There have been several updates since version 7.0.0 which include many exciting changes.
See the Release Notes Archive section of the knowledge base for a complete list of changes.
See the Release Notes Archive section of the knowledge base for a complete list of changes.
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 7.0.0 of the Textual IRC Client.
Notifications
Notifications can now be configured for individual channels in Channel Properties.
Accompanying this change are three new notification types:
- User Joined Channel
- User Parted Channel
- User Disconnected
Redundancy
Multiple endpoints can now be configured in the Redundancy section of Server Properties.
Changes
- Improved compatibility with macOS High Sierra.
- Highlights can now be copied from the “Highlight List” window.
- Improved reliability of playing back messages from previous session.
- Server list selection is now remembered between app launches.
- Web pages are now opened in the background when a URL is clicked while holding the Command key.
- Connections are now hosted by a separate, always sandboxed process to improve performance and security.
- The sysinfo and screens command now outputs resolution in pixels, instead of points.
- Updated the Blowfish Encryption addon to include the latest version of LibreSSL.
- The list of preferred cipher suites has changed. See below for more information.
Changes: Cipher Suites
The cipher suites preferred by Textual have changed to:
| Cipher Suite | Protocol Version |
|---|---|
| TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 | TLS 1.3 |
| TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 | TLS 1.3 |
| TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 | TLS 1.3 |
| TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 | TLS 1.2 |
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 | TLS 1.2 |
The cipher suites listed below are kept around for backwards compatibility. The cipher suites included in this list are considered obsolete and will eventually be removed from the app altogether.
| Cipher Suite |
|---|
| TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
| TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
| TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
| TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 |
| TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
| TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
Fixes
- Fixed a hang that may occur when performing a file transfer.
- Fixed the back command not working correctly.
- Fixed users disappearing from the user list.
- Fixed certain passwords not being removed from keychain when a connection is deleted.
- Fixed channels not being scrolled to when they are out of view while navigating using keyboard.