There have been several updates since version 5.0.0 which include many exciting 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
5.0.0 of the Textual IRC Client.
Updated User Interface
Textual 5 sports a redesigned user interface for users of OS X Yosemite. There are two
gorgeously designed dark and light variants of the main window refined all the way down to the very
last pixel.
Not only has the main window of Textual received a facelift, but Preferences, Server Properties,
and many other windows have received touchups.
Styles
Textual 5 replaces the dated styles Matrix, Lucidity, and Simplified Light
Blue with four brand new, community created styles which do a great job of complimenting the
aforementioned user interface changes.
Other Additions
- Added a brand new application icon contributed by Brandon Rodriguez.
- Added support for printing (Command-P)
- Added several new emoticons to the moti command.
- Added preference to disable the user information popover updating while scrolling the user
list.
- Added preference to prevent OS X from sleeping the network while a file transfer is in
progress.
- Added support for the playback ZNC module.
- Added now playing command for Hermes (Pandora
client)
- Added keyboard shortcut Command Shift D to easily toggle the appearance of the main
window.
Other Changes
- The Username field of the Identity section of Server Properties
is now used for SASL identification.
- The preference to wait for NickServ identification before joining channels is now server
specific.
- Selecting a channel will now dismiss notifications related to that channel in Notification
Center.
- The method by which colors are picked for each user has been modified to try and eliminate
collisions.
- Images are no longer displayed inline with chat when playing back messages from the
previous session of Textual. The links for these images can be shift clicked to expand
them.
- Automated conversion of text based emoticons to their individual emoji counterpart is now possible without installing a
3rd-party addon. This feature can be enabled in the Addons section of
Preferences.
- Non-server notices can now be configured to create a new window if one does not already
exist. See the Command Scope section of Preferences.