Alhena 5.5.7
Changes
Alhena 5.5.7 is out. This release has a lot of small fixes and enhancements. The biggest noticeable change is that subscriptions and feeds are now part of the database restore/merge functionality.
There was a bug with a database connection being left open. The end result was rare but exhausting the pool would freeze the app. It's the closest thing to a crash I remember in ages. Now it's fixed.
I moved the MacOS, Windows and Linux installs from Oracle to Eclipse Temurin. I also updated the FreeBSD install to the latest OpenJDK 21. If you use the base install or build from source, you need Java 21+ to get things going.
What To Do First
While testing, I did multiple clean installs. I discovered there are a few things you need to do right away. First, turn on smooth scrolling if you use the mouse wheel. If you use arrow keys, use "alhena:scrollspeed".
What else?
The default font is ugly. You can set the font from Settings. This is better but the same font is used for everything. The best option is to create a global style where you can set the font attributes of every single line type. You can also set the margins, background color, background gradient, etc. Do this if nothing else. To spice things up, add additional styles based on protocol, domain or specific URL. It really does make a difference.
That's it for now. Thank for using Alhena. Please report any bugs or enhancement ideas either here or on the Alhena GitHub page. It's the only way I can make it better.
May 01 · 6 days ago · 👍 gritty, darkghost