New beta is out!
1.3.8 (TD 2.1.18)

Most of this beta consist of new forward window changes (or, more specifically, mulit-forward). I've tried to add some things that were could be missed from old window. So, here are the changes:

• One-click forward to Saved Messages. If you want to select it as one of the chats to forward, just hold Ctrl when clicking on it.
• "Go to chat" button appears if there is only one chat selected in forward window. Works just like choosing a chat in old forward window.
• "Open chat by click" option. Just in case if you need to forward to one chat most of the time. Enables old behavior, where chat was opened after selecting it. Even if this option enabled, you can still select multiple chats by holding Ctrl.
• "Retain selection after forward" option. It was a default feature in previous version, but since it partially behaves like a bug, I've made it optional.

Aside from forward, this version has two more interesting things:
• Removed account name in notification, if notification is from currently active account.
• Possibly fixed hard-to-catch crash by click "Permissions" in profile.

Also Kotatogram has two more new translations:
• Turkish (by @disk3).
• Polish (by @Sebek).

By the way, I've made a channel where I notify about new strings for Kotatogram translation: t.me/kotatolangs. Also I've mad a chat where you can discuss Kotatogram translations (preferably on English): t.me/kotatolangs_chat.

Teasing a new feature. I'm planning to make it before stable TDesktop release, but I'm not sure on how fast I'll get this done.

I know everyone waits for an update, but this post is not about it. Well, almost. I decided to answer to one frequently asked question.

When new release?
Soon™️. On a serious note, there are two factors:
• Burdened with work;
• Started to make feature that initially seemed easy to do. I'll tell about it in the next post.

Also don't forget: Kotatogram is developed when I have time and desire. Nevertheless, I'm not planning to abandon it since I use it myself. But I'll be honest: I overdone and delayed it this time, and it's better to not do like that next time.

P.S. If you're waiting for unquoted forwarding: it's ready except for two moments, and will be shipped in the next version.

So, the feature which is reason to delaying release because I thought that it would be easy to make, is...

Local folders
Folders in Telegram were made not long ago, but, of course, they were made with limits, and there aren't enough filters. For example, I've been asked about hiding chats from main list, if they are in folder. Now something similar could be done with local folders.

What is ready at this moment
• New exception types: admin/owner rights (has/hasn't), folder from other chats, not opened in session.
• Discarding limit for name length. You now can write "My unread chats" fully.
• Of course, there is no limit for local folders. Until you hit technical limit, of course, but will you really create 2,147,483,647 folders?

Editing folders from context menu is ready, but it's need to deal with correct order changing, saving from Settings menu (more specifically, show changes after save) and check if it works correctly when changing cloud folders.

Also I think to check if I can to discard chats limit in folder and pinned chats limit. And I'd like to add more icons, because last time I failed.

Why it seemed easy to make for me
I've ran a little test, adding data of another folder to function that receives folders from Telegram servers. And it's worked, folder not just existed in list, but worked like the others. Even exceptions were added pretty quickly. Problem has arised when I've started to convert it to option. And currently I'm on this stage.

I hope that I'll release stable version as soon as possible.

And here is a little screenshot as teaser.

New beta is out!
1.3.9 (TD 2.3.2)

This version was delayed too long, and, sadly, it's beta again, since there is need to test some changes from original app. But for those of you, who doesn't get scared of betas: TDesktop are updated to 2.3.2, which means video call support, scheduled messages improvements, and more. But since this version is more than source update, I'll tell you about new features that it brings.

Big features teasered earlier
• Unquoted forward. Now you can forward messages without author. Currently forward settings are stored until app restart. Also bug with forwarding albums has been promoted to "regroup" feature. Optional, of course. You can find these options by clicking three dots in forward window.
• Local folders. If you want additional filters or additional folders (or pins, maybe), this is for you. You can create them where you're creating cloud folders: Settings > Folder, or tg://settings/folders.

