Vireo 1.19.x

[hyprlab]

Discussion for stable and beta releases 1.19.x

[hyprlab]

Beta: 1.19.0-beta.1

The 1.19 feature preview is on the beta channel. Update with flatpak update, or install with flatpak install --from https://vireo.hyprlab.co/flatpak/co.hyprlab.Vireo.Beta.flatpakref. Everything below is new since stable 1.18.4. Bug reports on any of it are welcome; the linked issues stay open until these ship stable.

First-run welcome wizard

A guided five-step setup greets new installs: add an account (one-click GNOME Online Accounts imports, or a manual IMAP form with provider presets and a live connection test), pick privacy settings, choose popular defaults. Beta builds have a "Welcome Wizard" entry in the burger menu so you can review it without touching your config.

Split replies (#86)

Requested by @yioannides. Reply, Reply All and Forward now slide a compact composer down from the top of the reading pane, with the conversation still visible and interactive below it, scrolled to the message you are answering. Pop it out to a window for the full address fields.

Mail filters (#47)

Requested by @mfreeman72. Accounts tab, Filters section: file incoming mail into folders automatically by sender, subject or recipients, per account, first match wins. Rules also apply to mail that arrived while Vireo was closed.

Per-account push and special folders

The account editor's Syncing section (per-account IMAP push, from #91 by @frenchy82) sits above the Special Folders mapping.

Quick filters (#97) and search (#102)

Requested by @Toxblh and @p-mitana. Unread-only and starred-only toggles sit beside the sort menu, and the list's search bar now hides behind a header button (Ctrl+F or / opens it; Esc closes).

Find in message (#103)

Requested by @p-mitana. Ctrl+F in the reader (or the toolbar button next to the star) searches the open message or conversation: yellow pill highlights, the current match solid, a live "N of M" counter and arrows. Hidden text is excluded and matches are walked in reading order.

Console mode

Settings, System & Appearance: a live verbose log console in the status bar (button, burger menu, or Ctrl+Shift+C), resizable, selectable, showing everything Vireo does under the hood, WebKit console output included.

Also in this beta

• Notification action buttons: Mark as Read and Archive straight from the new-mail banner ([Feature request] Action buttons to notifications #38, requested by @isorropisths)
• Settings backup and restore as a single file, passwords excluded by design (Backup / Export Settings #50, requested by @doodoobug-dot)
• Read marking rebuilt (Opening the thread marks only the latest message as read #100, Scroll to the next message when the thread is opened #101, reported by @p-mitana): conversation messages mark read as they scroll into view, with a policy setting (when displayed / after two seconds / manually), and threads open on the first unread or the newest message
• Conversation-level starring from the row, context menu or reader toolbar, with individual message stars kept separate
• Threads surface their newest message in the list, and their context menu can mark or star the whole conversation
• Avatarless row alignment (Horizonal alignment regression #99, feedback from @yioannides) and emoji avatar centering
• Cold-start composers from Nautilus's "Send by email" keep their From field (Send by email wont show "from" field #105, reported by @frenchy82)
• Filters, Allowed Senders and Blacklist moved to the Accounts tab; the Subject field always shows; the About window rebuilt around the wordmark

Thanks to everyone whose requests, reports and testing shaped this cycle: @thecalamityjoe87, @yioannides, @p-mitana, @frenchy82, @Toxblh, @taprobane99, @mfreeman72, @doodoobug-dot, @isorropisths.

[hyprlab]

Beta: 1.19.0-beta.2

The beta can now be selected as the system default mail app, separately from the stable app. Its desktop entry registers the mailto handler, so after updating, GNOME Settings > Apps > Default Apps > Mail offers Vireo (beta) and mailto: links open in whichever channel you pick.

Update with flatpak update, or install the beta with:

flatpak install --from https://vireo.hyprlab.co/flatpak/co.hyprlab.Vireo.Beta.flatpakref

[hyprlab]

Beta: 1.19.0-beta.3

Fixes from beta feedback.

• Mail filed by a filter now counts as new mail ([Feature Request] Add message sorting filters #47, reported by @mfreeman72 on beta.2). The new-mail notification fires for filtered messages too, and when the newest arrival was filed away, clicking the notification opens the folder it went to. The Mark as Read and Archive buttons only appear when the message is still in the inbox, since that is where they act.
• Cancelling a split reply no longer leaves the reply-target outline on the conversation card, including replies cancelled while the composer is still sliding in.
• The compose body editor has the same card styling as the From/To/Subject fields, in the inline split, the popout window and the signature editor.
• New installs render single messages as inset cards by default. Existing installs keep their saved preference.

Update with flatpak update, or install the beta with:

flatpak install --from https://vireo.hyprlab.co/flatpak/co.hyprlab.Vireo.Beta.flatpakref

[hyprlab]

1.19.0

Stable 1.19.0 is out: everything from the three betas, on the stable channel. Update with flatpak update, or install from https://vireo.hyprlab.co. Release notes: https://github.com/hyprlab/vireo/releases/tag/v1.19.0

Highlights: first-run welcome wizard, mail filters (#47), settings backup and restore (#50), notification action buttons (#38), split replies (#86), collapsible list search (#102) plus find-in-message (#103), unread and starred quick filters (#97), viewport-based read marking with a reading policy (#100, #101), conversation-level starring, threads surfacing their newest message, console mode, and the #99/#105 fixes.

Thank you to everyone who shaped and tested this cycle: @mfreeman72, @doodoobug-dot, @isorropisths, @yioannides, @Toxblh, @p-mitana and @frenchy82. The corresponding issues are now closed with the release. The beta channel catches up as 1.19.1-beta.1 (same code, no beta-only changes).

[hyprlab]

Beta: 1.19.1-beta.1

Catch-up release: the beta channel now matches stable 1.19.0. No beta-only changes. Update with flatpak update.