Update readme (#7755)

Removed my name from the readme as I have no association with this project anymore, and have not touched the Flatpak in ages. 

RIP LBRY.

.env.defaults

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COMMENT_SERVER_NAME=Odysee
 SEARCH_SERVER_API=https://lighthouse.odysee.com/search
 SOCKETY_SERVER_API=wss://sockety.odysee.com/ws
 THUMBNAIL_CDN_URL=https://image-processor.vanwanet.com/optimize/
-WELCOME_VERSION=1.1
+WELCOME_VERSION=1.2
 
 # STRIPE
 # STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY='pk_test_NoL1JWL7i1ipfhVId5KfDZgo'
@@ -26,16 +26,15 @@ MATOMO_URL=https://analytics.lbry.com/
 MATOMO_ID=4
 
 # OG
-OG_TITLE_SUFFIX=| lbry.com
+OG_TITLE_SUFFIX=| lbry.tv
-OG_HOMEPAGE_TITLE=lbry.com
+OG_HOMEPAGE_TITLE=lbry.tv
 OG_IMAGE_URL=
-SITE_CANONICAL_URL=https://lbry.com
+SITE_CANONICAL_URL=https://lbry.tv
 
 # UI
 ## Custom Site info
-DOMAIN=lbry.com
+DOMAIN=lbry.tv
-CLOUD_DOMAIN=odysee.com
+URL=https://lbry.tv
-URL=https://lbry.com
 SITE_TITLE=LBRY
 SITE_NAME=LBRY
 SITE_DESCRIPTION=Meet LBRY, an open, free, and community-controlled content wonderland.

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,22 @@ jobs:
       - uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1
         if: startsWith(runner.os, 'mac')
         with:
-          xcode-version: '12.4.0'
+          xcode-version: '13.1.0'
+      # This is gonna be hacky.
+      # Github made us upgrade xcode, which would force an upgrade of electron-builder to fix mac.
+      # But there were bugs with copyfiles / extraFiles that kept seeing duplicates erroring on ln.
+      # A flag USE_HARD_LINKS=false in electron-builder.json was suggested in comments, but that broke windows builds.
+      # So for now we'll install python2 on mac and make sure it can find it.
+      # Remove this after successfully upgrading electron-builder.
+      # HACK part 1
+      - uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
+        if: startsWith(runner.os, 'mac')
+      # HACK part 2
+      - name: Install Python2
+        if: startsWith(runner.os, 'mac')
+        run: |
+          /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/alfredapp/dependency-scripts/raw/main/scripts/install-python2.sh)"
+          echo "PYTHON_PATH=/usr/local/bin/python" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Download blockchain headers
         run: |
@@ -58,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           WIN_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.WIN_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
           CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
 
-          WIN_CSC_LINK: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/master/build/cert-2021-2022.pfx
+          WIN_CSC_LINK: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/master/build/cert2023.pfx
           CSC_LINK: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.lbry.io/cert/osx-csc-2021-2022.p12
 
           # UI

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,98 @@
 # Changelog
-
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [0.53.9] - [2023-2-8]
+ 
+### Changed
+ - Updated lbrynet to [0.113.0](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/releases/tag/v0.113.0)
+ 
+## [0.53.8] - [2022-11-17]
+ 
+### Fixed
+ - Selecting a large file in publish no longer crashes ([#7736](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7736))
+ - Unfollowing unpublished channels ([#7737](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7737))
+ 
+ 
+### Changed
+ - Updated xcode to 13.1 and hacked a fix for release ([#7736](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7736))
+
+## [0.53.7] - [2022-11-10]
+
+### Added
+ - 'Collections' to txo filter _community pr!_ ([#7711](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7711))
+ - Swap comment servers _community pr!_ ([#7670](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7670))
+ 
+### Fixed
+ - Thumbnails no longer disable publish ([#7714](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7714))
+ - Publishing posts were empty ([#7715](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7715))
+ - Minor layout fixes _community pr!_ ([#7709](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7709))
+ - Comment section buttons layout ([#7716](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7716))
+ 
+### Changed
+ - Removed watchman and its errors ([#7710](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7710))
+ - Updated lbrynet to [0.112.0](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/releases/tag/v0.112.0)
+  
+## [0.53.6] - [2022-10-21]
+
+### Fixed
+ - Make thumbnails optional ([#7690](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7690))
+ - Show downloads newest first ([#7684](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7684))
+ - Only allow images in image uploader ([#7672](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7672))
+ - Fixed bug with csv exports ([#7697](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7697))
+ - Fixed various upload bugs including transcoding ([#7688](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7688))
+ - Fallback for files with no extension ([#7704](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7704))
+ 
+### Changed
+ - Upgraded Electron to v17.2.0 ([#7703](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7703))
+ - Upgraded Electron to v17.0.0 ([#7691](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7691))
+ - Updated lbrynet to [0.111.0](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/releases/tag/v0.111.0)
+
+## [0.53.5] - [2022-08-26]
+
+### Added
+ - Checkbox to disable background wallpaper ([#7630](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7630))
+ - Handle content blocking from hub ([#7665](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7665))
+ 
+### Fixed
+ - Better handle decimals liquidating supports ([#7648](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7648))
+ - Better handle cover uploads ([#7647](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7647))
+ - Use default path when first choosing file on windows ([#7625](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7625))
+ - Emoji button hover ([#7620](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7620))
+ - Prevent infinite retries on thumbs ([#7618](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7618))
+ - Double splash/error on app startup ([#7615](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7615))
+ - App updates are now more coherent, also debs work. ([#7502](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7502))
+ - Better handle many channels moderation calls at startup ([#7674](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7674))
+ - Fix mobile floating viewer position ([#7677](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7677))
+ 
+### Changed
+- Upgraded Electron to v15.5.5 ([#7614](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7614))
+- Upgraded to lbrynet v0.110.0 ([#7680](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7680))
+
+
+## [0.53.4] - [2022-06-10]
+
+### Added
+ - Add top in language category for non-english on homepage ([#7585](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7585))
+ - Auto hosting in settings and hosting first run page ([#7598](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7598))  
+
+### Changed
+- Updated lbry-sdk to [0.107.2](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/releases/tag/v0.107.2)
+
+### Fixed
+ - Better handle empty collections ([#7571](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7571))
+ - Better handle thumbnails in uploads/collections ([#7574](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7574))
+ - Work towards supporting collections of any claim type ([#7578](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7578))
+ - Improve handling of downed custom servers on startup ([#7593](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7593))
+ - Hide watch progress in related if being played ([#7606](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7606))
+ - IPC disk space calls wait for daemon ready; refresh on vis. component load ([#7610](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7610))
+
+## [0.53.3] - [2022-04-27]
+
+### Fixed
+ - Reverted lbry.tv changes that broke production login ([#7569](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7569))
+ - Reverted lbry.tv changes that broke login ([#7570](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7570))
+
 ## [0.53.2] - [2022-04-26]
 
 ### Changed
@@ -10,7 +100,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Removed some lbrytv references ([#7560](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7560))
 - Removed some lbrytv player references ([#7552](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7552))
 
-## Fixed
+### Fixed
 - Repost style issues ([#7559](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7559))
 - Disappearing sidebar thumbs ([#7556](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7556))
 - Restore tags sidebar link ([#7555](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/7555))

README.md

@@ -65,21 +65,19 @@ _Note: If coming from a deb install, the directory structure is different and yo
 
 |                | Flatpak                                                           | Arch                                                                                      | Nixpkgs                                                                            | ARM/ARM64                                   |
 | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
-| Latest Release | [FlatHub Page](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.lbry.lbry-app) | [AUR Package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lbry-app-bin/)                           | [Nixpkgs](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=lbry&query=lbry) | [Build Guide](https://lbry.tv/@LBRYarm:5)   |
+| Latest Release | [FlatHub Page](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.lbry.lbry-app) | [AUR Package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lbry-desktop-bin/)                           | [Nixpkgs](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=lbry&query=lbry) | [Build Guide](https://lbry.tv/@LBRYarm:5)   |
-| Maintainers    | [@kcSeb](https://keybase.io/kcseb)                                | [@kcSeb](https://keybase.io/kcseb)                                                        | [@Enderger](https://github.com/enderger)                                           | [@Madiator2011](https://github.com/kodxana) |
+| Maintainers    |             N/A                   | [@RubenKelevra](https://github.com/RubenKelevra)                                                        | [@Enderger](https://github.com/enderger)                                           | [@Madiator2011](https://github.com/kodxana) |
 
 ## Usage
 
-Double click the installed application to interact with the LBRY network.
+Start the installed application to interact with the LBRY network.
 
