#deltachat_desktop finally has Automated E2E testing again! 👨‍🔬 🧪 🚀

Thanks to the desktop team and #deltachat_web for making this possible.

Also thanks to #playwright for making such a nice testing solution.

Code and Pull Request now public: github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

For those interested in trying it out, instructions are in the readme:
github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

Features:

☑️ Basic functionality
📎 Sending attachments
🔔 Notifications
1️⃣ Badge counter (number in tab title)
🦊🧭🏐 Works in Firefox, Safari and Chrome
🔐 HTTPS with self signed certificate
🔑 Password Protection
⬇️ Download Attachments or open in Browser (useful for pdf)
ℹ️ Local Help is also implemented
🌐 Language based on Browser

#deltachat_web

Browser Edition by Simon-Laux · Pull Request #4222 · deltachat/deltachat-desktop

Adds basic browser version for development. And Additionally: fixes the log-convention checker. fixes some small bugs with electron version, see changelog. Features ☑️ Basic functionality 📎 Sendi...

^GitHub

Dreamed of for many years, and now it became reality:
Delta Chat UI running in a web browser. 🤩

(read thread for more info)

#deltachat_web #deltachat_desktop #deltachat

For now this "#deltachat_web" project is merely meant as proof that the deltachat desktop frontend/UI has no dependency on electron anymore.

With a few nice side-benefits:

It allows us developers to use other browsers dev tools to improve #accessibility for example and to bring back automated ui #testing.

Last but not least this serves as a stepping stone to make a #tauri version of #deltachat_desktop

Stay tuned for the #nlnet funded #delta_tauri project.

nlnet.nl/project/DeltaTauri/