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Riot 1.8.5

  -  179 MB  -  Demo

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Riot 1.8.5.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Element for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


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What's new in this version:

Features:
- Add bubble highlight styling
- Create narrow mode for Composer
- Prefer matrix.to alias links over room id in spaces & share
- Stop automatic playback of voice messages if a non-voice message is encountered
- Show call length during a call
- Serialize and retry mass-leave when leaving space
- Improve form handling in and around space creation
- Split autoplay GIFs and videos into different settingsand
- Add autoplay for voice messages
- Allow to use basic html to format invite messages. Contributed by skolmer
- Allow widgets, when eligible, to interact with more rooms as per MSC2762
- Remove arbitrary limits from send/receive events for widgets
- Reload suggested rooms if we see the state change down /sync
- When creating private spaces, make the initial rooms restricted if supported
- Threading exploration work
- Default to Don't leave any when leaving a space
- Special case redaction event sending from widgets per MSC2762
- Add active speaker indicators
- Increase general app performance by optimizing layers. Contributed by Palid

Fixed:
- Fix autocomplete not having y-scroll
- Fix emoji picker and stickerpicker not appearing correctly when opened
- Debounce read marker update on scroll
- Fix Space creation wizard go to my first room button behaviour
- Fix scroll being stuck at bottom
- Fix widgets not remembering identity verification when asked to
- Add missing pluralisation i18n strings for Spaces
- Make ForgotPassword UX slightly more user friendly
- Don't context switch room on SpaceStore ready as it can break permalinks
- Fix explore rooms button not working during space creation wizard
- Fix bug where one party's media would sometimes not be shown
- Only make the initial space rooms suggested by default
- Replace fake username in EventTilePreview with a proper loading state
- Don't send prehistorical events to widgets during decryption at startup
- When creating subspaces properly set restricted join rule
- Fix the Image View not openning for some pinned messages
- Show autocomplete sections vertically
- Fix EmojiPicker filtering to lower case emojibase data strings
- Clear currentRoomId when viewing home page, fixing document title
- Fix membership updates to Spaces not applying in real-time
- Don't show a double stacked invite modals when inviting to Spaces
- Remove non-functional DuckDuckGo Autocomplete Provider
- Filter members on MemberList load
- Fix improper voice messages being produced in Firefox and sometimes other browsers
- Fix client forgetting which capabilities a widget was approved for
- Fix left panel widgets not remembering collapsed state
- Fix changelog link colour back to blue
- Soften codeblock border color
- Pause ringing more aggressively
- Fix command autocomplete
- Don't re-sort the room-list based on profile/status changes
- Fix codeblock formatting with syntax highlighting on #18365
- Add padding to the Add button in the notification settings

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