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You can now upload large files up to 1 GB in organizations on Zulip Cloud Standard or Zulip Cloud Plus plans.
Web and desktop updates
You can now start a new conversation from the left sidebar. Click the + button next to the name of a channel to start a new topic in that channel, or the + next to DIRECT MESSAGES to start a DM.
The user list now shows recent participants in the conversation you're viewing.
Most permissions in Zulip can now be granted to any combination of roles, groups, and individual users. Previously, permissions were configurable only by user role.
Creating new user groups now requires a Zulip Cloud Standard or Zulip Cloud Plus plan.
Web and desktop updates
To provide more information, long topic names are now shown on two lines in the left sidebar.
Pasted message links are now automatically converted into nicely formatted links.
Zulip’s next-gen mobile app is now in public beta. If offers a sleek new design and a faster, smoother experience. Check out the announcement post for details and instructions on how to try the beta!
Web and desktop updates
There's a new option to show avatars in the user list.
You can now conveniently forward a message to another conversation from the message menu.
Zulip channels have a new space for chatting without a topic (e.g., social chatter or one-off requests). Channel messages sent without a topic (if allowed in your organization) now go to a special “general chat” topic. Its name appears in italics, and will be translated into your language.
New channel permission settings let administrators delegate channel management responsibilities. There are settings for who can administer each channel, and who can subscribe and unsubscribe other users. You can also give users and groups permission to read and subscribe to a private channel, just like everyone other than guests can do with public channels.
Web and desktop updates
When you copy a Zulip link and paste it anywhere that accepts HTML formatting (e.g., your email, GitHub, docs, etc.), the link will be formatted as it would be in Zulip (e.g., #channel > topic.
To link to a topic in the channel you're composing to, you can now just type #> followed by a few letters from the topic name, and pick the desired topic from the autocomplete.
We make many improvements to Zulip beyond what we can share here. Learn about additional feature highlights, and other Zulip project updates since July 2024, in the blog post announcing today's release of Zulip Server 10.0.
Notification Bot (Nov 05 2024 at 07:34):