lock user agents to Windows 10 and macOS 10.15.17 to avoid fingerprinting identification</li><li>App: Update to electron 18</li></ul>

Bug Fixes:<ul><li>macOS: Fix auto updater on macOS</li></ul>

Bug Fixes:<ul><li>App: Fix potential memory leak with full screen event listeners</li><li>macOS: Make tray icon color dynamic</li><li>macOS: Fix Do Not Disturb System check for macOS Monterey</li><li>Windows: Fix menu bar styling</li><li>Gmail: Fix auto suggest, calendar invites and other Google service integrations</li><li>Microsoft Teams: Fix issue that prevents loading chats</li></ul>Features:<ul><li>Service: Add modifyRequestHeaders for service recipes</li><li>App: Remove Google Analytics</li><li>Service Recipes: Add Franz.clearCache() method to clear service cache</li></ul>General:<ul><li>App: Update electron to 14.2.2</li><li>App: Various improvements all over the app</li><li>Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community.</li></ul>

Features:<ul><li>App: Add support for screen sharing during video calls</li></ul>Bug Fixes:<ul><li>App: Fix app focus detection</li><li>App: Various bugfixes and improvements</li></ul>General:<ul><li>App: Update electron to 12.0.6</li><li>Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community.</li></ul>

Features:<ul><li>Service: Add service hibernation to save system resources</li><li>App: Add FRANZ_APPDATA_DIR environment variable to customize the app settings directory</li><li>Service: Added service polling debugger when starting Franz with DEBUG=Franz:Service</li></ul>Bug Fixes:<ul><li>App: Update deprecated electron APIs</li><li>App: Fix Zoom in services</li><li>macOS: Add audio &amp; video permission request for macOS Catalina</li><li>Experimental: Fix Google signin</li><li>macOS: Ask the user to move Franz to the /Applications Folder to fix read/write issues</li><li>macOS: Fix microphone, camera &amp; screen sharing permissions</li><li>Service: Add integrity checks to prevent services recipes getting lost</li><li>Service: Fix issue with user agent override in service workers</li><li>Service: Don't reload services after 10 minute system nap</li><li>App: Fix "Missing Service" link</li><li>App: Improve lost recipe connection handler</li></ul>General:<ul><li>App: Updated electron to 8.1.1</li><li>Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community.</li></ul>

Features:<ul><li>Custom Websites: Added navigation bar for "Custom Website" service</li><li>Mac: Open Franz window with Cmd+1</li><li>Todos: Allow Franz Todos to open links in browser</li><li>Service API: Share team, url and hasCustomIcon with service</li><li>App Start: Only load workspace related services</li></ul>Bug Fixes:<ul><li>Services: Restore services after 10 minutes system suspension</li><li>Workspaces: Allow scrolling in Workspaces drawer</li><li>Spell check: fix(Spell checker): Fix disable spell checker</li><li>App: Fix "Paste And Match Style"</li><li>macOS: Only show services in Touch Bar that should be visible</li><li>Service Proxies: Fix proxy setting rehydration</li><li>Settings: Fix cache size calculation after clearing cache</li><li>Spell check: Fix spell checker to initialize without loaded dictionary</li><li>Spell check: Fix "undefined" language in context menu</li><li>App: Fix Basic Auth overlay background in Dark Mode</li><li>macOS Catalina: Fix issue with app notarization</li></ul>General:<ul><li>App: Updated electron to 6.0.11</li><li>Translations: Improved translations.</li></ul>

Features:<ul><li>Todos: Highlight Franz Todos icon in sidebar when the Franz Todos panel is opened</li></ul>Bug Fixes:<ul><li>Spellchecker: Fix disabling spellchecker after app start</li><li>Windows: Fix window menu to get overwritten by Todos menu</li></ul>General:<ul><li>Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community.</li></ul>

Features:<ul><li>Service: You can now add any custom website 🥳</li></ul>Bug Fixes:<ul><li>Notifications: Don't show notification badges when app is muted</li><li>Settings: Fix position of settings window</li><li>Recipes: Fix recipe install when directly accessing recipe e.g. via url</li><li>Proxy: Fix issue with service proxy authentication</li><li>Announcements: Fix issue with rendering announcements in workspaces</li><li>Windows: Add Workspaces menu &amp; fix Window menu</li><li>Windows: Replace tray icon with high-res version</li><li>Workspaces: Fix service reordering within workspaces</li><li>Workspaces: Fix issue with service visibility after downgrade</li></ul>General:<ul><li>App: Improved email validation</li><li>App: Update electron to 4.2.4</li><li>Translations: Improved translations. A million thanks to the amazing community.</li></ul>

Franz

Messenger for the desktop

Changes in version 5.10.0

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