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Compose Changelog

Find all the updates to Compose below, from new features to bug fixes. Keep an eye out for your name too, we'll give you a shoutout if you requested a change! 👇

April 30, 2023

May 1, 2023

Features

  • Added new user onboarding steps component and styles
  • Added bubbletoolbar to display on highlight of text in editor
  • Added ground work for BrowserView as Splits, behind a feature toggle
  • Added buttons to show CC & BCC fields
  • Added shortcuts to the newly added buttons
  • Added placeholder buttons for attachments, formatting, and delete in bottom toolbar, in line with designs
  • Added support for hyperlinks in editor

Bug Patches

  • Fixed incorrect styling & font sizing for block quotes
  • Fixed incorrect analytics event triggers and properties
  • Fixed the subject line width relative to the sender selector
  • Fixed forwarding emails within the new email editor

Improvements

  • Displayed the Select and Subject components next to each other by wrapping them in a container and applying CSS flex properties to that container
  • Updated journey for split creation via new dropdown menu
v7.17.1
April 23, 2023

April 24, 2023

Features

  • Added platform detection to provide the correct download button for the user's OS
  • Added analytics events for large amount of user actions

Bug Patches

  • Fixed Live Links positioning when in full screen
  • Fixed styling in dark theme for hovercard
  • Fixed toggle not working for do not disturb

Improvements

  • Changed copy on open of live link tooltip
  • Changed copy for do not disturb
  • Updated sign in page to use new design
v7.10.2
April 16, 2023

April 17, 2023

Features

  • Added new workflow to bundle and deploy the electron app on Windows
  • Added functionality to move to To Do split as a button on hover of inbox item
  • Added functionality to auto-create To Do split if none created
  • Added support for Live Links to be dragged full-screen
  • Added new style for Live Links

Bug Patches

  • Fixed windows versioning workflow by adding `needs` to prevent concurrent running of workflow steps
  • Fixed bug in contacts sync where the cursor wasn’t update correctly
  • Fixed styling on Welcome screen text margins
  • Fixed line height on tool tips
  • Removed show / hide calendar option from cmd + k which caused crash

Improvements

  • Animated appearance and disappearance of the Actions tooltip, when selecting/unselecting inbox items
  • Tweaked styling to remove underline from download link & what's new
  • Removed download link to mac app from showing in desktop
  • Removed repetitive logs causing bloat.
v7.8.16
April 9, 2023

April 10, 2023

Features

  • Added new Live Links content to show a backdrop of the tool and a download link in web
  • Added mark as important journey to enable users to mark a conversation as important.
  • Added option to group inbox items by important
  • Added Important folder in sidebar to enable users to see all their important conversations
  • Added decoder for new Linear emails
  • Added design for step three of the new user onboarding journey
  • Added correct copy to new user onboarding journey

Bug Patches

  • Fixed Electron handling the maximised state as if it was fullscreen for Live Links
  • Fixed system theme detection whereby the initial value of theme would only be set correctly after interval is triggered

Improvements

  • Changed Live Link copy of "Open in view" to "Open in Compose"
  • Changed hover tooltip copy from "Open split pane" to "Open Split Screen"
  • Changed copy of tooltip in conversation from 'Previous conversation' to 'Newer conversation', and 'Next conversation' to 'Older conversation'
  • Updated download link in app
v7.8.1
April 2, 2023

April 3, 2023

Features

  • Added sliding animation to left-hand sidebar
  • Added component which enables users to add and edit multiple headspaces at once in the new user onboarding journey

Bug Patches

  • Fixed app reload on version update by ensuring the cache is ignored
  • Fixed inline files not being handled correctly by resoling them within the promised content
  • Fixed missing contacts syncing by only using contacts list if the the sync is already done
  • Fixed spacing around group section header
  • Fixed styling on hover of section group header to have border around the header
  • Fixed incorrect height for checkbox in group header & inbox item causing vertical offset
  • Fixed incorrect shortcut in conversation action menu for archive and snooze
  • Fixed bug on headspace deletion which caused the headspace order to be discarded.

