Just before we broke for Thanksgivukkah, our team released the 2.4 version of HipChat for Mac. In addition to stability and bug fixes, we’ve changed a few things to support the Mavericks update, including fixing the upload file message. You can check out the full release notes for this update, but we’d also like to highlight three changes that come with this update.
Improved Guest Access
A couple changes to Guest Access in 2.4. Firstly, we’ve replaced the Guest access check box with a toggle to provide a clearer UI for our users. We’ve also added display mention names for guest users so you can go ahead and @mention guests just like any other users. Lastly, HipChat now properly removes guests from the People roster once they leave the room.
/clear command
We’ve added the /clear command to the list of slash commands that HipChat supports. This slash command clears out chat history in the current tab, useful when displaying your screen for a presentation (or if you just want to hide an inappropriate chat shared by coworkers). The chat stays persistent though, as you can restore chat history by simply reopening that tab.
@here mention
@here is a new feature available in 2.4. This @mention option will trigger an @mention notification only for people currently active in the room. So save the @all’s for only the urgent important messages, and leave the away or offline people in peace.
The @here command is only available in the HipChat for Mac client as for now. It will be rolling out to the other clients very soon.
So there you have it. Let us know about any feedback you might have with this new release. If you haven’t automatically updated already, go ahead and click the Check for Update option under the HipChat menu in the file bar.