Releases: insidegui/WWDC
Version 7.0
Welcome to WWDC for macOS version 7!
This update has lots of fixes and improvements, as well as some cool new features.
- The app's UI has been modernized to look better in macOS Catalina, with new fonts and colors
- The video player has also received a UI refresh to improve the contrast between controls and the background
- Transcripts are now provided by Apple, which means they're the same as the ones in the Apple Developer app, including support for multiple languages
- You can now search within a specific session's transcript
- The transcript can now be detached into its own window, so you can rearrange your workspace with more flexibility, such as putting the video and transcript side-by-side in fullscreen
- Meet the new Community tab: in partnership with CocoaHub, we're bringing you curated content from the community, including Apple announcements, blog posts, podcast episodes, conference videos, and more
- Clip Sharing: if you've ever wanted to share a specific segment of a video with someone, you now can! With a downloaded video selected, just click the scissors button and select a portion of the video to share
Version 6.2
- The app is now notarized.
- Adds a number of keyboard shortcuts
- Increase/reduce playback speed with plus or minus keys respectively.
- Increase reverse speed/pause/increase forward speed with J/K/L respectively.
- Section headers categorising sessions into Tracks now show when filters and searches are active.
- Improvements to the control overlay when viewing videos.
- Increased contrast.
- Fixes two issues which saw the control overlay stay on-screen when the mouse was not focused on the video.
- Fixes an issue in which some related sessions were not shown.
- Fixes an issue with transcripts.
- Fixes a networking alert which was shown too readily.
- Fixes an issue which affected users who cancelled when changing their download directory.
Version 6.1.2
- The app is now Swift 5
- Improved error reporting
- Converted our networking stack to use Codable instead of SwiftyJSON
- Other smaller fixes and improvements
Version 6.1
- New "Featured" tab shows important new videos highlighted by Apple
- The app is now optimized for macOS Mojave and will adopt the user's preferred accent color
- New download manager: you can now see the progress and manage all downloads from a single location
- Many other smaller fixes and improvements
Version 6.0.4
Our "iOS 12" release
WWDC came and went and a huge topic, especially for iOS 12, was performance and stability. Inspired by that, we're releasing WWDC for macOS 6.0.4, with the following fixes:
- Player timestamps now use the correct monospace system font
- Optimized the UI for faster interactions
- Fixed related sessions navigation so that it can expose the destination session
- Fixed a hang that would occur sometimes when the app was loading its data
- Fixed fullscreen player hiding incorrectly when browsing sessions
- Fixed a hang that could occur when starting playback of a streaming video
- Fixed an issue that would prevent the space bar from playing/pausing the video
- Fixed an issue where the cursor would be hidden when switching spaces while playing in fullscreen
- Transcripts from ASCIIWWDC are now downloaded over HTTPS
We also made some enhancements:
- Enabled subtitles for 2017 and 2018 (thanks Mattt)
- The player now allows play/pause while the app is not the frontmost app
- It's now possible to seek using the keyboard arrow keys
- Option-clicking the speed button on the player will go to the previous playback speed
- In the share menu, there's now an option to copy the link for a session to the clipboard
Version 6.0.3
Improves live streaming reliability.
Version 6.0.2
This update fixes an important issue with live streaming, please update to be able to watch live sessions during the week.
Version 6.0.1
This version contains some bugfixes so you can have a great experience during this WWDC week.
Below are the full release notes for 6.0, in case you missed them:
WWDC 6.0 release notes
This is a major update of the app with some great new features and improvements:
iCloud Sync (beta)
That's right! You can now sync your favorites, bookmarks and progress in videos between multiple computers. All you need is to be logged in to your iCloud account.
Related Sessions
When watching a specific session, we will show related sessions to you so you can binge watch and expand your learning.
Session Links
Some special events and labs require you to make an appointment, some special events have links for directions. We now show those important links at the bottom of the session details so you can schedule an appointment or find directions right from the app.
"Now Playing" integration and Bluetooth control
Playback in the app will now show in the "Now Playing" Notification Center widget. This also means you can control playback using your AirPods (or any other Bluetooth headphone).
Touch Bar support
The player now shows its controls in the Touch Bar so you can easily control playback anywhere in the app without moving your mouse.
Calendar integration
If you see a session in the schedule you'd really like to attend, just click the calendar button in the session details and an event will be added to your calendar. Remember you can still ask Siri to remind you about a session when you have it selected in the app!
State restoration improvements
You can quit the app without worrying about losing your place. Everything will be back where you left off when you launch it again, including search and filters.
Improved Chromecast support
We have updated Chromecast support to be even better and more stable, enjoy watching the keynote on your big screen.
Version 6
Happy WWDC 2018! 🎉
This is a major update of the app with some great new features and improvements:
iCloud Sync (beta)
That's right! You can now sync your favorites, bookmarks and progress in videos between multiple computers. All you need is to be logged in to your iCloud account.
Related Sessions
When watching a specific session, we will show related sessions to you so you can binge watch and expand your learning.
Session Links
Some special events and labs require you to make an appointment, some special events have links for directions. We now show those important links at the bottom of the session details so you can schedule an appointment or find directions right from the app.
"Now Playing" integration and Bluetooth control
Playback in the app will now show in the "Now Playing" Notification Center widget. This also means you can control playback using your AirPods (or any other Bluetooth headphone).
Touch Bar support
The player now shows its controls in the Touch Bar so you can easily control playback anywhere in the app without moving your mouse.
Calendar integration
If you see a session in the schedule you'd really like to attend, just click the calendar button in the session details and an event will be added to your calendar. Remember you can still ask Siri to remind you about a session when you have it selected in the app!
State restoration improvements
You can quit the app without worrying about losing your place. Everything will be back where you left off when you launch it again, including search and filters.
Improved ChromeCast support
We have updated ChromeCast support to be even better and more stable, enjoy watching the keynote on your big screen.