Corny Chat v2024.05: UI Improvements, NWC Support
Corny Chat is an open source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning. A publicly running instance of Corny Chat is accessible at cornychat.com.
- "The following enhancements were made during May 2024. Special Thanks to all the Corny Chat regulars to help test, find bugs and provide feedback," announced @vicariousdrama.
What's new
User Interface
- Start page now has tabs for live rooms, users rooms (My Rooms) and scheduled events.
- Start new Room will now initialize with Tutorial slides as guidance.
- New My Rooms page added:
- User can see a list of all rooms they are a member of by deviceid and npub.
- User can remove themself from any room they are in.
- A room left without an owner will promote the first moderator as owner.
- A room left without any owners or moderators will be hard deleted.
- Enter Room ads are now smaller and centered.
- Personal settings:
- Refactored into expandable/collapsible groups.
- Add additional doorbells and preview playback.
- Add toggle for displaying peer avatar or name in text chat.
- Added support for Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC).
- NWC enabled users may opt in to support the service to forego ads.
- NWC enabled users may opt in to auto-tip the room they are in if enabled.
- Avatar cards:
- Now check nostr npub for room role level.
- Fix image URI of mature accounts that used legacy paths.
- User Profile display:
- Nostr users can now assign custom petnames (NIP81) to other users.
- Fix for list cache invalidating prematurely, forcing data fetch on view.
- Zap/Lightning button is now only depicted if the user has a lightning address.
- Maintenance Message:
- Can now appear on screen to inform users of planned maintenance.
- Text Chat enhancements:
- Unread indicator when the chat is not open and message received.
- An ad may appear every 15 minutes, unless user opts to support.
- Ads that appear may now have hyperlinks.
- V4V payments are now reported to the text chat in an orange color.
- Room settings enhancement:
- Owner can set room to announce as nostr live activity.
- Owners, Moderators, and Speakers may now be assigned via npub.
- Corny Chat Slide set may now be deleted on the import screen.
- Corny Chat Link set may now be deleted on the import screen.
- Room Tips:
- Fix: Private rooms with a lightning address no longer crash on tipping.
Server/Backend
- Nostr Npub supported in revamped access control checks.
- Nostr Live Events are published/updated periodically for enabled rooms.
- Restriction added to room definition and required fields.
- Support for smaller ad size retrieval, and denoting if it has a link
- Integrated Announcement Bot into the backend to announce rooms.
- Add endpoint to return ad report.
- Add endpoint to return list of rooms a user is in, and their role.
- Fixed server crash bug when a public room was emptied of all users.
Documentation
- Documented use of more kinds on data types page.
- Additional known supporters added to the about page.
- Fixed image tag names for the pantry-sfu in the install and update guidance.