 ## Running from Source
 
-You can run the web version (lbry.tv), the electron app, or both at the same time.
-
 #### Prerequisites
 
 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
-- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) (v14 required)
+- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) (v16 required)
 - [Corepack](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v17.x/docs/api/corepack.html) `npm i -g corepack` (Included in nodejs 14 LTS, 16 LTS and 17)
 - [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install)
 

config.js

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ const config = {
   WELCOME_VERSION: process.env.WELCOME_VERSION,
   DOMAIN: process.env.DOMAIN,
   SHARE_DOMAIN_URL: process.env.SHARE_DOMAIN_URL,
-  CLOUD_DOMAIN: process.env.CLOUD_DOMAIN,
   URL: process.env.URL,
   THUMBNAIL_CDN_URL: process.env.THUMBNAIL_CDN_URL,
   SITE_TITLE: process.env.SITE_TITLE,

electron-builder.json

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
       "from": "./static/font",
       "to": "static/font",
       "filter": ["**/*"]
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "./static/app-update.yml",
+      "to": "app-update.yml"
     }
   ],
   "publish": [

electron/index.js

@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { diskSpaceLinux, diskSpaceWindows, diskSpaceMac } from '../ui/util/diskspace';
 
 const { download } = require('electron-dl');
+const mime = require('mime');
 const remote = require('@electron/remote/main');
 const os = require('os');
+const sudo = require('sudo-prompt');
+const probe = require('ffmpeg-probe');
+const MAX_IPC_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = 500000000; // large files crash when serialized for ipc message
 
 remote.initialize();
 const filePath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'static', 'upgradeDisabled');
@@ -33,29 +37,23 @@ try {
   upgradeDisabled = false;
 }
 autoUpdater.autoDownload = !upgradeDisabled;
+autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = false;
 
-// This is set to true if an auto update has been downloaded through the Electron
+const UPDATE_STATE_INIT = 0;
-// auto-update system and is ready to install. If the user declined an update earlier,
+const UPDATE_STATE_CHECKING = 1;
-// it will still install on shutdown.
+const UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND = 2;
-let autoUpdateDownloaded = false;
+const UPDATE_STATE_NO_UPDATES_FOUND = 3;
+const UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING = 4;
+const UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADED = 5;
+let updateState = UPDATE_STATE_INIT;
+let updateDownloadItem;
+
+const isAutoUpdateSupported = ['win32', 'darwin'].includes(process.platform) || !!process.env.APPIMAGE;
 
 // This is used to keep track of whether we are showing the special dialog
 // that we show on Windows after you decline an upgrade and close the app later.
 let showingAutoUpdateCloseAlert = false;
 
-// This is used to prevent downloading updates multiple times when
-// using the auto updater API.
-// As read in the documentation:
-// "Calling autoUpdater.checkForUpdates() twice will download the update two times."
-// https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/auto-updater#autoupdatercheckforupdates
-let keepCheckingForUpdates = true;
-
-// Auto updater doesn't support Linux installations (only trough AppImages)
-// this is why, for that case, we download a full executable (.deb package)
-// as a fallback support. This variable will be used to prevent
-// multiple downloads when auto updater isn't supported.
-let downloadUpgradeInProgress = false;
-
 // Keep a global reference, if you don't, they will be closed automatically when the JavaScript
 // object is garbage collected.
 let rendererWindow;
@@ -243,7 +241,8 @@ app.on('activate', () => {
 app.on('will-quit', event => {
   if (
     process.platform === 'win32' &&
-    autoUpdateDownloaded &&
+    updateState === UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADED &&
+    isAutoUpdateSupported &&
     !appState.autoUpdateAccepted &&
     !showingAutoUpdateCloseAlert
   ) {
@@ -303,6 +302,96 @@ app.on('before-quit', () => {
   appState.isQuitting = true;
 });
 
+// Get the content of a file as a raw buffer of bytes.
+// Useful to convert a file path to a File instance.
+// Example:
+// const result = await ipcMain.invoke('get-file-from-path', 'path/to/file');
+// const file = new File([result.buffer], result.name);
+// NOTE: if path points to a folder, an empty
+// file will be given.
+ipcMain.handle('get-file-from-path', (event, path, readContents = true) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    fs.stat(path, (error, stats) => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+      // Separate folders considering "\" and "/"
+      // as separators (cross platform)
+      const folders = path.split(/[\\/]/);
+      const name = folders[folders.length - 1];
+      if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+        resolve({
+          name,
+          mime: undefined,
+          path,
+          buffer: new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!readContents) {
+        resolve({
+          name,
+          mime: mime.getType(name) || undefined,
+          path,
+          buffer: new ArrayBuffer(0),
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      // Encoding null ensures data results in a Buffer.
+      fs.readFile(path, { encoding: null }, (err, data) => {
+        if (err) {
+          reject(err);
+          return;
+        }
+        resolve({
+          name,
+          mime: mime.getType(name) || undefined,
+          path,
+          buffer: data,
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+ipcMain.handle('get-file-details-from-path', async (event, path) => {
+    const isFfMp4 = (ffprobeResults) => {
+      return ffprobeResults &&
+      ffprobeResults.format &&
+      ffprobeResults.format.format_name &&
+      ffprobeResults.format.format_name.includes('mp4');
+    };
+    const folders = path.split(/[\\/]/);
+    const name = folders[folders.length - 1];
+    let duration = 0, size = 0, mimeType;
+    try {
+      await fs.promises.stat(path);
+      let ffprobeResults;
+      try {
+        ffprobeResults = await probe(path);
+        duration = ffprobeResults.format.duration;
+        size = ffprobeResults.format.size;
+      } catch (e) {
+      }
+      let fileReadResult;
+      if (size < MAX_IPC_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+        try {
+          fileReadResult = await fs.promises.readFile(path);
+        } catch (e) {
+
+        }
+      }
+      // TODO: use mmmagic to inspect file and get mime type
+      mimeType = isFfMp4(ffprobeResults) ? 'video/mp4' : mime.getType(name);
+      const fileData = {name, mime: mimeType || undefined, path, duration: duration, size, buffer: fileReadResult };
+      return fileData;
+    } catch (e) {
+      // no stat
+      return { error: 'no file' };
+    }
+});
+
 ipcMain.on('get-disk-space', async (event) => {
   try {
     const { data_dir } = await Lbry.settings_get();
@@ -323,91 +412,10 @@ ipcMain.on('get-disk-space', async (event) => {
     rendererWindow.webContents.send('send-disk-space', { diskSpace });
   } catch (e) {
     rendererWindow.webContents.send('send-disk-space', { error: e.message || e });
-    console.log('Failed to start LbryFirst', e);
+    console.log('Failed to get disk space', e);
   }
 });
 
