WIP: Release Next Major Version v2.0.0

[schlagmichdoch]

Stability, speed and file size

• Increase speed (fixes Bug: transfers are incredibly slow #44 + fixes [Bug] Same file, same devices, same network but different transfer speed from mobile to desktop #244)
  • Rewrite file chunking logic
  • Only print logs if URL argument ?debug=true is set
• Increase limit for sending to iPhones (fixes #211 [Enhancement] Increase limit for sending to iPhones (200MB) by rewriting FileChunker / FileDigester  #294)
  • Remove hard coded limit for iPhone
  • Put file digestion into service worker to use the File System API
  • At last: Test Speed with ordered: false and request instead of buffer
• Automatic WebRTC reconnect: On error, queue messages, try to reconnect and continue if connection is reestablished (fixes [Enhancement] Automatic reconnect on error #260 + fixes [Bug] Pairdrop user gets offline while still choosing files to send #247)
  • Reconnect on error
  • queue messages and send on reconnect
• Fix byte size conversion and add speed log to console
• Implement new status: "Reconnecting...", "Sent", "Received", "Error"
  • sent and received: blue + do not prevent user input + hidden after 10s
  • error: red + do not prevent user input + hidden after 10s
• Show transfer progress in MB/s and estimated time left (fixes Percentage transfer request #122)
  • Implement
  • Test after repo is public again
  • Merge PR Add transfer notes: Speed + Time left #275
  • Combine ETA and Speed
• Enable sending of text messages bigger than 180 KB by sending them as a file (including file transfer request) that is chunked as a file but finally shown as a text message to the receiver
  • Implement
  • Merge PR Implement a fallback to send texts bigger than the max message size #280
• Turn the Websocket Fallback into a real fallback if the WebRTC Peer fails (fixes [Enhancement] Implement the websocket fallback as a real fallback #228)
  • Implement
  • Test after repo is public again
  • Merge PR WIP: Implement ws peers as fallback #283
• Show if TURN server is used via icon (fixes [Enhancement] implement check whether stun or turn #181)
  • Implement
  • Test after repo is public again
  • Merge PR WIP: Add turn indicator #279
• Revoke Object URLs on hide (analogously to delete from OPFS) to save disk space (and RAM if OPFS is not used)

UI/UX improvements

• Prefill room secrets entry with displayName given by server instead of undefined (fixes [Enhancement] If pairing is successful but connection fails Edit Paired Devices dialog shows undefined #221)
• Fix NoSleep activation and prevent any audio on mobile devices (as this stops music from playing)
• Make PWA run standalone (fixes [enhancement] Add environment variable to set manifest variable "display": "standalone" #264)
  • Implement standalone + installation request
  • Add margin-bottom to footer if standalone
• Rework Receive File Dialog
  • Try to detect if download was successful automatically. Only show dialog if not. (fixes Enhancement: Make 2 prompts for accepting and downloading more intuitive #40)
  • Enable users to download files individually instead of zipped (see https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/
    issues/40#issuecomment-2010347771 fixes [Enhancement] Don't compress files when sharing multiple files #304) - only zip on request (with css overlay animation)
  • Move add real file name to this._data
• Make border color on dark mode same as text (lighter)
• add disabled to all dialog text fields by default and whenever a dialog is closed

Server connection

• When switching rooms, the old room is not left (fixes #276 [Bug] Switching public rooms does not disconnect from devices in old public room #298)
  • Implement
  • Merge PR Leave old public room when switching public rooms #278
• Save peer secrets ws-domain specific (fixes [Enhancement] If using client mode, do not send peers from another ws-domain #269)
  • Implement
  • Merge PR Domain specific peer secrets #281
• Add option to disable automatic grouping of private IPs (fixes [Enhancement] Add option to disable automatic grouping of private IPs #315)
• DEVICE_GROUPING
  • Implement env var DEVICE_GROUPING (fixes [Enhancement] How to make all clients mutually visible to each other? #301)
  • Add docs and example as docker-compose-local-network.yml
• Implement pending outbound ws queue (replace this)

Code structure

• Refactor newDisplayName into displayNameCustom
• Move code for setting language_code to localisation.js
• Tidy up routing code in network.js
• Split network.js into ServerConnection.js, PeerManager.js, Peer.js, and FileProcessor.js
• Split ui.js into PeersUI.js, PeerUI.js, Dialog.js, ui.js
• Add new files to cache (sw + split files)
• Add new features to ReadMe