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docs: Update changelog with most 9.0-beta1 changes.

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been completely reworked. been completely reworked.
- Redesigned all popovers with a more modern visual style and improved - Redesigned all popovers with a more modern visual style and improved
accessibility for screen readers. accessibility for screen readers.
- Added a new `with` narrow filter operator for implementing permanent
links to topics designed to handle topics being renamed or marked as
resolved. This operator is not used in 9.0, but likely will be used
by the topic-link Markdown feature starting with a 9.x maintenance
release.
#### Full feature changelog #### Full feature changelog
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can now decide whether to receive a DM when an invited user joins can now decide whether to receive a DM when an invited user joins
the organization. the organization.
- Redesigned the message edit history view as a modal. - Redesigned the message edit history view as a modal.
- Redesigned the TODO widget. - Redesigned the TODO list widget.
- Improved compose typeahead sorting algorithms significantly. - Redesigned the Account Settings and Preferences sections of personal
settings.
- All typeahead menus are now scrollable with up to 50 matches, making
it easier to browse options.
- Improved compose typeahead sorting algorithms significantly. Compose
typeaheads now appear next to the cursor, not above the compose box.
- Improved compose box design, including how overly long messages are - Improved compose box design, including how overly long messages are
indicated, how drafts are displayed, a cleaner way to expand the indicated, how drafts are displayed, a cleaner way to expand the
compose area, etc. compose area, etc.
- Links to topics pasted into the compose box outside a code fence are
now automatically converted into the typeahead syntax for topic
links for a cleaner compose experience. The original pasted URL is
available in the browser undo history if desired.
- Added mark-as-unread option to topic popover menus. - Added mark-as-unread option to topic popover menus.
- Added warnings for several dangerous actions, like merging topics. - Added warnings for several dangerous actions, like merging topics.
- Added a filter widget to the left sidebar direct messages section, - Added a filter widget to the left sidebar direct messages section,
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- Improved the efficiency of Zulip's internal statistics system, both - Improved the efficiency of Zulip's internal statistics system, both
in terms of CPU and storage usage. in terms of CPU and storage usage.
- Improved tooltips to better clarify how drafts work. - Improved tooltips to better clarify how drafts work.
- Improved left sidebar channel menu to be divided between personal
and administrator actions, like the topic menu, and to link directly
to the personal tab if one doesn't have channel admin permissions.
- The left sidebar now displays the current conversation even when it - The left sidebar now displays the current conversation even when it
contains no messages. contains no messages.
- Improved performance/scalability of the Zulip server, including more - Improved performance/scalability of the Zulip server, including more
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- Removed the Gitter data import tool, since Gitter removed the data - Removed the Gitter data import tool, since Gitter removed the data
export API that enabled it. export API that enabled it.
- Removed multiple queue workers, reducing memory usage. - Removed multiple queue workers, reducing memory usage.
- Reimplemented image processing (avatars, logos, etc.) using libvips. - Reimplemented image processing (avatars, logos, custom emoji, etc.)
using libvips as preparation for a new image thumbnailing system.
- Major API/internals changes towards supporting granting permissions - Major API/internals changes towards supporting granting permissions
to custom groups, not just the built-in roles. User-facing to custom groups, not just the built-in roles. User-facing
functionality is coming soon in a future release. functionality is coming soon in a future release.
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to give time to potentially reconfigure which channel to use. You can to give time to potentially reconfigure which channel to use. You can
override the delay by running `./manage.py send_zulip_update_announcements --skip-delay` override the delay by running `./manage.py send_zulip_update_announcements --skip-delay`
once you've done any necessary configuration updates. once you've done any necessary configuration updates.
- Advertise LaTeX option. - The Zulip server now contains a KaTeX server worker, designed to
make bulk-rendering LaTeX efficient. It has minimal memory
footprint, but can be disabled using the `katex_server` [deployment
option](../production/system-configuration.md) on very low memory
systems that don't use math extensively.
- This release contains some potentially slow database migrations for
installations with thousands of users, especially
`0544_copy_avatar_images`, which re-thumbnails every uploaded avatar
using Zulip's new image-processing pipeline.
## Zulip Server 8.x series ## Zulip Server 8.x series