-ipcMain.on('download-upgrade', async (event, params) => {
-  if (downloadUpgradeInProgress) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const { url, options } = params;
-  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(app.getPath('temp') + path.sep);
-  options.onProgress = function(p) {
-    rendererWindow.webContents.send('download-progress-update', p);
-  };
-  options.directory = dir;
-  options.onCompleted = function(c) {
-    downloadUpgradeInProgress = false;
-    rendererWindow.webContents.send('download-update-complete', c);
-  };
-  const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
-  downloadUpgradeInProgress = true;
-  await download(win, url, options).catch(e => console.log('e', e));
-});
-
-ipcMain.on('upgrade', (event, installerPath) => {
-  app.on('quit', () => {
-    console.log('Launching upgrade installer at', installerPath);
-    // This gets triggered called after *all* other quit-related events, so
-    // we'll only get here if we're fully prepared and quitting for real.
-    shell.openPath(installerPath);
-  });
-  // what to do if no shutdown in a long time?
-  console.log('Update downloaded to', installerPath);
-  console.log('The app will close and you will be prompted to install the latest version of LBRY.');
-  console.log('After the install is complete, please reopen the app.');
-  app.quit();
-});
-
-ipcMain.on('check-for-updates', (event, autoDownload) => {
-  // Prevent downloading the same update multiple times.
-  if (!keepCheckingForUpdates) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  keepCheckingForUpdates = false;
-  autoUpdater.autoDownload = autoDownload;
-  autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
-  autoUpdateDownloaded = true;
-
-  // If this download was trigger by
-  // autoUpdateAccepted it means, the user
-  // wants to install the new update but
-  // needed to downloaded the files first.
-  if (appState.autoUpdateAccepted) {
-    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-  }
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
-  keepCheckingForUpdates = true;
-});
-
-ipcMain.on('autoUpdateAccepted', () => {
-  appState.autoUpdateAccepted = true;
-
-  // quitAndInstall can only be called if the
-  // update has been downloaded. Since the user
-  // can disable auto updates, we have to make
-  // sure it has been downloaded first.
-  if (autoUpdateDownloaded) {
-    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // If the update hasn't been downloaded,
-  // start downloading it. After it's done, the
-  // event 'update-downloaded' will be triggered,
-  // where we will be able to resume the
-  // update installation.
-  autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
-});
-
 ipcMain.on('version-info-requested', () => {
   function formatRc(ver) {
     // Adds dash if needed to make RC suffix SemVer friendly
@@ -500,3 +508,162 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', error => {
   if (daemon) daemon.quit();
   app.exit(1);
 });
+
+// Auto updater
+autoUpdater.on('download-progress', () => {
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING;
+});
+
+autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADED;
+
+  // If this download was trigger by
+  // autoUpdateAccepted it means, the user
+  // wants to install the new update but
+  // needed to downloaded the files first.
+  if (appState.autoUpdateAccepted) {
+    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+  }
+});
+
+autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
+  if (updateState === UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING) {
+    return;
+  }
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND;
+});
+
+autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_NO_UPDATES_FOUND;
+});
+
+autoUpdater.on('error', () => {
+  if (updateState === UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING) {
+    updateState = UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND;
+    return;
+  }
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_INIT;
+});
+
+// Manual (.deb) update
+ipcMain.on('cancel-download-upgrade', () => {
+  if (updateDownloadItem) {
+    // Cancel the download and execute the onCancel
+    // callback set in the options.
+    updateDownloadItem.cancel();
+  }
+});
+
+ipcMain.on('download-upgrade', (event, params) => {
+  if (updateState !== UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (isAutoUpdateSupported) {
+    updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING;
+    autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { url, options } = params;
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(app.getPath('temp') + path.sep);
+
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING;
+
+  // Grab the download item's handler to allow
+  // cancelling the operation if required.
+  options.onStarted = function(downloadItem) {
+    updateDownloadItem = downloadItem;
+  };
+  options.onCancel = function() {
+    updateState = UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND;
+    updateDownloadItem = undefined;
+  };
+  options.onProgress = function(p) {
+    rendererWindow.webContents.send('download-progress-update', p);
+  };
+  options.onCompleted = function(c) {
+    updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADED;
+    updateDownloadItem = undefined;
+    rendererWindow.webContents.send('download-update-complete', c);
+  };
+  options.directory = dir;
+  const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
+  download(win, url, options).catch(e => {
+    updateState = UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND;
+    console.log('e', e);
+  });
+});
+
+// Update behavior
+ipcMain.on('autoUpdateAccepted', () => {
+  appState.autoUpdateAccepted = true;
+
+  // quitAndInstall can only be called if the
+  // update has been downloaded. Since the user
+  // can disable auto updates, we have to make
+  // sure it has been downloaded first.
+  if (updateState === UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADED) {
+    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (updateState !== UPDATE_STATE_UPDATES_FOUND) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // If the update hasn't been downloaded,
+  // start downloading it. After it's done, the
+  // event 'update-downloaded' will be triggered,
+  // where we will be able to resume the
+  // update installation.
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING;
+  autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+});
+
+ipcMain.on('check-for-updates', (event, autoDownload) => {
+  if (![UPDATE_STATE_INIT, UPDATE_STATE_NO_UPDATES_FOUND].includes(updateState)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  updateState = UPDATE_STATE_CHECKING;
+
+  // If autoDownload is true, checkForUpdates will begin the
+  // download automatically.
+  if (autoDownload) {
+    updateState = UPDATE_STATE_DOWNLOADING;
+  }
+
+  autoUpdater.autoDownload = autoDownload;
+  autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
+});
+
+ipcMain.on('upgrade', (event, installerPath) => {
+  // what to do if no shutdown in a long time?
+  console.log('Update downloaded to', installerPath);
+  console.log('The app will close and you will be prompted to install the latest version of LBRY.');
+  console.log('After the install is complete, please reopen the app.');
+
+  // Prevent .deb package from opening with archive manager (Ubuntu >= 20)
+  if (process.platform === 'linux' && !process.env.APPIMAGE) {
+    sudo.exec(`dpkg -i ${installerPath}`, { name: app.name }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+      if (err || stderr) {
+        rendererWindow.webContents.send('upgrade-installing-error');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Re-launch the application when the installation finishes.
+      app.relaunch();
+      app.quit();
+    });
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  app.on('quit', () => {
+    console.log('Launching upgrade installer at', installerPath);
+    // This gets triggered called after *all* other quit-related events, so
+    // we'll only get here if we're fully prepared and quitting for real.
+    shell.openPath(installerPath);
+  });
+  app.quit();
+});

extras/lbryinc/lbryio.js

@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ Lbryio.authenticate = (domain, language) => {
             .then(
               status =>
                 new Promise((res, rej) => {
-                  const appId = status.installation_id;
+                  const appId =
+                    domain && domain !== 'lbry.tv'
+                      ? (domain.replace(/[.]/gi, '') + status.installation_id).slice(0, 66)
+                      : status.installation_id;
                   Lbryio.call(
                     'user',
                     'new',

extras/lbryinc/redux/selectors/ban.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // involve moving it from 'extras' to 'ui' (big change).
 
 import { createCachedSelector } from 're-reselect';
-import { selectClaimForUri } from 'redux/selectors/claims';
+import { selectClaimForUri, makeSelectIsBlacklisted } from 'redux/selectors/claims';
 import { selectMutedChannels } from 'redux/selectors/blocked';
 import { selectModerationBlockList } from 'redux/selectors/comments';
 import { selectBlacklistedOutpointMap, selectFilteredOutpointMap } from 'lbryinc';
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export const selectBanStateForUri = createCachedSelector(
   selectFilteredOutpointMap,
   selectMutedChannels,
   selectModerationBlockList,
-  (claim, blackListedOutpointMap, filteredOutpointMap, mutedChannelUris, personalBlocklist) => {
+  (state, uri) => makeSelectIsBlacklisted(uri)(state),
+  (claim, blackListedOutpointMap, filteredOutpointMap, mutedChannelUris, personalBlocklist, isBlacklisted) => {
     const banState = {};
 
     if (!claim) {
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ export const selectBanStateForUri = createCachedSelector(
 
     const channelClaim = getChannelFromClaim(claim);
 
+    if (isBlacklisted) {
+      banState['blacklisted'] = true;
+    }
+
     // This will be replaced once blocking is done at the wallet server level.
     if (blackListedOutpointMap) {
       if (

flow-typed/Claim.js

@@ -145,12 +145,49 @@ declare type PurchaseReceipt = {
   type: 'purchase',
 };
 
