By EZ in Releases — Nov 17, 2023

Damus v1.6 App Store Release: Long-form Note Support & More

Damus is a free and open source Nostr client for iPhone, iPad and MacOS devices.

What's new

Custom built, embedded C WASM interpreter (nostrscript), which will be used for custom algos, filters and lists
Longform note support
Hashtag following
Configurable reactions
New Live user status NIP (music, general)
Adjustable font sizes
A very long list of bug fixes and performance improvements
Fast and persistent profile searching using nostrdb

Latest Damus TestFlight updates include:

Added

Tap to dismiss keyboard on user status view (ericholguin)
Add setting that allows users to optionally disable the new profile action sheet feature (Daniel D’Aquino)
Add follow button to profile action sheet (Daniel D’Aquino)
Added reaction counters to nostrdb (William Casarin)
Record when profile is last fetched in nostrdb (William Casarin)

Changed

Automatically load extra regional Japanese relays during account creation if user's region is set to Japan. (Daniel D’Aquino)
Updated customize zap view (ericholguin)
Users are now notified when you quote repost them (William Casarin)
Save bandwidth by only fetching new profiles after a certain amount of time (William Casarin)
Zap button on profile action sheet now zaps with a single click, while a long press brings custom zap view (Daniel D’Aquino)

Fixed

Use white font color in qrcode view (ericholguin)
Fixed an issue where zapping would silently fail on default settings if the user does not have a lightning wallet preinstalled on their device. (Daniel D’Aquino)

Added

Improve discoverability of profile zaps with zappability badges and profile action sheets (Daniel D’Aquino)
Add suggested hashtags to universe view (Daniel D’Aquino)
Suggest first post during onboarding (Daniel D’Aquino)
Add expiry date for images in cache to be auto-deleted after a preset time to save space on storage (Daniel D’Aquino)
Add QR scan nsec logins. (Jericho Hasselbush)

Changed

Fixed

Reduce size of event menu hitbox (William Casarin)
Do not show DMs from muted users (Daniel D’Aquino)
Add more spacing between display name and username, and prefix username with @ character (Daniel D’Aquino)
Broadcast quoted notes when posting a note with quotes (Daniel D’Aquino)

Added

Changed

Fixed

Stop tab buttons from causing the root view to scroll to the top unless user is coming from another tab or already at the root view (Daniel D’Aquino)
Fix profiles not updating (William Casarin)
Fix issue where relays with trailing slashes cannot be removed (#1531) (Daniel D’Aquino)

Changed

Improve UX around clearing cache (Daniel D’Aquino)
Show muted thread replies at the bottom of the thread view (#1522) (Daniel D’Aquino)

Fixed

Fix situations where the note composer cursor gets stuck in one place after tagging a user (Daniel D’Aquino)
Fix some note composer issues, such as when copying/pasting larger text, and make the post composer more robust. (Daniel D’Aquino)
Apply filters to hashtag search timeline view (Daniel D’Aquino)
Hide quoted or reposted notes from people whom the user has muted. (#1216) (Daniel D’Aquino)
Fix profile not updating (William Casarin)
Fix small graphical toolbar bug when scrolling profiles (Daniel D’Aquino)
Fix localization issues and export strings for translation (Terry Yiu)

Full Damus changelog can be found here.

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