
This update focused on the left drawer and overall navigation flow, with an emphasis on consistency and quicker movement between sections.

## What changed

- The left drawer now feels more consistent across Chats, Channels, Sites, and other navigation sections.
- Search now lives inline inside the drawer, making it faster to browse and switch without opening extra dialogs.
- Drawer layout and section ordering were tightened so moving between sections feels more natural.
- On conversation pages, the Chats drawer now opens automatically to preserve navigation context.
- On mobile, drawer behavior was cleaned up so the screen remains fully interactive after the drawer closes.



A cleaner left drawer with inline search, more consistent section behavior, and smoother navigation across desktop and mobile.

Sidebar and Navigation Refresh


This update focused on the chat drawer, the create-chat flow, the conversation experience, and the loading behavior around messages.

## Chats and new chat flow

- The Chats drawer now matches the same search and navigation language used in Vision.
- Opening a full conversation is more direct, while the quick preview flow remains available when needed.
- Creating a new private or group conversation now feels lighter and more step-by-step.
- Selected people in the create-chat flow are shown in a more compact and cleaner way.

## Conversation experience

- The mini chat preview was redesigned as a centered modal, giving it a clearer role as a quick chat surface.
- Full chat and mini chat now share a more consistent message composer style.
- Conversation spacing, date separators, reply previews, and footer layout were refined for a cleaner reading experience.
- Dark mode contrast was improved in a few key places, especially around reply previews and message surfaces.

## Performance and responsiveness

- Common chat-list updates now happen more quickly, especially when new messages arrive.
- Latest-message edits update the chat preview faster.
- Message sending and message editing feel more immediate through lighter update handling and optimistic UI in the main conversation view.
- Several loading states were softened by replacing attention-heavy linear progress bars with gentler inline loaders.
- Message and socket handling were tightened to reduce stale UI states and unnecessary rerendering.

## Follow-up

We are continuing to refine group conversation previews in future updates.


Chats now feel cleaner, more natural to use, and more responsive across creation, preview, and conversation flows.

Chat Experience and Performance Improvements


This update focused on making the Vision devices flow easier to scan and easier to stay inside while navigating between devices.

## What changed

- Vision devices now use an inline drawer experience that is faster to browse and easier to scan.
- Users can stay in the drawer, search devices, review statuses, and open a selected device while keeping the Vision context visible.
- Visual hierarchy inside the Vision drawer was refined so the list is easier to read.



The Vision devices drawer is now easier to browse, faster to search, and better aligned with the rest of the app.