+declare type ClaimErrorCensor = {
+  address: string,
+  amount: string,
+  canonical_url: string,
+  claim_id: string,
+  claim_op: string,
+  confirmations: number,
+  has_signing_key: boolean,
+  height: number,
+  meta: {
+    activation_height: number,
+    claims_in_channel: number,
+    creation_height: number,
+    creation_timestamp: number,
+    effective_amount: string,
+    expiration_height: number,
+    is_controlling: boolean,
+    reposted: number,
+    support_amount: string,
+    take_over_height: number,
+  },
+  name: string,
+  normalized_name: string,
+  nout: number,
+  permanent_url: string,
+  short_url: string,
+  timestamp: number,
+  txid: string,
+  type: string,
+  value: {
+    public_key: string,
+    public_key_id: string,
+  },
+  value_type: string,
+}
+
 declare type ClaimActionResolveInfo = {
   [string]: {
     stream: ?StreamClaim,
     channel: ?ChannelClaim,
     claimsInChannel: ?number,
     collection: ?CollectionClaim,
+    errorCensor: ?ClaimErrorCensor,
   },
 }
 

flow-typed/Settings.js

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ declare type WalletServerDetails = {
 };
 
 declare type DiskSpace = {
-  total: string,
+  total: number,
-  free: string,
+  free: number,
 };

flow-typed/file-data.js

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// @flow
+
+declare type FileData = {
+  file?: Blob,
+  path: string,
+  duration?: number,
+  size?: number,
+  mimeType: string,
+  error?: string,
+}

flow-typed/file-with-path.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// @flow
+
+declare type FileWithPath = {
+  file: File,
+  // The full path will only be available in
+  // the application. For browser, the name
+  // of the file will be used.
+  path: string,
+}

flow-typed/homepage.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ declare type RowDataItem = {
     channelIds?: Array<string>,
     limitClaimsPerChannel?: number,
     pageSize?: number,
+    languages?: Array<string>,
   },
   route?: string,
   hideForUnauth?: boolean,

flow-typed/web-file.js

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-
-declare type WebFile = File & {
-  path?: string,
-  title?: string,
-}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lbry",
-  "version": "0.53.2-alpha.1",
+  "version": "0.53.9",
   "description": "A browser for the LBRY network, a digital marketplace controlled by its users.",
   "keywords": [
     "lbry"
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
     "analyze": "source-map-explorer --only-mapped dist/electron/webpack/ui*.js --html dist/sourceMap.html",
     "compile:electron": "node --max_old_space_size=4096 ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config webpack.electron.config.js",
     "compile": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production yarn compile:electron",
-    "copyenv": "copyfiles ./.env* web/",
     "dev": "yarn dev:electron",
     "dev:electron": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node ./electron/devServer.js",
-    "dev:internal-apis": "LBRY_API_URL='http://localhost:8080' yarn dev:electron",
-    "dev:iatv": "LBRY_API_URL='http://localhost:15400' SDK_API_URL='http://localhost:15100' yarn dev:web",
     "pack": "electron-builder --dir",
     "dist": "electron-builder",
     "build": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production yarn compile:electron && electron-builder build",
@@ -44,31 +41,29 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@electron/remote": "^2.0.1",
-    "@emotion/react": "^11.6.0",
+    "@emotion/react": "^11.10.4",
-    "@emotion/styled": "^11.6.0",
+    "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.4",
     "@mui/material": "^5.2.1",
     "@ungap/from-entries": "^0.2.1",
     "auto-launch": "^5.0.5",
     "electron-dl": "^3.2.0",
-    "electron-log": "^2.2.12",
+    "electron-log": "^4.4.8",
     "electron-notarize": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-updater": "^4.2.4",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "ffmpeg-probe": "^1.0.6",
     "humanize-duration": "^3.27.0",
-    "if-env": "^1.0.4",
     "match-sorter": "^6.3.0",
+    "mime": "^3.0.0",
     "node-html-parser": "^5.1.0",
     "parse-duration": "^1.0.0",
     "proxy-polyfill": "0.1.6",
     "re-reselect": "^4.0.0",
     "react-beautiful-dnd": "^13.1.0",
-    "react-color": "^2.19.3",
     "react-datetime-picker": "^3.4.3",
-    "remove-markdown": "^0.3.0",
-    "rss": "^1.2.2",
     "source-map-explorer": "^2.5.2",
-    "tempy": "^0.6.0",
+    "sudo-prompt": "^9.2.1",
-    "videojs-logo": "^2.1.4"
+    "tempy": "^0.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.0.0",
@@ -79,7 +74,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import": "^7.2.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.2.3",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.4.3",
-    "@babel/polyfill": "^7.2.5",
+    "@babel/polyfill": "^7.12.1",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.12.11",
     "@babel/preset-flow": "^7.12.1",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
@@ -87,7 +82,6 @@
     "@datapunt/matomo-tracker-js": "^0.1.4",
     "@hot-loader/react-dom": "^16.13",
     "@meetfranz/electron-cookies": "^3.0.2",
-    "@reach/auto-id": "^0.13.0",
     "@reach/combobox": "^0.12.1",
     "@reach/menu-button": "0.8.6",
     "@reach/rect": "^0.16.0",
@@ -98,21 +92,17 @@
     "@sentry/webpack-plugin": "^1.10.0",
     "@types/three": "^0.103.2",
     "adm-zip": "^0.4.13",
-    "async-exit-hook": "^2.0.1",
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.5",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^1.0.4",
     "babel-plugin-import-glob": "^2.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-transform-imports": "^1.5.1",
     "babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^6.26.0",
-    "bluebird": "^3.5.1",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "codemirror": "^5.39.2",
-    "concurrently": "^4.1.2",
     "connected-react-router": "^6.8.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^6.4.1",
-    "copyfiles": "^2.4.1",
     "country-data": "^0.0.31",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "crypto-js": "^4.0.0",
@@ -123,10 +113,9 @@
     "decompress": "^4.2.1",
     "del": "^3.0.0",
     "devtron": "^1.4.0",
-    "dom-scroll-into-view": "^1.2.1",
     "dotenv-defaults": "^2.0.1",
     "dotenv-webpack": "^1.8.0",
-    "electron": "15.4.0",
+    "electron": "17.2.0",
     "electron-builder": "^22.10.5",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.1.1",
     "electron-is-dev": "^0.3.0",
@@ -161,10 +150,7 @@
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
     "mammoth": "^1.4.16",
     "moment": "^2.29.2",
-    "node-abi": "^2.5.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
-    "node-html-parser": "^5.1.0",
-    "node-libs-browser": "^2.1.0",
     "node-loader": "^0.6.0",
     "node-wget": "^0.4.3",
     "nodemon": "^1.19.1",
@@ -179,7 +165,6 @@
     "rc-progress": "^2.0.6",
     "react": "^16.8.2",
     "react-awesome-lightbox": "^1.7.3",
-    "react-confetti": "^4.0.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.8.2",
     "react-draggable": "^3.3.0",
     "react-google-recaptcha": "^2.0.1",
@@ -190,7 +175,6 @@
     "react-router": "^5.1.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.1.0",
     "react-simplemde-editor": "^4.1.3",
-    "react-spring": "^8.0.20",
     "reakit": "^1.0.0-beta.13",
     "redux": "^3.6.0",
     "redux-persist": "^5.10.0",
@@ -207,20 +191,16 @@
     "sass": "^1.29.0",
     "sass-loader": "^7.1.0",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
-    "stream-to-blob-url": "^2.1.1",
     "strip-markdown": "^3.0.3",
     "style-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^4.2.3",
     "three-full": "^28.0.2",
-    "tiny-relative-date": "^1.3.0",
-    "tree-kill": "^1.1.0",
     "unist-util-visit": "^2.0.3",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "video.js": "^7.14.3",
     "videojs-contrib-quality-levels": "^2.0.9",
     "videojs-event-tracking": "^1.0.1",
     "villain-react": "^1.0.9",
-    "wavesurfer.js": "^2.2.1",
     "webpack": "^4.44.2",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^3.1.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.3.10",
@@ -230,19 +210,17 @@
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.24.3",
     "webpack-merge": "^4.2.1",
     "webpack-node-externals": "^1.7.2",
-    "y18n": "^4.0.1",
     "yarnhook": "^0.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=7",
+    "node": ">=16.13",
     "yarn": "^1.3"
   },
   "lbrySettings": {
-    "lbrynetDaemonVersion": "0.107.1",
+    "lbrynetDaemonVersion": "0.113.0",
     "lbrynetDaemonUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/releases/download/vDAEMONVER/lbrynet-OSNAME.zip",
     "lbrynetDaemonDir": "static/daemon",
     "lbrynetDaemonFileName": "lbrynet"
   },
-  "packageManager": "yarn@3.2.0",
+  "packageManager": "yarn@3.2.0"
-  "stableVersion": "0.53.1"
 }

