What's New?

Yaad 1.0.0 (Public Preview)

May 8, 2024

End-to-End Encrypted Syncing: Finally, your private boxes are automatically synced across all your devices, with the highest level of security; thanks to the AES-256 encryption.
macOS: Yaad is now available for macOS (Both Apple Silicon and Intel)!
Linux: Yaad is now available for Linux (ARM)!
Entities: Covers. Now you can choose a cover for each of your notes, tasks, and people.
Cover: Currently comes in two variants: Artworks and Animated Artworks. You can choose from a variety of artworks and animated artworks to set the cover of your entities.
Password Hint: You can now request a password hint if you forget your password.
Sync Indicator: A new indicator is added to the bar to show the syncing status.
Subscription: Publish the premium subscriptions, offering extended benefits.
Log Out: Log out is brought back to life with the introduction of syncing!
Update Reminder: Yaad now lets you know when a new version is available.
Verification: Email Verification is now required for new users.
Follow Us: Blog URL is added to the "Follow Us" section.

Error: Authentication errors are vague and don't provide enough information.
Windows Installer: Default installation path is not user-friendly.
Popup: Smaller popups have unnecessary extra height.
Bottom Bar: The compact mode affects bottom bar's height.
Animation: Blue Waves Background animation is too fast on Android 12 and below.
Android: Authentication fields' placeholders are not visible.
Desktop: App doesn't open if the data directory does not exist.
Desktop: Taskbar icon's corners are not round enough.
Network Connectivity: Network connectivity check doesn't work.
A lot more small internal and external performance improvements, tweaks and fixes...

Color Picker: Improve the layout and the user interface.
Desktop: Add label to Note, Task, and Person icons for clarity.
Authentication/About: Drastically improve the performance of blue waves animation on Android 13 and above.
Desktop: Increase minimum window size.

Oct 26, 2023

Android: Incorrect back button behavior.
Desktop: Crashing after double-clicking on title bar with trackpad.
Icon Selector: Editor becoming blank after rapidly selecting icons/colors.
Register: If the registration is left halfway, "Please log in again." error is shown on later attempts.
Libraries: Libraries' list uses app language to determine layout's direction.
About Yaad: Back button is always in left-to-right layout.

Sep 17, 2023

Dropdown Menu: Bad horizontal positioning in right-to-left languages.
(Editor) Icon Selector: The keyboard is opened after selecting an icon or color.
Icon Selector: Crashing after rapidly selecting icons/colors.
Authentication: Extra end padding of fields that don't have a trailing icon.
Authentication: Cropped layout when the height is lower than needed.
Welcome: Language changes don't take effect on the welcome screen.
Login/Register: Keyboard is automatically closed in some screen sizes.
Login: Dividers are not clear in light mode.
(Authentication) Profile Editor: Incorrect text color in light mode.
Editor: Initial editor mode should always be "Edit" on new items, regardless of the last used mode.
Popup: Rounded corners contain a dark artifact.
Popup/Dialog: Focus can escape out of popup boundaries.
Desktop: Scrollbars are not clear in light mode.
Desktop: Title bar is focusable.
Android: The splash screen's icon is white when the system is in light mode.

Editor: Use consistent padding and scroll offset regardless of the keyboard state.
Editor: Only display the top bar buttons when the item isn't empty.
Authentication: Overall layout improvements.
Language: Improve Persian translation.
Task Editor: Minor layout improvements.

Profile: Disable logout; because it is meaningless without the syncing feature and opens a door to data loss.

Sep 3, 2023

After relentlessly pursuing a vision for ~1000 days, Yaad, the source of truth you've been longing for, is finally added to the world!