Ore 3.0.0 — Simpler dictation, a chat history sidebar, and a fresh look
This update brings simpler, faster voice dictation, a new chat history sidebar, refreshed visuals and icons, and much smoother switching between tasks along with better stability.
🎙 Simpler, faster dictation
- Tap to record: Dictation now starts with a tap and finishes with another tap. The extra in-between steps are gone, so you can focus on getting words down without distractions.
- More reliable startup: Recording responds faster when it starts, fixing occasional slow starts in some situations. It's ready every time you call it up.
💬 Better AI chat and assistant
- New chat history sidebar: The chat window now has a persistent list of past conversations that you can collapse or expand at any time, making it easy to look back and switch between conversations.
- Lighter message reading:
- Message cards use a more compact, flatter layout with less unnecessary whitespace.
- Long-form text and code block highlighting have been refined, so technical content and long answers are more pleasant to read.
- Centered on wide screens: When the window is stretched or on a large display, the chat area keeps a comfortable centered width so your eyes don't have to travel too far.
- Clearer error messages: Messages shown when an AI response fails have been rewritten in plain language instead of cryptic technical error codes.
✨ A fresh look
- New brand and system icons: The full set of app icons has been updated, including sharp vector icons for the macOS Dock, the system tray, and the Windows taskbar.
- More modern typography and spacing:
- Font sizes, weights, and line spacing are standardized across the app, giving text a clearer hierarchy and a more refined feel.
- Color transitions in light and dark mode have been reworked for softer visual layers.
- Minimal main sidebar: The navigation bar has been redesigned to be more compact with clearer icons, giving you a cleaner workspace.
- Consistent menus and interactions: Context menus, dropdowns, and popovers now share the same shadows, corner radii, and animations, so everything feels consistent.
⚡ Smoother pages and better performance
- Seamless page switching: Moving between Home, Notes, History, and Settings is instant. The note you're editing, your cursor position, and your scroll position are all kept, with no more page reloads or flicker.
- Smarter background power use: When the Notes page or an inactive view is in the background, Ore pauses non-essential rendering, noticeably reducing memory use and power consumption.
- Faster cold start: Resources load in a better order when the app first opens, so it starts noticeably faster.
⚙ Reorganized Settings and account
- More focused navigation: Account and subscription management now live in Settings, keeping the main sidebar focused.
- Clearer categories: Settings has new dedicated "AI Notes" and "Storage" sections, making it easier to find and adjust options.
- Easy nickname changes: Change your nickname anytime with the "Edit" button in account settings.
- Better personal dictionary layout: Fixed alignment issues in the personal dictionary list at different resolutions.
🛠 Details and fixes
- Sign-in language switch fixed: Fixed the language switch on the sign-in screen occasionally not responding to clicks, and turned it into a clearer dropdown menu.
- Tighter copy throughout: Following a direct, concise style, Chinese and English interface text has been rewritten throughout, and redundant explanations in empty lists have been removed for a cleaner look.
- New multilingual welcome note: First-time users get a clearer, more natural getting-started guide.