Dianara

Dianara is an open source, free and graphical software project that has been designed from the offset to act as a client for the pump.io federated/distributed social networking client, enabling users to easily manage their pump.io social network accounts.

It supports identi.ca

With Dianara, there's no need for a web browser, as the application will fetch and display the last 15 public post. All you have to do is to enter your pump.io ID (e.g. username@podname) and the auth token. The application can also be used for the identi.ca social networking service.

Straightforward and modern GUI

The application’s graphical user interface (GUI) is easy to use, straightforward and modern. It uses a tabbed interface that gives users quick access to their contacts, messages, activity, timeline and bookmarks.

Getting started with Dianara

To use the software, you will have to enter your pump.io address and verification code from the get-go. After that, all of your contacts will be loaded into the application and you can start chatting.

From the Preferences dialog, the user will be able to edit his/her profile by adding an avatar, biographical information, address, email, etc., add and edit filters/rules, which will be used to automatically ban anything you don’t want to see.

Lastly, there are a wide range of configuration options that can be tweaked to make the application act exactly the way you want. You can change fonts, colors, notification and system tray icon.

Under the hood and supported OSes

Dianara is written in the C++ programming language and uses the cross-platform Qt GUI toolkit for its graphical user interface. It supports a wide range of GNU/Linux distributions, including Chakra, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Mageia, Debian Testing/Sid and Ubuntu, as well as other operating systems.

What is new in this release:

• Added a D-Bus interface, to control the program from other programs, such as scripts, using tools like qdbus or dbus-send.
• Option to list the newest users from your own Pump server, located under Neighbors, inside the Contacts tab.
• Welcome wizard, to guide new users.
• New privacy option: private likes. Liking posts or comments will only inform the author.
• Support for non-https servers, using the --nohttps command line parameter.
• Hebrew translation, by GreenLunar.
• Improved localization support, and fixed some issues with RTL languages.
• JSON-based error messages from the server, which might have Unicode symbols, are now shown correctly.
• Several minor fixes.

What is new in version 1.3.1:

• Option to browse posts from a user (only for users on the same server, for now).
• Option to set or change e-mail address for the account.
• Nick autocompleter now displays user ID, too.
• Proper links are made from URL's found anywhere, when pasting plain text.
• Added a Privacy category in the settings, with a couple of new options related to following people and managing lists.
• Button to configure account on status bar when account is not configured.
• Option to scroll main timeline to the new stuff line on update.
• Enhanced timeline page selector.
• Progress bar during program startup.
• Option to start application hidden in the system tray.
• Command line option to change the color of links: --linkcolor=color (useful in GTK environments).
• Other minor fixes.

What is new in version 1.3.0:

• Enhanced timeline updates and pagination. Timeline updates are much faster now, require less network traffic, and don't mark previous posts as read every time a feed is updated.
• Nickname autocompletion in post/comment composers. Type '@' to get a list of names, then type the first characters. When creating a note, this will add that contact to the "To" list. In comments it will just be a simple link.
• Posts opened from the "+" button in the Meanwhile feed will be able to load comments correctly much more often.
• Added a button to cancel an attachment in the publisher.
• The Favorites timeline will be scheduled for update when liking or unliking things, so liking several posts in a few minutes will only reload it once.
• Option to hide duplicated posts, that is, posts which were already visible in the timeline and have been received again due to sharing.
• Added setting to automatically set an initial post title from the file name of an attachment.
• Option to choose the size of avatars for posts.
• Comment area in posts will use the space more efficiently.
• Option to make shared posts more obvious, with sharer's avatar.
• Option to highlight comments made by the author of a post, and your own comments, with a subtle hint.
• Optional character counter in the publisher.
• Other new options in the settings dialog. Some were rearranged.
• The Account dialog will be locked when Dianara is already authorized to use your account.
• Some highlighting colors are now enabled by default.
• Time of last timeline update will be shown on the menu bar.
• Attached images which fail to load (usually due to permissions) will show a clear message.
• A demo notification will be shown when setting the notification style.
• Command line option to ignore SSL errors. Use with care!
• Command line options now have short form alternatives like -c or -d.
• Fixed handling system shutdown; properly close at environment's request.
• Fixed loading of remote images when the URL has parameters, and when the URL doesn't have a schema.
• Fixed issues with initial width of comments.
• Fixed handling cases when the tray icon is not available.
• Fixed Ctrl+Shift+V, to paste without format, in comments.
• Fixed flickering effect on some timestamps.
• Other small fixes.

