The release of the Geary mail client 40.0 has been published, aimed at use within the GNOME environment. Originally, the project was founded by the Yorba Foundation, known for creating the popular photo manager Shotwell, but development later transitioned to the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared in the form of a self-contained flatpak package.
The goal of the project's development is to create a feature-rich product that is extremely simple to use and consumes minimal resources. The mail client is designed for both standalone use and for integration with web-based email services such as Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. The interface is implemented using the GTK3+ library. For storing the message database, an SQLite database is used, and a full-text index is created for searching through the messages. For working with IMAP, a new GObject-based library operates in an asynchronous mode (downloading mail operations do not block the interface).
Key innovations:
- The interface design has been updated, with new icons added.
- Support for display modes on small screens, half-screen display, and portrait mode has been added.
- Improved performance for displaying large discussions.
- The full-text search engine has been updated.
- Hotkeys have been improved.
- Compatibility with emails has been enhanced. servers.
Source: opennet.ru
