diff --git a/content/news/2021-briar-1.3-released.md b/content/news/2021-briar-1.3-released.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0cbd12783f568823641a026221b227a7455aa291 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/2021-briar-1.3-released.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +--- +aliases: +- /news/2021-briar-1.3-released.html +date: 2021-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 +title: 'Briar 1.3 released - image attachments, profile images and disappearing messages' +--- + + +### Press release + +##### June 7 2021 + +{{< figure src="/img/internet-shutdown.jpg" link="/img/internet-shutdown.jpg" +class="fullwidth" alt="Using Briar during internet shutdown" +>}} + +The Briar Project [released version 1.3](/download) of its Android app today. +Thanks to support from [eQualit.ie](https://equalit.ie/), this release adds several new features that have been requested by many users over the years. + +With today's release, users can upload profile pictures that will be visible only to their contacts. + +Lots of people have asked for a way to send images via Briar. We listened! This release adds the ability to send images in private conversations. +Images are still heavily compressed, so high resolution images might show pixel artifacts. + +Also, disappearing messages are now available in private conversations. +Users can set a timer on their messages, and they will be automatically deleted when the timer expires. +We hope this feature will go a long way towards improving users' privacy, especially for people communicating in high-risk areas. + +To improve the user experience, the settings screen has been re-organized and split into sub-screens. The redesign creates space for the user's profile picture, and the improved categorization into sub-screens makes it easier to find specific settings. + +Work on the next big release is already underway. Among other things, the team is working on a way to exchange messages over storage media (SD card or USB stick) as well as sharing the app offline. + + +### Media +{{< screenshots + "13_send_image.png" + "13_attach_image.png" + "13_disappearing_messages.png" + "13_sent_disappearing_message.png" + "13_settings_redesign.png" + "13_change_profile_pic.png" + >}} + +### About Briar + +Briar is a messaging app designed for activists, journalists, +and anyone else who needs a safe, easy and robust way to communicate. +Unlike traditional messaging tools such as email, Twitter or Telegram, +Briar doesn't rely on a central server - +messages are synchronized directly between the users' devices. +If the internet's down, +Briar can sync via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping the information flowing in a crisis. +If the internet's up, Briar can sync via the Tor network, protecting users +and their relationships from surveillance. + +{{% funding %}} + +{{< contact >}} + +Twitter: [@BriarApp](https://twitter.com/BriarApp) + + diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/funding.md b/layouts/shortcodes/funding.md index e35ebef169b43f76bd34e57169853e77d4b4a4c2..879a1b294e0025184d9ebb7ad2a021dfec64bda9 100644 --- a/layouts/shortcodes/funding.md +++ b/layouts/shortcodes/funding.md @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ -Briar has received funding from [Small Media](https://smallmedia.org.uk/), +Briar has received funding from +the [Small Media Foundation](https://smallmedia.org.uk/), the [Open Internet Tools Project](https://web.archive.org/web/20160413063937/https://www.openitp.org/), -[Access](https://accessnow.org/), +[Access Now](https://accessnow.org/), the [Open Technology Fund](https://www.opentech.fund/), the [Prototype Fund](https://prototypefund.de/), [Internews](https://www.internews.org/), the [NLnet Foundation](https://nlnet.nl/), -the [Next Generation Internet](https://ngi.eu) programme -and the [ISC Project](https://www.iscproject.org/). +the [Next Generation Internet](https://ngi.eu) programme, +the [ISC Project](https://www.iscproject.org/) +and [eQualit.ie](https://equalit.ie/). diff --git a/static/img/internet-shutdown.jpg b/static/img/internet-shutdown.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19d8cc0315d7eab2ceb655de8b1e237cab2a2991 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/internet-shutdown.jpg differ diff --git a/static/img/screenshots/13_attach_image.png b/static/img/screenshots/13_attach_image.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..510458758a887994964ff136b8b66727ef336212 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/screenshots/13_attach_image.png differ diff --git a/static/img/screenshots/13_change_profile_pic.png b/static/img/screenshots/13_change_profile_pic.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..392ac622aba4933372a0514e6b39e52e9918c06e Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/screenshots/13_change_profile_pic.png differ diff --git a/static/img/screenshots/13_disappearing_messages.png b/static/img/screenshots/13_disappearing_messages.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2435d3a6ee8e116d41851d5324dcf061b6a4f795 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/screenshots/13_disappearing_messages.png differ diff --git a/static/img/screenshots/13_send_image.png b/static/img/screenshots/13_send_image.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f390aada7d1d5537ff63fac69a690888740d422d Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/screenshots/13_send_image.png differ diff --git a/static/img/screenshots/13_sent_disappearing_message.png b/static/img/screenshots/13_sent_disappearing_message.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a171a3dcf473ed8be56774033f6924a77d6caa7d Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/screenshots/13_sent_disappearing_message.png differ diff --git a/static/img/screenshots/13_settings_redesign.png b/static/img/screenshots/13_settings_redesign.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1539e6d838da61959770ac65085e0d7f5fd57e40 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/screenshots/13_settings_redesign.png differ