🎉 Release v3.4.5 (2025-02-13) - Browser Mode UI [Crazy Week Day 4]

Today, I managed to extract a small thing from the incoming big overhaul of monitoring system and publish it.

The new version significantly changes the implementation of Browser Mode, which may lead to some unexpected bugs surfacing. Please report any problems via DM or on Discord if you encounter them.

From a user experience perspective, instead of the intimidating tab, launching Browser Mode will now present you with a friendly separate window:

On the technical side, Browser Mode previously coexisted with an internal debugging page to mimic its behavior and gather useful monitoring data. However, that was just a temporary solution that was part of a prototype created back in August 2024. Now, Videochat Extension will attempt to fully take over control over internal staff, effectively paralyzing the original page and placing itself in its place. Such changes should not impact the user experience.

Additionally, progress has been made in the compatibility of advanced monitoring data with Website Mode. This change will be beneficial in the future, as it will allow to showcase much more useful data about WebRTC connections.

Operating in a separate window may also help mitigate any tab suspension mechanisms that could be in place. Maintaining full compatibility with various browsers is quite challenging, so please use the Brave Browser or hope that it will work in yours (it should function well in most Chromium-based browsers).

Other than that, some typos have been corrected, and the active side panel on the tab will now close when you activate the start menu in popup mode.