BeagleIM 4.0 and SiskinIM 6.0 released

New versions of XMPP clients for Apple’s mobile and desktop platforms have been released. The biggest change is introduction of XMPP MIX - the modern way of chatting in groups (if you are looking for a server where you can use this new feature be sure to check our xmpp.cloud installation). It also significantly improves on audio/video calls.

Common changes

New XEPs:

• Added support for XEP-0369: Mediated Information eXchange (MIX) - significant improvement over group chats offered by MUC - less traffic and better delivery
• Improved VoIP connectivity by adding XEP-0353: Jingle Message Initiation (now compatible with Jingle Message Initiation used by Conversations)
• Added support for XEP-0308: Last Message Correction - editing sent message (relies on client compatibility)
• Added support for XEP-0424: Message Retraction - deleting sent messages (relies on client compatibility)
• Added support for quick replies - quoting messages to improve conversation flow
• Added support for XEP-0158: CAPTCHA Forms: Extended In-Band Registration - some server may ask for additional information or verification during registration - with this feature it’s possible to sign up with those servers as well

Major changes

• Redesigned channel joining UI
• Optimized resource usage during the establishment of VoIP calls and improved quality of VoIP calls
• Improved Markdown support
• Improved message synchronization speed, reliability and add support for MAM version 2 (XEP-0313: Message Archive Management)
• Started using MAM for MUC history synchronization on rejoin (if possible)
• Improved support for CAPS (feature discovery)
• New chats list view with a single section for 1-1 chats and group chats
• Added a way to join hidden MUC rooms

Fixes

• Fixed issue with avatars in group chats not being properly displayed.
• Added workaround for possible issue with message archive synchronization if server does not send <complete/> attribute
• Fixed issue with channel info refresh

BeagleIM 4.0

UI adjustments:

• MIX / group chat creation streamlined

• Better VoIP connectivity

• Message Correction, Retraction and quick replies

Major Changes

• Adjusted font size in chat history (message text is slightly bigger)
• Improved support for XMPP URI (requires beagle-im-set-as-default helper app)
• Improved behaviour of service discovery window (indentation of items, scrolling)
• Improved handling of responses for <iq/> requests which should fix some OMEMO key publication issues.
• Improved message text selection
• Remembers size of chats/roster windows
• Improved auto-completion of nicknames.
• Stopped downloading link previews if message with that link was received from someone outside of roster.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with respecting global settings for Allow subscription and Request subscription
• Fixed Typo in Authorization menu
• Fixed issue with not showing notifications for incoming groupchat messages containing keywords
• Improved scrolling behavior (scrolling to found or first unread message, scrolling on the opening of a chat and concurrency issue)
• Fixed an issue with a chat message not being resized properly when window size was changed.
• Fixed issue with text color in chat history
• Fixed issue with invisible selection in the search dialog
• Added possible workaround for crashes when preview is for a movie
• Fixed crash when the server is not sending Content-Length for uploaded files.

Development

• Fixed issues with compilation on XCode 12
• Improved layout in chat logs (internal change)

SiskinIM 6.0

• Improved detection of server features and prompting to enable them in SiskinIM
• Added request for background fetch on push notification and fixed crashes when push notification is tapped just after it is displayed (#siskinim-205, #siskinim-206)
• Fixed issue with using wrong speaker during the VoIP call (#siskinim-211)
• Added warning when access to microphone or camera is not granted during initialization of a video call (#siskinim-213)
• Improved account removal mechanism (#siskinim-199)
• Improved look of the QR codes (#siskinim-195)
• Fixed an issue with not dismissing room creation view after room is created (#siskinim-230)
• Fixed an issue with encrypting files with AESGCM send to MUC rooms when default encryption is set to OMEMO (#siskinim-237)

Downloads

You can download both application from their respective app-stores: Beagle IM from macOS appstore and Siskin IM from iOS appstore and star them on GitHub: Siskin IM on GitHub and Beagle IM on GitHub

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