Improve nearby chat overlays and notification preferences

TheSlowly commented

2026-10-15 17:29:06 +00:00

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Adds a compact nearby chat overlay and reorganizes notification settings under Preferences > Chat > Alerts

Nearby avatar and object chat can use plain text or message cards, independently of chat bubbles. Plain text follows the chat font, colors and styling, with readable avatar names

Each message type gets separate controls for conversation flashing, taskbar flashing and sound, plus a choice of popup/overlay, opening Conversations, or neither. Unread tracking remains independent

New profiles default to:

IMs: popups, conversation flashing and taskbar flashing
Groups and conferences: conversation flashing
Nearby chat: overlay and conversation flashing
Nearby objects: overlay

Existing notification preferences are migrated once; existing profiles initially retain message cards for the overlay. Visible conversations no longer flash or show popups, while mentions can override the flashing preference. Do Not Disturb suppresses notifications

The Conversations window title now includes the active tab’s name and follows typing-status updates. The active conversation also stays highlighted when the list selection is cleared, making it clear which chat is open

Adds a compact nearby chat overlay and reorganizes notification settings under Preferences > Chat > Alerts Nearby avatar and object chat can use plain text or message cards, independently of chat bubbles. Plain text follows the chat font, colors and styling, with readable avatar names Each message type gets separate controls for conversation flashing, taskbar flashing and sound, plus a choice of popup/overlay, opening Conversations, or neither. Unread tracking remains independent New profiles default to: - IMs: popups, conversation flashing and taskbar flashing - Groups and conferences: conversation flashing - Nearby chat: overlay and conversation flashing - Nearby objects: overlay Existing notification preferences are migrated once; existing profiles initially retain message cards for the overlay. Visible conversations no longer flash or show popups, while mentions can override the flashing preference. Do Not Disturb suppresses notifications The Conversations window title now includes the active tab’s name and follows typing-status updates. The active conversation also stays highlighted when the list selection is cleared, making it clear which chat is open

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TheSlowly added 4 commits

2026-10-15 17:29:07 +00:00

Add a plain-text overlay for nearby chat f629f0b007

Fix nearby overlay fonts, text styles and link labels 7ad295b983

Redesign chat notification preferences 601e7b32a0

Give each message type separate controls for conversation flashing,
taskbar flashing, sound, and popup or overlay behaviour. Group these
controls and the nearby overlay options under Chat > Alerts.

Centralize notification handling and distinguish conversation visibility
from keyboard focus. Keep unread tracking independent of notifications.

Default to popups and taskbar flashing for IMs, conversation flashing
for groups and conferences, and overlays for nearby chat. Migrate
existing notification preferences.

Visible conversations no longer flash or show popups. Mentions override
the conversation flashing preference. Friend status notices no longer
play the IM sound, and messages held during Do Not Disturb are marked
without opening Conversations.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Move chat notification explanations into tooltips fe114fef40

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2026-10-15 17:29:54 +00:00

Add a plain-text overlay for nearby chat #756

TheSlowly added 1 commit

2026-10-15 17:46:11 +00:00

Show the active conversation in the chat window title aef1a0c424

Follow the displayed tab title, including typing updates, and use the general title when the detached-conversation placeholder is shown. Remove the old typing-only title override.

TheSlowly added 1 commit

2026-10-15 18:10:48 +00:00

Keep the active conversation highlighted in the list a692be6150

Use the container's active session as well as list selection when drawing the conversation highlight. Clearing the list selection no longer hides which conversation is open. Preserve multi-selection, participant context menus and notification flashing.

TheSlowly added 2 commits

2026-10-16 00:45:04 +00:00

Conversations: an incoming conversation no longer selects itself 3504307f78

A new conversation was selected, expanded and given keyboard focus
whenever nothing in the Conversations list was selected, so an incoming
IM could take over the window regardless of the notification settings.
Only Nearby Chat is still selected that way at startup; conversations
you start are shown by their callers, and incoming ones just appear in
the list and notify per Preferences > Chat > Alerts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Conversations: keep a selection when the selected one closes while hidden 24a3f8498f

Removing the selected conversation only picked another one while the
Conversations window was visible, so closing it with the window hidden
left nothing selected. It now falls back to Nearby Chat there, without
taking keyboard focus; a neighbour isn't used because selecting it would
clear its flash before you have seen it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

sky_line commented

2026-10-18 03:05:23 +00:00

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Deferring this to the 1.4 line: the 1.3 stable branch is taking bug fixes only, and this is a larger UI / preferences change that should get beta testing first. Leaving it open; it'll be reviewed when 1.4 work starts.

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2026-10-22 08:20:14 +00:00

Merge PR #789 (TheSlowly): improve nearby chat overlays and notification preferences

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