Cider 2.5.3

This release focuses on user interface improvements, enhanced integrations, and critical stability fixes to provide a smoother experience.

User Interface Improvements

Revamped Settings UI

- - **Searchable Interface**: Settings UI has been completely revamped and is now searchable

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• Better Navigation: Easier to find specific settings and options
• Improved Organization: More logical grouping of settings

Visual Enhancements

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• Higher Quality Artwork: Animated Artwork quality is increased at all times and no longer randomly dips down

• Faster Loading: Changes to artwork formatting should result in faster artwork loading

• Better Icons: Added [data-icon-name] attribute to NIcon components

Integration Improvements

Enhanced Discord RPC

- - **Multiple Artists**: Added support for showing multiple artists artwork in Discord RPC

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• iCloud Artwork: Discord RPC now uses iCloud Artwork for better quality
• Improved Presence: Refactored DiscordIntegration to clear presence on pause or completion

Marketplace Enhancements

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• Markdown Support: Marketplace descriptions now use markdown for better formatting
• Better Presentation: Improved readability and formatting of extension descriptions

Stability & Bug Fixes

Critical Fixes

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• Startup Loop: Fixed an issue where Cider could get stuck and frozen in a loop if "Resume from last page" is enabled and the last page was the OOBE login step

• Drag and Drop: Fixed an issue where drag and drop would not work properly if an item was dragged while it was playing

• Library Songs: Fixed some fields being stuck when sorting

Content & Navigation

- - **Curator Items**: Fixed Curator items shelf in Groupings not being visible

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• Search Suggestions: Fixed menu button on search suggestions
• Play Menu: Fixed adaptive play-menu button accents and implemented functionality for RichAlbumGridItem

User Experience Improvements

Session Persistence

- - **Sidebar State**: Sidebar playlist folder opened state will now persist between sessions

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• Startup Options: Added resume from last session option for startup page

General Enhancements

- - **Better Performance**: Various performance improvements and optimizations

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• Improved Responsiveness: Enhanced UI responsiveness across different components
• Accessibility: Better accessibility support through improved component attributes

Technical Improvements

• Enhanced component architecture for better maintainability
• Improved state management for sidebar and session persistence
• Better error handling and prevention of startup issues
• Optimized artwork loading and caching mechanisms

This release represents our commitment to stability and user experience, addressing key issues while enhancing the overall interface and integration capabilities.