[ANNOUNCE] %groups and %talk v2.9.0

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~rilfun-lidlen

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Mar 24, 2023, 8:18:31 AM3/24/23
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On Monday, ~2023.3.27, Tlon will release OTA (over-the-air) updates for Groups and Talk. This release increases the loading speed of both apps by ~150%, adds a Landscape app launcher within Leap, fixes a host of UX and display issues, and declares Kelvin compatibility with 414.

- Adds a Landscape app launcher and windowing system for Landscape apps to Talk and Groups.
- Adds loading placeholders for Notebook indexes.
- Adds additional `mop` functions for better Chat message querying.
- Adds anonymized, opt-in daily app-open telemetry via `%vita`.
- Adds Kelvin compatibility with 414.
- Improves the load time of Talk and Groups apps (~200% faster in some cases).
- Improves typographic and spatial consistency of all sidebar and header elements.
- Improves the appearance of references and chat message spacing.
- Improves the detection and handling of disconnects.
- Improves the appearance of the Inter system font on Windows and ensures proper ligature support.
- Fixes an issue in Chat where a 404ing image would cause the entire log to flicker.
- Fixes an issue where selecting an emoji reaction in Chat with a mouse was impossible.
- Fixes an issue in Galleries where deleting or editing an item was impossible without entering Row view.
- Fixes an issue in Galleries where adding a comment to an item would erroneously scroll the list of comments.
- Fixes an issue where joining a group on mobile would not route you to the group.
- Fixes an issue where mentioning another ship in a DM would alert that the mentioned ship is not in the message.
- Fixes an issue where adding a new channel with a purely numeric name would fail.
- Fixes an issue where Twitter embeds would not render in Safari.
- Fixes an issue where the "Recent" sort of groups in the sidebar would fail to update.
- Fixes an issue where opening an image in Chat with the content lightbox would open only the last item in a series of attached images.
- Fixes an issue where uploading an image attachment while quote-replying in Chat would insert the image above the quoted message.
- Fixes display issues with the "?" wayfinding dialog on mobile.
- Fixes an issue where dismissing the "?" wayfinding button would not persist.
- Fixes an issue where Markdown code blocks in Notebooks would crash the interface and fail to open the note.
- Fixes an issue where Groups would direct all mobile users to "Find Groups" instead of the list of groups they're in.
- Fixes an issue where mobile users in no groups could see an empty group list or a blank notifications list.
- Fixes an issue where mobile users navigating to a group would get dropped into the most recent channel rather than the channel list.
- Fixes an issue on mobile where leaving a group or rejecting an invitation would result in a white screen.
- Fixes an issue where uploading an image to a Gallery would cause the link to persist in the input block.
- Fixes an issue where non-admin members of public groups could not invite other users.
- Fixes an issue where Chat would erroneously prefix `mailto:` links with `http://`.
- Fixes an issue where multi-party DMs would show the unsupported quote-reply button.
- Fixes an issue where pasting an image in a Chat thread on mobile would fail to attach.

~rilfun-lidlen

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Mar 27, 2023, 10:53:22 AM3/27/23
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Both apps have been released.

Desk hashes:
%groups 0v1q.7jb1l.k1bb3.0lfp6.f2b18.kbbta.h27ap.dd3un.m9avm.j2kam.l94cf
%talk 0v2.e8hje.7nbfe.16a77.h8qip.j1e83.ofh5n.tfvv7.jk57s.2j57i.4k16f

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