static/app-strings.json

@@ -2206,13 +2206,6 @@
   "Enabling a minimum amount to comment will force all comments to have tips associated with them. This can help prevent spam.": "Enabling a minimum amount to comment will force all comments to have tips associated with them. This can help prevent spam.",
   "Comments containing these words will be blocked.": "Comments containing these words will be blocked.",
   "Enter the full channel name or URL to search.\n\nExamples:\n - @channel\n - @channel#3\n - https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8\n - lbry://@Odysee#8": "Enter the full channel name or URL to search.\n\nExamples:\n - @channel\n - @channel#3\n - https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8\n - lbry://@Odysee#8",
-  "Disk Space": "Disk Space",
-  "Data Hosting": "Data Hosting",
-  "Limit": "Limit",
-  "Limit Space Used": "Limit Space Used",
-  "Apply": "Apply",
-  "Limit in GB": "Limit in GB",
-  "If you set a limit, playing videos may exceed your limit until cleanup runs every 30 minutes.": "If you set a limit, playing videos may exceed your limit until cleanup runs every 30 minutes.",
   "Enable Data Hosting": "Enable Data Hosting",
   "Data over the limit will be deleted within 30 minutes. This will make the Yrbl cry a little bit.": "Data over the limit will be deleted within 30 minutes. This will make the Yrbl cry a little bit.",
   "Choose %asset%": "Choose %asset%",
@@ -2228,13 +2221,6 @@
   "Enable Prerelease Updates": "Enable Prerelease Updates",
   "Enable Upgrade to Test Builds": "Enable Upgrade to Test Builds",
   "Prereleases may break things and we may not be able to fix them for you.": "Prereleases may break things and we may not be able to fix them for you.",
-  "Limit (GB)": "Limit (GB)",
-  "Limit Hosting for Content you Use": "Limit Hosting for Content you Use",
-  "Allow (GB)": "Allow (GB)",
-  "Content Data Hosting helps to seed things that you watch and download.": "Content Data Hosting helps to seed things that you watch and download.",
-  "Network Data Hosting allows the p2p network to store blobs unrelated to your browsing.": "Network Data Hosting allows the p2p network to store blobs unrelated to your browsing.",
-  "Content: Limit (GB)": "Content: Limit (GB)",
-  "Network: Allow (GB)": "Network: Allow (GB)",
   "A channel is required to repost on LBRY": "A channel is required to repost on LBRY",
   "Admin": "Admin",
   "Stickers": "Stickers",
@@ -2256,19 +2242,6 @@
   "Move Up": "Move Up",
   "Move Down": "Move Down",
   "Trending for #Game": "Trending for #Game",
-  "Help the P2P data network by hosting data.": "Help the P2P data network by hosting data.",
-  "History hosting lets you choose how much storage to use helping content you've consumed.": "History hosting lets you choose how much storage to use helping content you've consumed.",
-  "Automatic hosting lets you delegate some amount of storage for the network to automatically download ad host.": "Automatic hosting lets you delegate some amount of storage for the network to automatically download ad host.",
-  "Playing videos may exceed your history hosting limit until cleanup runs every 30 minutes.": "Playing videos may exceed your history hosting limit until cleanup runs every 30 minutes.",
-  "History: Limit (GB)": "History: Limit (GB)",
-  "Automatic: Allow (GB)": "Automatic: Allow (GB)",
-  "Automatic hosting lets you delegate some amount of storage for the network to automatically download and host.": "Automatic hosting lets you delegate some amount of storage for the network to automatically download and host.",
-  "History Hosting": "History Hosting",
-  "Automatic Hosting": "Automatic Hosting",
-  "History Hosting lets you choose how much storage to use helping content you've consumed.": "History Hosting lets you choose how much storage to use helping content you've consumed.",
-  "Automatic Hosting lets you delegate some amount of storage for the network to automatically download and host.": "Automatic Hosting lets you delegate some amount of storage for the network to automatically download and host.",
-  "Help improve the P2P data network (and make LBRY happy) by hosting data.": "Help improve the P2P data network (and make LBRY happy) by hosting data.",
-  "Limit Hosting of Content History": "Limit Hosting of Content History",
   "Remove custom comment server": "Remove custom comment server",
   "Use Https": "Use Https",
   "Server URL": "Server URL",
@@ -2315,7 +2288,39 @@
   "Clear Views": "Clear Views",
   "Show Video View Progress": "Show Video View Progress",
   "Display view progress on thumbnail. This setting will not hide any blockchain activity or downloads.": "Display view progress on thumbnail. This setting will not hide any blockchain activity or downloads.",
-  "%anonymous%": "%anonymous%",
+  "Content Hosting": "Content Hosting",
+  "Hosting": "Hosting",
+  "Viewed Hosting": "Viewed Hosting",
+  "Auto Hosting": "Auto Hosting",
+  "Help creators and improve the P2P data network by hosting content.": "Help creators and improve the P2P data network by hosting content.",
+  "I'm happy with my settings": "I'm happy with my settings",
+  "We've noticed you already have some settings.": "We've noticed you already have some settings.",
+  "You choose how much data to host.": "You choose how much data to host.",
+  "Go back": "Go back",
+  "Custom Hosting": "Custom Hosting",
+  "Automatic Hosting (GB)": "Automatic Hosting (GB)",
+  "* Note that as peer-to-peer software, your IP address and potentially other system information can be sent to other users, though this information is not stored permanently.": "* Note that as peer-to-peer software, your IP address and potentially other system information can be sent to other users, though this information is not stored permanently.",
+  "Help improve the P2P data network (and make LBRY users happy) by hosting data.": "Help improve the P2P data network (and make LBRY users happy) by hosting data.",
+  "View History Hosting lets you choose how much storage to use hosting content you've consumed.": "View History Hosting lets you choose how much storage to use hosting content you've consumed.",
+  "Automatic Hosting downloads a small portion of content active on the network.": "Automatic Hosting downloads a small portion of content active on the network.",
+  "Publishes --[legend, storage category]--": "Publishes",
+  "Auto Hosting --[legend, storage category]--": "Auto Hosting",
+  "View Hosting --[legend, storage category]--": "View Hosting",
+  "%spaceUsed% of %limit% GB": "%spaceUsed% of %limit% GB",
+  "%spaceUsed% of %limit% Free GB": "%spaceUsed% of %limit% Free GB",
+  "Disabled": "Disabled",
+  "Free --[legend, unused disk space]--": "Free",
+  "Top content in %language%": "Top content in %language%",
+  "Apply": "Apply",
+  "Disable background": "Disable background",
+  "Installing, please wait...": "Installing, please wait...",
+  "There was an error during installation. Please, try again.": "There was an error during installation. Please, try again.",
+  "Odysee Connect --[Section in Help Page]--": "Odysee Connect",
+  "Your hub has blocked this content because it subscribes to the following blocking channel:": "Your hub has blocked this content because it subscribes to the following blocking channel:",
+  "Your hub has blocked access to this content do to a complaint received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.": "Your hub has blocked access to this content do to a complaint received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.",
+  "Autoplay Next is on.": "Autoplay Next is on.",
+  "This will be visible in a few minutes after you submit this form.": "This will be visible in a few minutes after you submit this form.",
   "Anon --[used in <%anonymous% Reposted>]--": "Anon",
+  "Your update is now pending. It will take a few minutes to appear for other users.": "Your update is now pending. It will take a few minutes to appear for other users.",
   "--end--": "--end--"
 }

static/app-update.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+owner: lbryio
+repo: lbry-desktop
+provider: github

ui/analytics.js

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 // @flow
+/*
+  Removed Watchman (internal view tracking) code.
+  This file may eventually implement cantina
+  Refer to 0cc0e213a5c5bf9e2a76316df5d9da4b250a13c3 for initial integration commit
+  refer to ___ for removal commit.
+ */
+
 import { Lbryio } from 'lbryinc';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser';
 import MatomoTracker from '@datapunt/matomo-tracker-js';
@@ -14,12 +21,9 @@ const devInternalApis = process.env.LBRY_API_URL && process.env.LBRY_API_URL.inc
 export const SHARE_INTERNAL = 'shareInternal';
 const SHARE_THIRD_PARTY = 'shareThirdParty';
 
-const WATCHMAN_BACKEND_ENDPOINT = 'https://watchman.na-backend.odysee.com/reports/playback';
-// const SEND_DATA_TO_WATCHMAN_INTERVAL = 10; // in seconds
-
 if (isProduction) {
   ElectronCookies.enable({
-    origin: 'https://lbry.com',
+    origin: 'https://lbry.tv',
   });
 }
 
