diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 6930a08..23d683a 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ release cut end-to-end through CI (signed, all platforms). ### Under the hood -- Offband is now buildable and deployable as a web app (offband.app), and every - release is built, signed, and published across Android, Windows, Linux, and web - through CI. +- Every release is now built, signed, and published across Android, Windows, and + Linux automatically through CI. A web build is wired up and coming soon. ## [1.1.2-rc.3] - 2026-07-17 diff --git a/discord/1.2.0.md b/discord/1.2.0.md index 3700c95..7aff21e 100644 --- a/discord/1.2.0.md +++ b/discord/1.2.0.md @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ -**Offband Meshcore 1.2.0 is out** 🚀 +🚀 **Offband Meshcore 1.2.0 is here, and it's our biggest release yet.** -This is a big one, and the first release built + signed + shipped for every platform automatically through our new CI pipeline. +A ground-up interface redesign, a real database under the hood, GIFs that work across every MeshCore client, and hands-on control of your radio's RF front end. This is also the first Offband release built, signed, and shipped to every platform automatically. -🗄️ **New storage engine.** Your data now lives in a real SQLite database instead of scattered preference files. Existing messages and contacts migrate automatically on first launch, nothing gets dropped, and full message history is preserved. On desktop it no longer fights with OneDrive/Documents sync. +🎨 **A brand-new interface.** The headline feature. There's a new **left rail** you open from the hamburger button and can **pin open**, so it lives right alongside your chat instead of covering it. Your channels live in the rail and switch **in place**, so you never lose your spot. Map toggles, Disconnect, and Settings all found sensible new homes, and the back button finally behaves. -🧭 **New navigation.** A hamburger drawer you can **pin open**, with the channel list built in and in-place channel switching so you never lose your place. Map layer toggles and a contacts filter rail moved into the panel, and the back button finally behaves. +🗄️ **Your data on solid ground.** Messages, contacts, and channels now live in a real **SQLite database** instead of scattered preference files. Your existing data migrates automatically on first launch, nothing is thrown away, and full message history is preserved. On desktop it no longer fights with OneDrive/Documents sync. -🎞️ **Cross-client GIFs.** GIFs now send as a Giphy link instead of an Offband-only code, so folks on other MeshCore clients can actually see them. Pasted Giphy/Tenor links render inline. +🎞️ **GIFs everyone can see.** GIFs now send as a **Giphy link** instead of an Offband-only code, so people on **stock MeshCore and other clients can tap and watch them** too. Pasted **Giphy and Tenor** links render inline. -Plus: desktop window size/position is remembered, contact settings from the long-press menu, FEM LNA control where the radio supports it, and you can't accidentally block your own node anymore. +📡 **Take command of your radio's front end.** On supported hardware, you can now toggle **FEM / LNA** right from Radio Settings, and Device Info reads out your radio's Offband capabilities. -Grab it for your platform below. Full changelog in the repo. +⚡ Plus a **snappier app** from the new storage engine, **desktop window position** remembered between launches, contact settings from the long-press menu, deeper mesh diagnostics, and you can't accidentally block your own node anymore. + +**📥 Download for your platform:** https://github.com/OffbandMesh/meshcore-client/releases/tag/v1.2.0 +🌐 A browser version is coming soon. +🔗 Project home: https://offband.org +📝 Full changelog is in the release notes at the link above. + +❤️ **Offband is free and open source, built by a tiny team.** If it's useful to you, you can help keep it going, and help fund getting it onto the iOS App Store, at https://offband.org/donate. Thank you for being part of it. diff --git a/release-notes/1.2.0.md b/release-notes/1.2.0.md index ae1922b..361bbc6 100644 --- a/release-notes/1.2.0.md +++ b/release-notes/1.2.0.md @@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ shipped to every platform automatically. ### One app, every platform -From this release on, every Offband build ships everywhere at once, signed with -the same key so updates just work: +From this release on, every Offband build ships at once, signed with the same key +so updates just work: - **Android**: install from Google Play or sideload the signed APK - **Windows**: desktop build - **Linux**: desktop build -- **Web**: run it right in your browser, no install, at offband.app + +A **browser version is on the way** as well, so you will be able to run Offband +with no install at all. More on that soon. Pick your platform below. @@ -95,3 +97,11 @@ snappier app. --- See the full, itemized changelog in the repository. + +### Support Offband + +Offband is free and open source, built by a very small team. If it is useful to +you, please consider chipping in at +[offband.org/donate](https://offband.org/donate). Donations go directly toward +keeping the project going and toward getting Offband onto the iOS App Store, which +carries its own ongoing Apple costs. Thank you for being part of it.