Other features
• Option to set your own API ID and hash. There are two ways to do that: use environment variables (KTGDESKTOP_API_ID and KTGDESKTOP_API_HASH) or start parameters (-api-id ВАШ_ID and -api-hash ВАШ_HASH). Since default way is environment variables, you can use -no-env-api start parameter to forcibly use bundled or your credentials. Environment variables way has been brought by @IlyaFedin.
• Reworked administrators information. Now admin list shows rank and last seen status, and information about them shows who promoted to admin.
• Mention user from context menu of member list. Also it works in admin list: you can easily notify administrator about the need to clean the group.
• Improved keyboard navigation in calendar. Arrow keys are now used to select the day, and month now can be selected with Page Up and Page Down. Also End allows you to go to the last date. And no, this is not equals to "go to the last message".
• Improved setting time in scheduled message sending window. Now you can change time by mouse on hover, but also with up and down arrows. Also day is now automatically changes on overflow. You can also hold Ctrl or Shift to scroll time faster.
• Pinning a message is now without sound by default. Faulty mute pinned message can be re-pinned with sound without any additional complains, contrary to pinned message with sound.

Other changes
Since I have a limit on symbols per message, here's the summary of other changes:
• Ctrl+J to select the date in a chat.
• Polls with multiple answers now use square checkboxes.
• Improved groups info in chat lists (primarily when adding to folder).
• Option to open emoji panel by RMB when hover is disabled.
• Improved color search in theme editor.
• Ability to change colors of chat header separately from TDesktop theme (see ktg colors).
• New icon of deleted user, that was taken from official Android app.
• "All Chats" and "Edit" folder buttons can be hidden from their context menu.
• Recent sticker can be deleted by button on hover, not just from its context menu.
• Kotatogram icon in settings is now outlined which is more fitting with style of other icons.

Fixes
• "Go to chat on click" now works with Enter.
• Esc in forward window will clear search field on first press, and close the window on second press.
• Fast Share (arrow near post in channel) now works as forward.
• Some fixes for image rounding that are depend on profile picture rounding.
• Restrictions when sending GIFs now work correctly.
• "Emoji panel on hover" in Scheduled messages now works correctly.

Site has been updated!
kotatogram.github.io

It hasn't been updated for a long time, and was practically abandoned. But I've decided to fix it, give it a better template, and add info to it from time to time.

What's done now:
• Updated feature list. In future I'm planning to make separate page for every feature, but for now at least there is an updated list.
• Answers to frequently asked questions. For now there are only questions at hand, but it's possible that this list will be expanded eventually.
• Separate page for downloading. Because I have been asked "How to download?".
• Blog. There I will post big change logs, post site news and write about other things related to Kotatogram.

Also there are comments made with comments.app by Telegram.

Where is the fork update?
Good news: fork will be released in coming days. Currently there is a final bug-catching and waiting for translators. If you're a translator, check Crowdin page!

Next version 1.4 is planned in stable branch even if there will be few hard-to-catch bugs. Too many bugs slowed the release already.

New version is out!
1.4 (TD 2.7.1)

Months have passed since last update but stable version is now released. Moreover, that version is based on new Telegram Desktop sources which means that it contains all its features: comments multi-pins, voice chats in groups and channels, temporary invite links and more.

But this release is not only about sources update, it would happen earlier otherwise. Some big features were promoted from beta version to stable:

• Local folders. They have no limits for chat count in folder, pinned chats count or folder name length (there are only technical limits, but it's nearly impossible to hit them with common usage). Also they have expanded limits for icons and filters (in "Exclude chats").
• Unquoted forward. Even though breaking of this feature provoked such a long delay in updates, it has been fixed up to maximum and brought to stable version. Because of it you can now forward messages as copies without "Forwarded from" tag. It works with nearly all message types: e.g. you can copy polls like this. But if you'll forward poll unquoted to private chat, tag will be preserved, because you can't create polls in PMs.

Aside of big features, there are many smaller features, and if I'll describe them in full, then I'll hit 4096 symbols limit. So I decided to make separate page for changelog on my site.

Full changelog with plans for the future read here:

https://kotatogram.github.io/blog/release-1-4

Test versions

While update was delayed I've been releasing test versions in chat. They were too unstable for beta and I wanted to collect relatively quick feedback for them. But they had problems too: auto-updating and versioning.

So I've decided to make separate test branches. But first there are few warnings.

• They can be highly unstable. Because of that you shouldn't use your main profile.
• They're updated separately. Test versions can be updated to test version of same branch, but not to stable/beta.

To prevent mixing test versions with stable and beta, they will be published to separate channel: t.me/KotatogramTestVersions.

Bug reports for them are accepted in t.me/kotatochat.