Improvements

  • Refactored the ‘Get started’ page to be used for the New User Onboarding flow (to become a wizard instead of Notion pages)
  • Changed logic so on click of connect account in settings or in headspace editor will re-direct immediately to google auth
v7.5.1
March 26, 2023

March 27, 2023

Features

  • Migrated to Firestore

Bug Patches

  • Fixed some issues with the Virtualised List (IO, keyboard shortcuts, selection, scroll, etc).
  • Fixed issue with collapsing in the Virtualised List
  • Fixed split navigation with tab by preventing default behaviour of the key
  • Fixed snoozed message not being unsnoozed on demand due to logic around an ‘empty’ timestamp
  • Fixed new message journey dropdown using incorrect object property names for contacts

Improvements

  • Changed on click behaviour of inbox item group header such that it will collapse / expand group when clicked anywhere on the header
v7.0.3
March 26, 2023

March 27, 2023

Features

  • Migrated to Firestore

Bug Patches

  • Fixed some issues with the Virtualised List (IO, keyboard shortcuts, selection, scroll, etc).
  • Fixed issue with collapsing in the Virtualised List
  • Fixed split navigation with tab by preventing default behaviour of the key
  • Fixed snoozed message not being unsnoozed on demand due to logic around an ‘empty’ timestamp
  • Fixed new message journey dropdown using incorrect object property names for contacts

Improvements

  • Changed on click behaviour of inbox item group header such that it will collapse / expand group when clicked anywhere on the header
v7.0.3
February 27, 2023

February 27, 2023

Features

  • Added new frameless window style for MacOS app
  • Added ability to download files that were of unknown file type
  • Added “Gmail Labels” split template
  • Added a shortcut to toggle showing/hiding the calendar on desktop. Thanks for requesting, August!
  • Added question asking which accounts you want connected in the splits wizard

Bug Patches

  • Fixed duplicate split journey freezing Headspace view navigation
  • Fixed order of splits not persisting on initial split creation
  • Fixed undo action for deleting a split
  • Fixed issue where “update split” button would be disabled even if there were changes to be saved
  • Fixed email media not being previewable due to type mismatch
  • Fixed display of non-preview file types being hidden. Thanks for reporting, Andrejs!
  • Fixed issue where you could not go back to the selected headspace if the calendar was open. Thanks for reporting, Jeremy!
  • Fixed issue where reply button was shown in the thread sidebar incorrectly
  • Fixed email reply drag and drop not working. Thanks for reporting, Florian!

Improvements

  • Updated emoji’s in the Get Started Headspace to numbers based on user feedback
  • Ensured the split emoji when set, is displayed correctly in the split navigation area
  • Added tooltip to the emoji selector in the create split modal to help users understand the emoji selector is for the split name
  • Chooses a random emoji if the user hasn't selected one
  • Updated split wizard templates to include questions with multiple drop-downs
  • Changed “Slack Channels”, “Slack DMs” and “Slack Threads” split templates to exclude mutes and archived conversation by default
  • Included “Monday.com” in “All Notifications” split template
  • Changed copy of dropdown selectors when none selected to better indicate which values should be selected
v6.29.9
February 27, 2023

Calendar

9 of our early users have told us that they want to be able to view and manage their calendar from within Compose - and now they can!

Click the calendar icon in the bottom left hand corner to connect your most loved calendar app: Google Calendar, Amie or Cron.

Go back to it whenever you need by clicking the icon, or use the keyboard shortcut CMD + Shift + 0 to toggle it on and off.

v6.29.9
February 20, 2023

Live Links

Requested by 11 of our early users, Live Links is finally here!

With Live Links, you can view and interact with all notifications and links without switching to another app or opening a new tab.

How to get started with Live Links?

  • Download our Desktop app. (Live Links are not available in the web app)
  • Find and click on an email notification in your inbox (find out how to connect your tools to Compose here)
  • See that tool, and the notification open on the right side of your screen, in a fully interactive format.
v6.29.0
February 20, 2023

February 20, 2023

Features

  • Added support for Live Links - as requested by 11 of our amazing early users!

Bug Patches

  • Fixed mute notifications toggle incorrectly being toggled on in split wizard
  • Fixed Live Links resizing reactivity.

