FreeTube v0.21.0 Beta

[PrestonN]

Summary

FreeTube v0.21.0 is out, and with it, our fastest major release upgrade rollout in over two years. v0.19 came out after 10 months, v0.20 after 7 months, and v0.21 is here after just 3 months. With it, we have a myriad of features, user experience improvements, bug fixes, and performance improvements. 

Excluding dependency updates, Weblate translations, and nightly-only regression fixes, we have 110 (!) substantive merged PRs included in this release, and only 47 of them are linked to directly in this list. Click here to see our full changelog.

Features

• Grid view for user playlists by @kommunarr in User playlists as grid #4949
• Sort option for user playlists by @kommunarr in Sort videos within playlist #4921
• Prevent adding duplicate videos into a playlist by default by @PikachuEXE in Make adding duplicate disabled by default #5044
• Add "Remove Duplicate Videos" button for user playlists by @PikachuEXE in Update playlist page to add remove duplicate videos button for user playlists #5191
• Use more generic icon for Quick bookmark feature by @MarmadileManteater in Use more generic icon for Quick bookmark feature #4885
• Quick bookmark styling and behavioral improvements by @kommunarr in Always have quick bookmark set #5058
• Display Subtitles and 4k tags on videos in search results when applicable by @dkshxd in Display Subtitles/CC and 4k tag - #917 #5119
• Add Ctrl+F secondary search bar shortcut + trigger form submit on Enter binding by @kommunarr in Intuitive input bindings #4970
• Show when Subscriptions / Trending / Most Popular were last updated by @kommunarr in Show when Subscriptions / Trending / Most Popular were last updated #4380
• Allow filtering searches by features by @ChunkyProgrammer in Allow filtering searches by features #5125
• Play next/previous video after removing the current video from the playlist by @kommunarr in Play next/prev video after removing current video from the playlist #5158
• Local API: Extract playlists on the auto-generated "Music" channel by @absidue in Local API: Extract playlists on the auto-generated "Music" channel #5250
• Local API: Extract releases on auto-generated artist topic channels by @absidue in Local API: Extract releases on auto-generated artist topic channels #5241
• Add Solarized Dark and Solarized Light color schemes by @DontBlameMe99 in Add Solarized dark and Solarized light color scheme #5066
• Add option in Subscription Settings for a confirmation popup before unsubscribing by @msagr in Add confirmation popup before unsubscribing #4896
• Add settings section sorting option by @kommunarr in Implement settings section sorting option #5010
• Add more options to default playback rate menu by @msagr in Add more options to default playback rate menu #4880
• Add icons to dropdowns by @kommunarr in Add icons to dropdowns #5006
• Improved spacing on the about page by @MarkusGaugg in Optical enhancement - Improved spacing on the about page #5210 #5257
• Update About page to display correct Freetube logo based on currently set theme by @ducks in Update About page to display correct Freetube logo based on currently set theme #5126
• Mark destructive actions (e.g., deleting actions) with distinctive theming by @kommunarr in Distinguish destructive actions #4374
• Improve user playlist video search UX by @kommunarr in Improve video playlist search UX #4929
• Improve create & edit playlist UX by @PikachuEXE in Improve create & edit playlist UX #5226
• Release notes formatting improvements from @absidue and @kommunarr

Fixes

• Fix broken DeArrow thumbnails by @ChunkyProgrammer in Dearrow: check for 204 error instead of 404 #5259
• Fix incorrect published dates in the channel search with the Invidious API by @absidue in Fix incorrect published dates in the channel search with the Invidious API #4912
• Fix hide/show channel in ft-list-video by @absidue in Fix hide/show channel in ft-list-video #5149
• Fix hide sharing actions also hiding hide/show channel by @absidue in Fix hide sharing actions also hiding hide/show channel #5110
• Fix Channel live tab showing as empty for some channels by @absidue in Workaround YouTube returning empty pages on the channel live tab #4914
• Fix window title displaying null while loading a video or channel by @absidue in Fix window title displaying null while loading a video or channel #4913
• Fix user playlist reverse button unsetting itself by @kommunarr in Fix user playlist reverse button behavior #4947
• Fix prompts closing on button click in certain instances by @MarmadileManteater in Fix ft-prompt closing when clicking elements with role="button" #5096
• Improve search filter styling & fix modal accessibility issues by @kommunarr in Improve search filter & modal accessibility #3975
• Fix handling of emojis with ZWJ sequences in profile initials by @absidue in Fix handling of emojis with ZWJ sequences in profile initials #5023
• Fix External Player button not working on the Watch page by @absidue in Fixes opening an external player on the watch page passes user playlist #5263
• Fix error when fetching deleted comment replies with the Local API by @PikachuEXE in Fix error when fetching deleted comment replies in local API #5255
• Fix mouse backward and forward buttons not updating the in-app navigation buttons by @absidue in Fix mouse backward and forward buttons not updating the in-app buttons #5242
• Fix incorrect Channel page sort values being displayed by @kommunarr in Fix channel sort visible values not reflecting their actual values #5162
• Improve storyboard styling for tablet & mobile devices by @MarmadileManteater in Set max height for storyboards depending on window width #4933
• Improve accessibility of playlist icon buttons by @sossost in Fix/ Improve accessibility of playlist icon buttons #4943

Changes

• Replace Comment Auto Load setting with all-encompassing Auto Load Next Page setting by @PikachuEXE in Update most paginated places to auto load next page (except comments) #4565
• Add back matching author names appearing in video playlist search results by @kommunarr in Add back author search in video playlist searching #4919
• Increase default scrollbar size and make it larger on hover by @kommunarr in Use auto scrollbar size for all scrollbars except the side nav #5172
• Show error message when search is over the YouTube search limit of 100 characters by @dkshxd in Show error message when search is over the YouTube search limit of 100 characters #4992
• Update Invidious instances list by @absidue in Update Invidious instances list #5288
• Use clearer SVG assets over blurrier PNGs by @HighlanderCZ in SVG assets #4898
• Only approve web API permission requests for permissions that FreeTube needs by @absidue in Only approve web API permission requests for permissions that FreeTube needs #5022
• Bump electron from 29.1.6 to 31.0.1
• Enormous amount of performance improvements and build size reductions from @absidue
• Assorted code quality improvements by @absidue and @ChunkyProgrammer
• Changes to the About page styling by @efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc

New Contributors

• @HighlanderCZ with SVG assets #4898
• @msagr with Add more options to default playback rate menu #4880
• @sossost with Fix/ Improve accessibility of playlist icon buttons #4943
• @dkshxd with Show error message when search is over the YouTube search limit of 100 characters #4992
• @DontBlameMe99 with Add Solarized dark and Solarized light color scheme #5066
• @MarkusGaugg with Optical enhancement - Improved spacing on the about page #5210 #5257
• @ducks with Update About page to display correct Freetube logo based on currently set theme #5126

Full Changelog: v0.20.0-beta...v0.21.0-beta

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This discussion was created from the release FreeTube v0.21.0 Beta.

[hundehausen]

Awesome release! Any chance we can get build for Macs with Apple Silicon chips?

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

We cant give an ETA on that but you can look into #2786 (comment)

[PikachuEXE]

I just woke up and the build need to be started manually
Try it now: https://github.com/PikachuEXE/homebrew-FreeTube