What is new in version 1.2.5:

• Mentions and Actions feeds. Access them via keyboard with Control+1/2/3. (Keyboard shortcut to reload Meanwhile feed has been changed to F2)
• Made some of the labels expandable; they will show extra information when clicked.
• Offer to insert links to image files as embedded images, when pasting.
• Very long post titles will be cut when posting.
• Shared posts now show sharer's information in a wide line at the top.
• Show warning when posting only to Followers, but having none.
• Added new configuration categories, and rearranged some options.
• Added option to show post client information directly.
• Option to insert basic tables in messages.
• Avatar menus now sync their Follow/Unfollow option based on global contact list changes.
• Added more fallback icons.
• Added Control+Enter shortcut for the "Done" button when selecting specific recipients for a message.
• Enhancements in the experimental group support.
• Added a few changes to support GNU Mediagoblin's upcoming Pump.io API. You'll be able to use Dianara to post to Mediagoblin sites once its 0.8.0 version is out.
• Added links to the Pump.io User Guide (https://github.com/e14n/pump.io/wiki/User-Guide).
• Fixed #4: some memory leaks, thanks to a patch by Gregor Herrmann.
• Fixed wrong order in list of likes in posts.
• Fixed extra spaces inserted when creating links in the middle of some existing text.
• Other small fixes.

What is new in version 1.2.4:

• Optional snippets in the Meanwhile feed, with configurable character limit.
• Clicking the button that shows the page number at the bottom of a timeline (or pressing Control+G) will open a window to jump to any page.
• Menu option to enable/disable timeline auto-updating.
• New status bar icon indicates initialization stage and state of auto-updates. Clicking it will also toggle the state of auto-updates.
• Tray icon shows how many of the new messages are also highlighted.
• Names of recipients are shown as links in the Publisher, so hovering over them will show their addresses in the status bar.
• More logging, specifically during initial client registration and the authorization token process.
• Settings dialog switched from tabs to stacked view, to have more categories in the future.
• Added a TRANSLATING file, with instructions for new translators.
• Fixed quoting texts containing "".
• Fixed long shutdown time.
• Lots of other small visual changes and fixes.

What is new in version 1.1:

• The Meanwhile feed now highlights activities related to you. There is a counter for new activities, which are also darker until clicked.
• Button to open related posts from the Meanwhile feed. (Has issues, see pump.io issue https://github.com/e14n/pump.io/issues/873)
• Ability to manage members of person lists.
• Filters to block activities in the Meanwhile feed containing certain words, from certain users, or from certain applications (like OFG).
• Button to get more (older) items in the Meanwhile feed.
• The contact list gets all contacts now (previously limited to 200).
• Own posts are no longer counted as new.
• Some keyboard shortcuts have been hardcoded, so they should work under bare WMs, like OpenBox. Some new shortcuts have been added.
• Better publisher layout. The option to select different publisher layouts has been removed.
• Moved "Formatting" button out of the composer.
• Different posts-per-page configurations for the main timeline and the rest.
• Option to mark everything as read.
• Show post's location, if there is one.
• Account configuration will show automatically on the first run of the program.
• The interface should be more responsive now while updating timelines.
• Option to normalize post text colors temporarily.
• Some data is stored differently now, so a few things will reset on first use.
• Lots of other small fixes and enhancements.