@@ -68,114 +72,10 @@ type LogPublishParams = {
 let internalAnalyticsEnabled: boolean = false;
 if (window.localStorage.getItem(SHARE_INTERNAL) === 'true') internalAnalyticsEnabled = true;
 
-/**
- * Determine the mobile device type viewing the data
- * This function returns one of 'and' (Android), 'ios', or 'web'.
- *
- * @returns {String}
- */
-function getDeviceType() {
-  return 'dsk';
-}
-// variables initialized for watchman
-let amountOfBufferEvents = 0;
-let amountOfBufferTimeInMS = 0;
-let videoType, userId, claimUrl, playerPoweredBy, videoPlayer, bitrateAsBitsPerSecond;
-let lastSentTime;
-
-// calculate data for backend, send them, and reset buffer data for next interval
-async function sendAndResetWatchmanData() {
-  if (!userId) {
-    return 'Can only be used with a user id';
-  }
-
-  if (!videoPlayer) {
-    return 'Video player not initialized';
-  }
-
-  let timeSinceLastIntervalSend = new Date() - lastSentTime;
-  lastSentTime = new Date();
-
-  let protocol;
-  if (videoType === 'application/x-mpegURL') {
-    protocol = 'hls';
-    // get bandwidth if it exists from the texttrack (so it's accurate if user changes quality)
-    // $FlowFixMe
-    bitrateAsBitsPerSecond = videoPlayer.textTracks?.().tracks_[0]?.activeCues[0]?.value?.bandwidth;
-  } else {
-    protocol = 'stb';
-  }
-
-  // current position in video in MS
-  const positionInVideo = Math.round(videoPlayer.currentTime()) * 1000;
-
-  // get the duration marking the time in the video for relative position calculation
-  const totalDurationInSeconds = Math.round(videoPlayer.duration());
-
-  // build object for watchman backend
-  const objectToSend = {
-    rebuf_count: amountOfBufferEvents,
-    rebuf_duration: amountOfBufferTimeInMS,
-    url: claimUrl.replace('lbry://', ''),
-    device: getDeviceType(),
-    duration: timeSinceLastIntervalSend,
-    protocol,
-    player: playerPoweredBy,
-    user_id: userId.toString(),
-    position: Math.round(positionInVideo),
-    rel_position: Math.round((positionInVideo / (totalDurationInSeconds * 1000)) * 100),
-    bitrate: bitrateAsBitsPerSecond,
-    bandwidth: undefined,
-    // ...(userDownloadBandwidthInBitsPerSecond && {bandwidth: userDownloadBandwidthInBitsPerSecond}), // add bandwidth if populated
-  };
-
-  // post to watchman
-  await sendWatchmanData(objectToSend);
-
-  // reset buffer data
-  amountOfBufferEvents = 0;
-  amountOfBufferTimeInMS = 0;
-}
-
-let watchmanInterval;
-// clear watchman interval and mark it as null (when video paused)
-function stopWatchmanInterval() {
-  clearInterval(watchmanInterval);
-  watchmanInterval = null;
-}
-
-// creates the setInterval that will run send to watchman on recurring basis
-function startWatchmanIntervalIfNotRunning() {
-  if (!watchmanInterval) {
-    // instantiate the first time to calculate duration from
-    lastSentTime = new Date();
-  }
-}
-
-// post data to the backend
-async function sendWatchmanData(body) {
-  try {
-    const response = await fetch(WATCHMAN_BACKEND_ENDPOINT, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: {
-        Accept: 'application/json',
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify(body),
-    });
-
-    return response;
-  } catch (err) {}
-}
-
 const analytics: Analytics = {
   // receive buffer events from tracking plugin and save buffer amounts and times for backend call
   videoBufferEvent: async (claim, data) => {
-    amountOfBufferEvents = amountOfBufferEvents + 1;
+    // stub
-    amountOfBufferTimeInMS = amountOfBufferTimeInMS + data.bufferDuration;
-  },
-  onDispose: () => {
-    stopWatchmanInterval();
   },
   /**
    * Is told whether video is being started or paused, and adjusts interval accordingly
@@ -183,40 +83,9 @@ const analytics: Analytics = {
    * @param {object} passedPlayer - VideoJS Player object
    */
   videoIsPlaying: (isPlaying, passedPlayer) => {
-    let playerIsSeeking = false;
+    // stub
-    // have to use this because videojs pauses/unpauses during seek
-    // sometimes the seeking function isn't populated yet so check for it as well
-    if (passedPlayer && passedPlayer.seeking) {
-      playerIsSeeking = passedPlayer.seeking();
-    }
-
-    // if being paused, and not seeking, send existing data and stop interval
-    if (!isPlaying && !playerIsSeeking) {
-      sendAndResetWatchmanData();
-      stopWatchmanInterval();
-      // if being told to pause, and seeking, send and restart interval
-    } else if (!isPlaying && playerIsSeeking) {
-      sendAndResetWatchmanData();
-      stopWatchmanInterval();
-      startWatchmanIntervalIfNotRunning();
-      // is being told to play, and seeking, don't do anything,
-      // assume it's been started already from pause
-    } else if (isPlaying && playerIsSeeking) {
-      // start but not a seek, assuming a start from paused content
-    } else if (isPlaying && !playerIsSeeking) {
-      startWatchmanIntervalIfNotRunning();
-    }
   },
   videoStartEvent: (claimId, timeToStartVideo, poweredBy, passedUserId, canonicalUrl, passedPlayer, videoBitrate) => {
-    // populate values for watchman when video starts
-    userId = passedUserId;
-    claimUrl = canonicalUrl;
-    playerPoweredBy = poweredBy;
-
-    videoType = passedPlayer.currentSource().type;
-    videoPlayer = passedPlayer;
-    bitrateAsBitsPerSecond = videoBitrate;
-
     // sendPromMetric('time_to_start', duration);
     sendMatomoEvent('Media', 'TimeToStart', claimId, timeToStartVideo);
   },
@@ -382,24 +251,9 @@ function sendMatomoEvent(category, action, name, value) {
   }
 }
 
-// Prometheus
-// function sendPromMetric(name: string, value?: number) {
-//   if (IS_WEB) {
-//     let url = new URL(SDK_API_PATH + '/metric/ui');
-//     const params = { name: name, value: value ? value.toString() : '' };
-//     url.search = new URLSearchParams(params).toString();
-//     return fetch(url, { method: 'post' });
-//   }
-// }
-
 const MatomoInstance = new MatomoTracker({
   urlBase: MATOMO_URL,
   siteId: MATOMO_ID, // optional, default value: `1`
-  // heartBeat: { // optional, enabled by default
-  //   active: true, // optional, default value: true
-  //   seconds: 10 // optional, default value: `15
-  // },
-  // linkTracking: false // optional, default value: true
 });
 
 analytics.pageView(generateInitialUrl(window.location.hash));

ui/component/app/view.jsx

@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ function App(props: Props) {
   const shouldMigrateLanguage = LANGUAGE_MIGRATIONS[language];
   const hasActiveChannelClaim = activeChannelId !== undefined;
   const isPersonalized = hasVerifiedEmail;
-  const renderFiledrop = isAuthenticated;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (userId) {
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@ function App(props: Props) {
     >
       <Router />
       <ModalRouter />
-      {renderFiledrop && <FileDrop />}
+      <FileDrop />
       <FileRenderFloating />
       {isEnhancedLayout && <Yrbl className="yrbl--enhanced" />}
 

ui/component/appStorageVisualization/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import StorageViz from './view';
+import {
+  selectViewBlobSpace,
+  selectViewHostingLimit,
+  selectAutoBlobSpace,
+  selectPrivateBlobSpace,
+  selectAutoHostingLimit,
+} from 'redux/selectors/settings';
+import { selectDiskSpace } from 'redux/selectors/app';
+
+const select = (state) => ({
+  diskSpace: selectDiskSpace(state),
+  viewHostingLimit: selectViewHostingLimit(state),
+  autoHostingLimit: selectAutoHostingLimit(state),
+  viewBlobSpace: selectViewBlobSpace(state),
+  autoBlobSpace: selectAutoBlobSpace(state),
+  privateBlobSpace: selectPrivateBlobSpace(state),
+});
+
+export default connect(select)(StorageViz);

