Changelog

What changed

  1. v1.1.6

    Chromium extension · Firefox extension · Desktop

    New

    • Scanned pages keep their structure: tables, headings, lists, dates and italics
    • Scan several pictures or a PDF into one book, with chapters found for you
    • Improve a scan with AI, using the provider and model you choose
    • GitHub repositories open with an overview, and release links are one click away
    • Follow GitHub discovery pages in Studio, with Trending filters
    • Stop sharing a collection from the Shared page

    Improved

    • Faster startup and lower memory use on large libraries
    • Search is ready right away; the index is kept between launches
    • Large books open faster
    • Folder and Dropbox sync skip work when nothing changed
    • If FlowReader cannot start, it now offers to check for updates
    • Studio notifications count only what needs your attention

    Fixed

    • Edits made during a sync are no longer lost or overwritten
    • Revoking a member or cancelling an invite no longer fails
    • Deleting a shared collection ends the share first
    • macOS and Linux: folder sync uploads work again
    • Studio keeps your place in a note when you edit or navigate away
    • The Studio search suggestions show above other content and match the design

  2. v1.1.5

    Chromium extension · Firefox extension · Desktop

    New

    • Share a collection with others; changes arrive in near real time, within the rights you grant
    • Add news sites and feeds, and manage collections, straight from the sidebar
    • Reorder sidebar sections and apps by dragging them
    • A Contact form in the app, with a preview of the system details it sends

    Improved

    • Account & sync is one settings page, with a plain-language sync status
    • Settings pages use cards, with an icon and description on every row
    • The Shared page is redesigned
    • Studio: a book's Contents opens as a panel beside the sidebar, not over it
    • Share invitation e-mails are branded, and the link opens Shared in the app
    • First-run setup is simpler and opens the extension after install

    Fixed

    • Studio no longer freezes during sync or while you drag in the sidebar
    • Your own edits upload promptly even after a heavy day of syncing
    • The drag preview stays at the pointer, and a drag can no longer get stuck
    • News sources can be removed, and RSS sources are managed like News
    • Shared collections show the right access, recipient names and notifications
    • Desktop: the window no longer scrolls or rubber-bands
    • Desktop: Hacker News sign-in and comment loading work again
    • The selected Source chip keeps its place in the list

  3. v1.1.0

    Chromium extension · Firefox extension · Desktop

    New

    • Turn pictures and scanned PDFs into a note, with text recognition on your device
    • Studio, a new default layout with tabs, split panes and a focus view
    • Rebind keys on a Keyboard shortcuts page; the command palette opens with Ctrl/Cmd+K
    • A small graph of related concepts above the Related items panel

    Improved

    • The Highlights page shows highlights as sticky notes
    • Sign-in and setup are simpler: one full page, with a way to continue without an account
    • Hacker News, Lobsters, Royal Road, arXiv, news and catalogs share one header
    • Settings is regrouped, with Typography on its own page
    • New installs start with a Notes collection alone

    Fixed

    • macOS: Read aloud plays and no longer sits on Buffering
    • Sync shows one problem at a time and pauses at its read limit instead of failing
    • Clearer contrast and larger click targets in panels, search and settings

  4. v1.0.3

    Desktop

    Improved

    • Scoop, Snap, apt, dnf and AUR installs now update through their package manager, with the command ready to copy

    Fixed

    • Debian, Fedora, Snap and AUR installs no longer fail their update check
    • Updating a Scoop install no longer leaves a second copy under Program Files

  5. v1.0.2

    Desktop

    New

    • Check for updates from Settings and the command palette
    • About FlowReader in the command palette

    Improved

    • The app checks for updates automatically twice a day

    Fixed

    • The native title bar no longer returns above the app on Windows and Linux

  6. v1.0.1

    Desktop

    New

    • Windows and Linux: FlowReader draws its own title bar and window buttons, in place of the system title bar and menu bar

    Fixed

    • Installing with Scoop no longer fails

  7. v1.0.0

    Chromium extension · Firefox extension · Desktop

    First public release.