it's finally here! a new version has been released and is available now for download! here's the new features:

• the project is now renamed to be called synthona again and from now on
  
• brand new config page with new options and settings, to pave the way for future options and settings
  
• added some starter themes to pave the way for future theming improvements
  
• set any of your images or gifs as a a custom background for synthona
• more search sorting options (sort by both ascending/descending, and by created date, access date, and recently accessed)
• the overall app is now faster on many pages
• links are no longer automatically bidirectional, to become bidirectional they must be connected from both directions. there is also a new option in the new config page to choose between "bidirectional" and "unidirectional" modes
• added a random button to help with inspiration and getting over stale content
• made search bar visible on text editor page in expanded mode
• general improvements to the layouts and styling throughout the application
• improved how missing files are handled, more to come on this in the future
• added ability to clear broken image previews by leaving the field blank and saving
• removed unnecessary 'hide from search' and 'hide node' options
• importer now looks for existing file in your system to reference in order to avoid creating duplicates
• new full width mode for the note editor
• more nodes are now displayed on the page at once in explore mode
• fixed sorting bug in association browser where nodes were not always sorted by recency
• new settings for image sizing and image display size
• help page has been moved to github so it will be easier to maintain and improve between releases
• various other tweaks and tuning improvements

if you're upgrading from yarnpoint, all you have to do is close yarnpoint, download synthona 1.2.8 for your OS and start using synthona 1.2.8 instead. it will recognize your existing data and everything. once you're confident it's working you can delete the yarnpoint launcher

I'm very excited about this one! it's been more than a year in the making and I think. I believe there's some very important improvements in this release such as the new config page, the introduction of some very basic theming, and a move away from only bidirectionality towards both bidirectionality and unidirectionality. I'm just so happy with this progress and excited about some of the new ideas I can approach next

🌻 thanks for all the support so far, keep on keeping on! 🌻