ui/component/appStorageVisualization/view.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// @flow
+import * as React from 'react';
+import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
+import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
+
+type Props = {
+  // --- select ---
+  diskSpace: DiskSpace, // KB
+  viewHostingLimit: number, // MB
+  autoHostingLimit: number,
+  viewBlobSpace: number,
+  autoBlobSpace: number,
+  privateBlobSpace: number,
+};
+
+function StorageViz(props: Props) {
+  const { diskSpace, viewHostingLimit, autoHostingLimit, viewBlobSpace, autoBlobSpace, privateBlobSpace } = props;
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    ipcRenderer.send('get-disk-space');
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!diskSpace || !diskSpace.total) {
+    return (
+      <div className={'storage__wrapper'}>
+        <div className={'storage__bar'}>
+          <div className="help">{__('Cannot get disk space information.')}</div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.total / 1024);
+  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.free / 1024);
+  const otherMB = totalMB - (freeMB + viewBlobSpace + autoBlobSpace + privateBlobSpace);
+  const autoFree = autoHostingLimit - autoBlobSpace;
+  const viewFree = viewHostingLimit > 0 ? viewHostingLimit - viewBlobSpace : freeMB - autoFree;
+  const unallocFree = freeMB - viewFree - autoFree;
+  const viewLimit =
+    viewHostingLimit === 0
+      ? freeMB - (autoHostingLimit - autoBlobSpace) + viewBlobSpace
+      : viewHostingLimit + viewBlobSpace;
+
+  const getPercent = (val, lim = totalMB) => (val / lim) * 100;
+  const getGB = (val) => (Number(val) / 1024).toFixed(2);
+
+  const otherPercent = getPercent(otherMB);
+  const privatePercent = getPercent(privateBlobSpace);
+  const autoLimitPercent = getPercent(autoHostingLimit);
+  const viewLimitPercent = getPercent(viewLimit);
+  const viewUsedPercentOfLimit = getPercent(viewBlobSpace, viewLimit);
+  const autoUsedPercentOfLimit = getPercent(autoBlobSpace, autoHostingLimit);
+
+  return (
+    <div className={'storage__wrapper'}>
+      <div className={'storage__bar'}>
+        <div className={'storage__other'} style={{ width: `${otherPercent}%` }} />
+        <div className={'storage__private'} style={{ width: `${privatePercent}%` }} />
+        <div className={'storage__auto'} style={{ width: `${autoLimitPercent}%` }}>
+          <div className={'storage__auto--used'} style={{ width: `${autoUsedPercentOfLimit}%` }} />
+          <div className={'storage__auto--free'} />
+        </div>
+        <div className={'storage__viewed'} style={{ width: `${viewLimitPercent}%` }}>
+          <div className={'storage__viewed--used'} style={{ width: `${viewUsedPercentOfLimit}%` }} />
+          <div className={'storage__viewed--free'} />
+        </div>
+        {viewHostingLimit !== 0 && <div style={{ 'background-color': 'unset' }} />}
+      </div>
+      <div className={'storage__legend-wrapper'}>
+        <div className={'storage__legend-item'}>
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item-swatch storage__legend-item-swatch--private'} />
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item-label'}>
+            <label>{__('Publishes --[legend, storage category]--')}</label>
+            <div className={'help'}>{`${getGB(privateBlobSpace)} GB`}</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className={'storage__legend-item'}>
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item-swatch storage__legend-item-swatch--auto'} />
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item-label'}>
+            <label>{__('Auto Hosting --[legend, storage category]--')}</label>
+            <div className={'help'}>
+              {autoHostingLimit === 0 ? (
+                __('Disabled')
+              ) : (
+                <I18nMessage
+                  tokens={{
+                    spaceUsed: getGB(autoBlobSpace),
+                    limit: getGB(autoHostingLimit),
+                  }}
+                >
+                  %spaceUsed% of %limit% GB
+                </I18nMessage>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className={'storage__legend-item'}>
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item-swatch storage__legend-item-swatch--viewed'} />
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item-label'}>
+            <label>{__('View Hosting --[legend, storage category]--')}</label>
+            <div className={'help'}>
+              {viewHostingLimit === 1 ? (
+                __('Disabled')
+              ) : (
+                <I18nMessage
+                  tokens={{
+                    spaceUsed: getGB(viewBlobSpace),
+                    limit: viewHostingLimit !== 0 ? getGB(viewHostingLimit) : getGB(viewFree),
+                  }}
+                >
+                  %spaceUsed% of %limit% Free GB
+                </I18nMessage>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        {viewHostingLimit !== 0 && (
+          <div className={'storage__legend-item'}>
+            <div className={'storage__legend-item-swatch storage__legend-item-swatch--free'} />
+            <div className={'storage__legend-item-label'}>
+              <label>{__('Free --[legend, unused disk space]--')}</label>
+              <div className={'help'}>{`${getGB(unallocFree)} GB`}</div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default StorageViz;

ui/component/button/view.jsx

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { formatLbryUrlForWeb } from 'util/url';
-import * as PAGES from 'constants/pages';
 import useCombinedRefs from 'effects/use-combined-refs';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ type Props = {
   onMouseLeave: ?(any) => any,
   pathname: string,
   emailVerified: boolean,
-  requiresAuth: ?boolean,
   myref: any,
   dispatch: any,
   'aria-label'?: string,
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ const Button = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     iconColor,
     activeClass,
     emailVerified,
-    requiresAuth,
     myref,
     dispatch, // <button> doesn't know what to do with dispatch
     pathname,
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ const Button = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     ...otherProps
   } = props;
 
-  const disable = disabled || (user === null && requiresAuth);
+  const disable = disabled;
 
   const combinedClassName = classnames(
     'button',
@@ -183,31 +180,6 @@ const Button = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (requiresAuth && !emailVerified) {
-    let redirectUrl = `/$/${PAGES.AUTH}?redirect=${pathname}`;
-
-    if (authSrc) {
-      redirectUrl += `&src=${authSrc}`;
-    }
-
-    return (
-      <NavLink
-        exact
-        onClick={(e) => {
-          e.stopPropagation();
-        }}
-        to={redirectUrl}
-        title={title || defaultTooltip}
-        disabled={disable}
-        className={combinedClassName}
-        activeClassName={activeClass}
-        aria-label={ariaLabel}
-      >
-        {content}
-      </NavLink>
-    );
-  }
-
   return path ? (
     <NavLink
       exact

ui/component/channelAbout/view.jsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import CreditAmount from 'component/common/credit-amount';
 import DateTime from 'component/dateTime';
 import YoutubeBadge from 'component/youtubeBadge';
 import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from 'constants/supported_languages';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 
 type Props = {
   claim: ChannelClaim,
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ function ChannelAbout(props: Props) {
           </div>
 
           <label>{__('Total Uploads')}</label>
-          <div className="media__info-text">{claim.meta.claims_in_channel}</div>
+          <div className="media__info-text">{formatNumber(claim.meta.claims_in_channel || 0, 2, true)}</div>
 
           <label>{__('Last Updated')}</label>
           <div className="media__info-text">

ui/component/channelForm/view.jsx

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ import * as MODALS from 'constants/modal_types';
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
 import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormField, FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import TagsSearch from 'component/tagsSearch';
-import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION } from 'constants/form-field';
 import ErrorText from 'component/common/error-text';
 import ChannelThumbnail from 'component/channelThumbnail';
 import { isNameValid, parseURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
@@ -27,6 +26,9 @@ import Gerbil from 'component/channelThumbnail/gerbil.png';
 const LANG_NONE = 'none';
 
 const MAX_TAG_SELECT = 5;
+const MAX_NAME_LEN = 128;
+const MAX_TITLE_LEN = 255;
+const MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN = 2056;
 
 type Props = {
   claim: ChannelClaim,
@@ -92,10 +94,11 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
   const [nameError, setNameError] = React.useState(undefined);
   const [bidError, setBidError] = React.useState('');
   const [isUpload, setIsUpload] = React.useState({ cover: false, thumbnail: false });
-  const [coverError, setCoverError] = React.useState(false);
   const [thumbError, setThumbError] = React.useState(false);
   const { claim_id: claimId } = claim || {};
   const [params, setParams]: [any, (any) => void] = React.useState(getChannelParams());
+  const [coverError, setCoverError] = React.useState(false);
+  const [coverPreview, setCoverPreview] = React.useState(params.coverUrl);
   const { channelName } = parseURI(uri);
   const name = params.name;
   const isNewChannel = !uri;
@@ -204,7 +207,8 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
     setThumbError(false);
   }
 