Improvements

  • Updated styling and UI for new split creation journey

v6.29.0
February 13, 2023

February 13, 2023

Features

  • Public launch of Desktop App
  • Added ‘To Do’ split template, so users can move all the inbox items that they need to action into this split. Thanks for requesting Jonny, Nick, James, Charlie, Kirsty, Rahul and Paul!
  • Added advanced preference to user settings: ‘Mark as done on reply’, which auto archives a conversation on message send. Thanks for requesting Brittany!
  • Added support for ClickUp email notifications
  • Added 'What's new' button to profile pop up to redirect users to our Changelog

Bug patches

  • Fixed toggles not working within the settings/preferences UI
  • Fixed issue where after changing headspace from within Settings or Template Explorer, you were not redirected to the inbox
  • Fixed logic of mark as read on archive
  • Fixed issue where grouping of a split incorrectly reverts back to group by date. Thank you for reporting Chris!
  • Fixed the Move to Trash bug, allowing the action to be done and undone correctly
  • Fixed duplicate emails being shown in the new message journey ‘From’ field. Thanks for reporting Brittany!
  • Fixed issue where settings menu remained open after opening the settings page
  • Fixed Split Screen so that it resizes correctly when thread view is also open
  • Fixed labels to ensure they are sorted alphabetically
  • Updated ctrl+k shortcut in windows so that it just opens the Quick Actions modal and does not shift focus to the URL bar

Improvements

  • Updated the email tooltip buttons to new button & styling
v6.28.2
February 6, 2023

February 6, 2023

Features

  • Added “Headspaces” feature which enables users to create partitions which group together accounts and splits
  • Added support for actionable Asana, Canva, Airtable and Google Drive tool notifications
  • Added ability to group inbox items by account

Bug Patches

  • Fixed GIF error message by adding thumbnail catching on send for gifs - thank you Andrej for reporting!
  • Fixed bug causing multiple general headspaces to be created on user load
  • Fixed issue where emoji picker would remain open after selecting an emoji - thank you for reporting Frederik!
  • Fixed issue where sidebar would not open when replying to a message that was a part of a thread
  • Fixed available splits in “Move To” modal to be restricted to the splits inside of the current headspace
  • Fixed initial split in focus to be the first split in the headspace, on initial load and when switching between headspaces
  • Fixed Mac Desktop update journey
  • Fixed bug causing crash on search when conversations don’t load. Thanks for reporting Brittany and Mohamed!
  • Fixed styling of email body, for on hover link copy icon, and for on hover dismiss icon, to be compatible with Dark Theme - thank for reporting Brittany!

Improvements

  • Updated logic to compute and display whether a headspace contains unread conversations.
  • Updated shortcut to change headspaces by pressing numbers on the keyboard when in the inbox.
  • Updated effect to ensure that on connecting a new account to a headspace, it is auto-selected to be included in said headspace.
  • Updated to redirect to inbox when switching between headspaces
v6.27.1
February 6, 2023

Headspaces

We’ve had a whopping 21 of our early users request this feature - so we are so excited to announce that this week, we released Headspaces!

Headspaces were built to help those of you that have several things on the go at once, stay organised.

They allow you to bring everything together in Compose but split your jobs, projects, hobbies and side hustles into separate Headspaces that you can THEN organise with splits. 🥳

Steps to create a new Headspace

→ Click the new plus icon on the left of your screen.

→ Name your headspace and choose the relevant accounts.

→ Build your splits for your new headspace.

v6.27.1
January 30, 2023

January 30, 2023

Features

  • Added support for Dark Theme
  • Added new “Hit Inbox Zero!” button to mark a whole view as done in the split navigation bar
  • Added new checkbox to split navigation bar to select all items in the current split
  • Added support for actionable Zoom, Loom, GitHub, Trello, Intercom, Google Calendar and Calendly actionable notifications.

Improvements

  • Updated templates to be in line with “Split your inbox” title, paragraph and button
  • Updated styling of unread inbox items to be more clear

Bugs

  • Fixed style of the toggles in settings to be grey when untoggled
v6.25.4
January 30, 2023

Hit Inbox Zero!

Do you have a split that fills up with Junk on a daily basis? Maybe it’s that newsletter split? Or a long list of Github Pull Requests. You can now mark that whole split as done in with one click.

Steps to Hit Inbox Zero

 Navigate to the split you want to mark as done.

 See the “Hit Inbox Zero” button in the top right.

 Hit the button.

 See all messages in this split have now been marked as done.

v6.25.4
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