YakiHonne proudly partnered with the Google Developer Group (GDG) for the Developers Festival in Lafia, Nigeria, where over 300 students and developers from across the North Central region gathered. As part of the collaboration, Yakihonne delivered an engaging session introducing attendees to Nostr, followed by an in-depth presentation on the YakiHonne platform and a practical workshop on developing with Smart Widgets. This partnership underscored Yakihonne’s commitment to empowering young talent, fostering innovation, and supporting the growth of the decentralized tech ecosystem in Nigeria.
YakiHonne v5.3.0 / v1.9.4 focus on personalization, control, and speed. Choose a primary color for your UI, mute entire threads to stop unwanted replies and pings, publish faster with Cmd/Ctrl + Enter, and discover more via NIP-50 plus dedicated Search Relays. Notifications refresh reliably, bookmarks are fully redesigned, link previews are toggleable, videos fall back gracefully, and overall navigation, editing, and media handling feel snappier especially with tablet split-screen writing, smart-widget rendering, video download, and Blitz Wallet on mobile.
Web (v5.3.0):
- Ability to choose a primary color for the interface.
- Muting note threads now prevents all unwanted replies, reposts, and notifications from that thread.
- Arrow-key navigation added for selecting tagged users in the mentions list.
- Cmd/Ctrl + Enter support for quick publishing in the editor.
- Added NIP-50 search support for enhanced discovery.
- Added Search Relays set.
- Added a hard-refresh mechanism to ensure notifications always stay up-to-date.
- Bookmark improvements: redesigned cards, added covers, added tags/URLs display and filtering, fixed missing notes in filters, and resolved floating message overlay issues.
- Toggle link previews on or off as needed.
- Redesigned the muting list in settings.
- NIP-71 videos now fall back to secondary URLs if the main source fails.
- Removed the warning box that appeared when selecting text outside the comment field.
- Videos are now parsed correctly from URLs inside articles.
- Optimized the relay list picker for smoother interaction.
- Improved the emoji picker with a faster and larger window.
- Page titles now set correctly in SSR for better SEO and link previews.
- Fixed comment sections not closing after posting in articles, curations, and videos.
- Fixed draft articles not publishing when using “publish with deletion.”
- Fixed reply previews when the main post is an article, curation, or video.
- Fixed Relay Orbit becoming stuck when no data is returned.
Mobile (v1.9.4):
Added:
- Add mute thread option
- Optimized search with dedicated search relays for faster and more accurate results
- Ability to change app primary color
Changed:
- Nostr scheme render for yakihonne and other nostr clients inside the app
- Add option to enable/disable url previews
- Add youtube preview
- Add split screen tab in writing article on tablets
- Make following in relay orbits as default
- Add smart widget render in feed
- Add cover, “t” and “r” for bookmarks
- Add video fallback urls
- Add video download
- Add blitz wallet
Fixed:
- Fix currencies symbols
- Fixed various bugs across the app
- Remove “App” from basic smart widget
1. YakiHonne Feature Recap — Bookmarks: Save What Matters
2. Express More with GIFs & Emojis — Bringing Conversations to Life
3. YakiHonne Interests — Tailoring Your Feed to What You Love
4. Feature Showcase — What’s New on YakiHonne
5. Share Smarter — Articles via Short Notes
6. Smart Widgets — interactive, dynamic, and customizable
7. Explore More with Suggestions — Smarter Discovery
