Name: Fractal
Author: The Fractal Team

Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects, and will fit all screens, big or small.Highlights:<ul><li>Find rooms to discuss your favorite topics, or talk privately to people, securely thanks to end-to-end encryption</li><li>Send rich formatted messages, files, or your current location</li><li>Reply to specific messages, react with emoji, mention users or rooms, edit or remove messages</li><li>View images, and play audio and video directly in the conversation</li><li>See who has read messages, and who is typing</li><li>Log into multiple accounts at once (with Single-Sign On support)</li></ul>

Fractal

Barely 2 months after Fractal 5, we feel there have been enough improvements to grant a new stable release. You have probably noticed that we have adopted a version scheme similar to GNOME and will bump the major version with each new release.The list of goodies:<ul><li>Fractal can open Matrix URIs, it is even registered as a handler for the “matrix” scheme</li><li>The verification flow was rewritten, hopefully solving most verification issues</li><li>Room members can be kicked, banned or ignored from their profile</li><li>More notifications settings, global or per-room, were added</li><li>Times follow the format (12h or 24h) from the system settings</li><li>Tab auto-completion also works for mentioning public rooms, just start your query with “#”</li></ul>This version is fully translated into 6 languages 🙌️ and we hope to get even more 📈 for the next one! Head over to Damned Lies if you want to give a hand.We would also like to thank our new and returning contributors and our upstream projects.

Fractal 5 is a full rewrite compared to Fractal 4, that now leverages GTK 4, libadwaita, and the Matrix Rust SDK. The two-and-a-half-year effort brings a new interface that fits all screens, big 🖥️ or small 📱, but should still look familiar to users of earlier versions.It still offers the same old features you know and love, with a few additions. Highlights (&lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt; is new✨ in 5):<ul><li>Find rooms to discuss your favorite topics, or talk privately to people, securely thanks to &lt;em&gt;end-to-end encryption&lt;/em&gt;</li><li>Send rich formatted messages, files, or &lt;em&gt;your current location&lt;/em&gt;</li><li>&lt;em&gt;Reply&lt;/em&gt; to specific messages, &lt;em&gt;react&lt;/em&gt; with emoji, &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; or remove messages</li><li>View images, and play audio and video directly in the conversation</li><li>See &lt;em&gt;who has read messages&lt;/em&gt;, and who is typing</li><li>Log into &lt;em&gt;multiple accounts&lt;/em&gt; at once (with &lt;em&gt;Single-Sign On&lt;/em&gt; support)</li></ul>

This new major release is the result of 10 months of hard work.New features:<ul><li>Videos now have a preview directly in history</li><li>New videos player: click on a preview to open it</li><li>Improved audio file support, with a nicer presentation and seeking</li><li>Redacted messages are removed from history</li><li>Edited messages are replaced with their new content and show a small icon</li><li>Translations have been updated</li><li>Spellcheck language is saved per room</li><li>New swipe-back gesture to go back from room to room list in narrow view</li><li>New swipe left and right gesture to navigate through media in media view</li><li>SOCKS proxy are now also supported</li></ul>Bugfixes:<ul><li>Thumbnail for pasted images have been fixed</li><li>File type detection for uploads is more reliable</li><li>Typing notifications are now only sent when text is actually typed in the message input</li></ul>Under the hood:<ul><li>Code refactor is still going</li><li>Some improvements to logging, including access token removal for privacy</li></ul>

This new minor release is the result of 2 months of hard work.New features:<ul><li>Translation strings have been updated</li></ul>Bugfixes:<ul><li>Newlines now work when markdown is enabled</li><li>Account settings can be accessed again</li><li>Redaction is working again</li><li>Compatibility with HTTP-only (non HTTPS) servers has been restored</li><li>Some crashes fixed</li></ul>Under the hood:<ul><li>Code refactor is still going</li></ul>

This new minor release is the result of 2 months of hard work.New features:<ul><li>Autocompletion popover position fix</li><li>Translation strings have been updated</li><li>Disable the textbox when there are no write permissions</li></ul>Bugfixes:<ul><li>Fix crash on logout and login with wrong credentials</li></ul>Under the hood:<ul><li>Code refactor continues</li></ul>

This new major release is the result of 7 months of hard work by 37 contributors pushing over 200 commits.New features:<ul><li>Adaptive window, mobile friendly</li><li>Window size and position are remembered</li><li>Redesigned login</li><li>Spellcheck</li><li>Network proxy support</li><li>Typing notifications</li><li>Badges are shown for operators and moderators</li><li>Keyboard shortcuts for easier navigation across rooms</li><li>Audio and video files are now tagged correctly</li><li>Image files have a thumbnail</li><li>Various tweaks to the file chooser</li></ul>Bugfixes:<ul><li>Logs actually output something now</li><li>A few issues with invites and direct chats have been resolved</li><li>More reliable scrolling</li><li>Some crashes fixed</li></ul>Under the hood:<ul><li>Code refactor continues</li><li>We’re now using Rust 2018</li><li>Many improvements to the build system and CI</li></ul>

This new major release is the result of 3 months of hard work by 25 contributors pushing over 340 commits.New features:<ul><li>Enhanced history view with adaptive layout, day divider</li><li>Reorganised headerbar, app menu merged with user menu</li><li>Larger display of emoji-only messages</li><li>Some performance improvements</li><li>Opening a room jumps to first unread message</li></ul>Bugfixes:<ul><li>More reliable notifications</li><li>Fixed display bug for avatars</li></ul>Under the hood:<ul><li>Large code refactor</li><li>Logging infrastructure</li><li>Continuous integration</li><li>More informative build output</li></ul>

Fractal

Matrix group messaging app

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