v0.2.6, IrcProxy

0.2.6

Major:

• addition of an IRC proxy server
  • Echoplexus will bridge a connection to the irc network&channel of your choice (so beware if you assumed you were connecting directly to said network!)
  • To join a network, join a channel name like: irc:chat.freenode.net#foo
  • Unfortunately, IRC support in echoplexus is not yet multiplexed so each channel you connect to will be its own connection and thus requires a unique nick
  • This feature must be enabled in server config.coffee; it's not necessarily a feature that every operator would want, so it's opt-in

Minor:

• "Zzz" for idle users in the user list has been removed in favour of simply colouring the active users a blue colour
• Client fields are now whitelisted when userlist data is transmitted, ensuring that we only transmit the need-to-know information
• New users users will now appear with a random human first name, rather than "Anonymous"
• /pseudonym command added, which will give you a new random human name
• fixed the firefox channel close button bug
• various fixes for emoji related bugs (using fork of emojify.js)
• adjusted styles

v0.2.5, the much needed style revamp

This release is primarily a style release, but fixes a few tiny bugs throughout as well.

The focus has been shifted on making everything feel friendlier, upping the contrast, decreasing the hacker-esque feel of it. Buttons are now much more intuitive, and useless or confusing buttons have been thrown away.

There's still a lot of work that needs to be done to expose all functionalities in a pleasant way to the user, such as /nick.

Before:

After:

Perhaps not too suited for a vertical aspect ratio ;)

Upgrading?
bower install; npm install; grunt build

Problems upgrading or installing? Join us at https://chat.echoplex.us/echodev

v0.2.4r1

Everything from 0.2.4, but fixes some breaking bugs:

• WebRTC calls were not working due to a JS error
• Channels that had never set a topic could not chat with shared secret due to a JS error
• upgrades openpgp to 0.5.0 (fixing fingerprint display and other security fixes)
• smarter display of notifications using the Page Visibility API