What is new in version 1.1 Beta 1:

• The Meanwhile feed now highlights activities related to you. There is a counter for new activities, which are also darker until clicked.
• Button to open related posts from the Meanwhile feed. (Has issues, see pump.io issue https://github.com/e14n/pump.io/issues/873)
• Ability to manage members of person lists.
• Filters to block activities in the Meanwhile feed containing certain words, from certain users, or from certain applications (like OFG).
• Button to get more (older) items in the Meanwhile feed.
• The contact list gets all contacts now (previously limited to 200).
• Ability to 'unshare' a post. ################### (WIP!)
• Own posts are no longer counted as new.
• Some keyboard shortcuts have been hardcoded, so they should work under bare WMs, like OpenBox. Some new shortcuts have been added.
• Better publisher layout. The option to select different publisher layouts has been removed.
• Moved "Formatting" button out of the composer.
• Different posts-per-page configurations for the main timeline and the rest.
• Option to mark everything as read.
• Show post's location, if there is one.
• Account configuration will show automatically on the first run of the program.
• The interface is now more responsive while updating timelines.
• Option to normalize post text colors temporarily.
• Some data is stored diferently now, so a few things will reset on first use.
• Other small fixes and enhancements.

What is new in version 1.0:

• Post editing.
• Ability to create person lists, delete them, and post to specific lists.
• Better posts resizing (no more splitters).
• Optimize image sizes inside posts and comments.
• Avatar upload in profile editor.
• Author's avatar in posts is a button with several options.
• Show if a post has been updated, and when.
• Show "To" and "CC" recipients in posts as links.
• Option to paste without formatting (as plain text).
• Make proper links automatically when pasting a link-like text.
• Option to quote comments.
• Selecting text in a post before clicking "Comment" also quotes it.
• Regular notes can have titles.
• Account wizard polishing.
• Italian translation, by Metal Biker.
• Some more text formatting options. Selecting "Normal" now clears colors, too.
• Full screen option.
• Partially fixed the ever-increasing memory usage issue.
• Minor bugfixes and improvements.

What is new in version 1.0 Beta 2:

• Post editing.
• Ability to create person lists, delete them, and post to specific lists. (WIP)
• Better posts resizing (no more splitters).
• Optimize image sizes inside posts and comments. (WIP)
• Avatar upload in profile editor.
• Author's avatar in posts is a button with several options.
• Show if a post has been updated, and when.
• Show "To" and "CC" recipients in posts as links.
• Option to paste without formatting (as plain text).
• Make proper links automatically when pasting a link-like text.
• Option to quote comments. Selecting text in a post before clicking "Comment" also quotes it.
• Regular notes can have titles.
• Account wizard polishing.
• Italian translation, by Metal Biker.
• Some more text formatting options.
• Partially fixed the ever-increasing memory usage issue.
• Minor bugfixes and improvements.

What is new in version 0.9:

• This version add image uploads with title and description, comment liking and unliking, and the ability to delete your own comments.
• New posts are marked as unread, and the tray icon shows the unread messages count.
• There is a "contact exporting" option.
• When posting, the message won't disappear until posting is confirmed to be OK.

What is new in version 0.7:

• This version enables the Messages, Activity and Favorites timelines, and adds the minor feed, better known as "the Meanwhile column".
• Each post has more information, like the To: and CC: fields, or who shared a post with you. Also, while hovering a link, you can see where it leads.
• The formatting menu in the publisher has new options, "preformatted block" and "insert image from website".
• A confirmation is requested when cancelling a message if there is content in it.
• Autoreload of timelines won't interrupt while commenting on a post.

What is new in version 0.6:

• This version adds the option to show all commments in a post, shows if the user has liked a post, and allows the user to unlike it.
• The user can also see who liked a post, in a tooltip.
• The contact list now shows all the contacts, both 'following' and 'followers'.
• Uploading images is possible.
• The user can select whether a post goes to Public, Followers, or both.
• Clicking on posted images shows them in an internal viewer.
• There is a link in every post to open it in the Web browser.
• Autoupdates don't interrupt the user while browsing the timeline.
• And, of course, there are lots of small bugfixes and minor cleanups.

Requirements:

• Qt