-  function handleCoverChange(coverUrl: string, uploadSelected: boolean) {
+  function handleCoverChange(coverUrl: string, uploadSelected: boolean, preview: ?string) {
+    setCoverPreview(preview || '');
     setParams({ ...params, coverUrl });
     setIsUpload({ ...isUpload, cover: uploadSelected });
     setCoverError(false);
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [hasClaimedInitialRewards, claimInitialRewards]);
 
-  const coverSrc = coverError ? ThumbnailBrokenImage : params.coverUrl;
+  const coverSrc = coverError ? ThumbnailBrokenImage : coverPreview;
 
   let thumbnailPreview;
   if (!params.thumbnailUrl) {
@@ -279,7 +283,7 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
               title={__('Cover')}
               onClick={() =>
                 openModal(MODALS.IMAGE_UPLOAD, {
-                  onUpdate: (coverUrl, isUpload) => handleCoverChange(coverUrl, isUpload),
+                  onUpdate: (coverUrl, isUpload, preview) => handleCoverChange(coverUrl, isUpload, preview),
                   title: __('Edit Cover Image'),
                   helpText: __('(6.25:1)'),
                   assetName: __('Cover Image'),
@@ -321,7 +325,6 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
               uri={uri}
               thumbnailPreview={thumbnailPreview}
               allowGifs
-              showDelayedMessage={isUpload.thumbnail}
               setThumbUploadError={setThumbError}
               thumbUploadError={thumbError}
             />
@@ -359,6 +362,7 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
                         error={nameError}
                         disabled={!isNewChannel}
                         onChange={(e) => setParams({ ...params, name: e.target.value })}
+                        maxLength={MAX_NAME_LEN}
                       />
                     </fieldset-group>
                     {!isNewChannel && <span className="form-field__help">{__('This field cannot be changed.')}</span>}
@@ -370,15 +374,16 @@ function ChannelForm(props: Props) {
                       placeholder={__('My Awesome Channel')}
                       value={params.title}
                       onChange={(e) => setParams({ ...params, title: e.target.value })}
+                      maxLength={MAX_TITLE_LEN}
                     />
-                    <FormField
+                    <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
                       type="markdown"
                       name="content_description2"
                       label={__('Description')}
                       placeholder={__('Description of your content')}
                       value={params.description}
                       onChange={(text) => setParams({ ...params, description: text })}
-                      textAreaMaxLength={FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION}
+                      textAreaMaxLength={MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN}
                     />
                   </>
                 }

ui/component/channelThumbnail/view.jsx

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function ChannelThumbnail(props: Props) {
     setThumbUploadError,
     ThumbUploadError,
   } = props;
+  const [retries, setRetries] = React.useState(3);
   const [thumbLoadError, setThumbLoadError] = React.useState(ThumbUploadError);
   const shouldResolve = !isResolving && claim === undefined;
   const thumbnail = rawThumbnail && rawThumbnail.trim().replace(/^http:\/\//i, 'https://');
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ function ChannelThumbnail(props: Props) {
   const channelThumbnail = thumbnailPreview || thumbnail || defaultAvatar;
   const isGif = channelThumbnail && channelThumbnail.endsWith('gif');
   const showThumb = (!obscure && !!thumbnail) || thumbnailPreview;
+  const avatarSrc = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (retries <= 0) {
+      return defaultAvatar;
+    }
+    if (!thumbLoadError) {
+      return channelThumbnail;
+    }
+    return defaultAvatar;
+  }, [retries, thumbLoadError, channelThumbnail, defaultAvatar]);
 
   // Generate a random color class based on the first letter of the channel name
   const { channelName } = parseURI(uri);
@@ -100,9 +110,10 @@ function ChannelThumbnail(props: Props) {
         <OptimizedImage
           alt={__('Channel profile picture')}
           className={!channelThumbnail ? 'channel-thumbnail__default' : 'channel-thumbnail__custom'}
-          src={(!thumbLoadError && channelThumbnail) || defaultAvatar}
+          src={avatarSrc}
           loading={noLazyLoad ? undefined : 'lazy'}
           onError={() => {
+            setRetries((retries) => retries - 1);
             if (setThumbUploadError) {
               setThumbUploadError(true);
             } else {

ui/component/claimMenuList/view.jsx

@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ function ClaimMenuList(props: Props) {
   const [doShuffle, setDoShuffle] = React.useState(false);
   const incognitoClaim = contentChannelUri && !contentChannelUri.includes('@');
   const isChannel = !incognitoClaim && !contentSigningChannel;
+  // $FlowFixMe
+  const claimLength = claim && claim.value && claim.value.claims && claim.value.claims.length;
+  // $FlowFixMe
+  const claimCount = editedCollection ? editedCollection.items.length : claimLength;
+  const isEmptyCollection = (Number(claimCount) || 0) <= 0;
   const { channelName } = parseURI(contentChannelUri);
   const showDelete = claimIsMine || (fileInfo && (fileInfo.written_bytes > 0 || fileInfo.blobs_completed > 0));
   const subscriptionLabel = repostedClaim
@@ -297,6 +302,7 @@ function ClaimMenuList(props: Props) {
                   {__('View List')}
                 </a>
               </MenuItem>
+              {!isEmptyCollection && (
                 <MenuItem
                   className="comment__menu-option"
                   onSelect={() => {
@@ -309,6 +315,7 @@ function ClaimMenuList(props: Props) {
                     {__('Shuffle Play')}
                   </div>
                 </MenuItem>
+              )}
               {isMyCollection && (
                 <>
                   <MenuItem

ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as COLLECTIONS_CONSTS from 'constants/collections';
 import { isChannelClaim } from 'util/claim';
 import { formatLbryUrlForWeb } from 'util/url';
 import { formatClaimPreviewTitle } from 'util/formatAriaLabel';
-import { toCompactNotation } from 'util/string';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 import Tooltip from 'component/common/tooltip';
 import FileThumbnail from 'component/fileThumbnail';
 import UriIndicator from 'component/uriIndicator';
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     indexInContainer,
     channelSubCount,
     swipeLayout = false,
-    lang,
     showEdit,
     dragHandleProps,
     unavailableUris,
@@ -162,8 +161,8 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     if (channelSubCount === undefined) {
       return <span />;
     }
-    const formattedSubCount = toCompactNotation(channelSubCount, lang, 10000);
+    const formattedSubCount = formatNumber(channelSubCount, 2, true);
-    const formattedSubCountLocale = Number(channelSubCount).toLocaleString();
+    const formattedSubCountLocale = formatNumber(channelSubCount, 2, false);
     return (
       <div className="media__subtitle">
         <Tooltip title={formattedSubCountLocale} followCursor placement="top">

ui/component/claimPreviewSubtitle/view.jsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import DateTime from 'component/dateTime';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import FileViewCountInline from 'component/fileViewCountInline';
 import { parseURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 
 type Props = {
   uri: string,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ function ClaimPreviewSubtitle(props: Props) {
             <>
               {isChannel &&
                 type !== 'inline' &&
-                `${claimsInChannel} ${claimsInChannel === 1 ? __('upload') : __('uploads')}`}
+                `${formatNumber(claimsInChannel, 2, true)} ${claimsInChannel === 1 ? __('upload') : __('uploads')}`}
 
               {!isChannel && (
                 <>

ui/component/collectionActions/view.jsx

@@ -54,9 +54,13 @@ function CollectionActions(props: Props) {
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
   const claimId = claim && claim.claim_id;
   const webShareable = true; // collections have cost?
+  const isEmptyCollection = !firstItem;
 
   const doPlay = React.useCallback(
     (playUri) => {
+      if (!playUri) {
+        return;
+      }
       const navigateUrl = formatLbryUrlForWeb(playUri);
       push({
         pathname: navigateUrl,
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ function CollectionActions(props: Props) {
         icon={ICONS.PLAY}
         label={__('Play')}
         title={__('Play')}
+        disabled={isEmptyCollection}
         onClick={() => {
           doToggleShuffleList(collectionId, false);
           doPlay(firstItem);
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ function CollectionActions(props: Props) {
         icon={ICONS.SHUFFLE}
         label={__('Shuffle Play')}
         title={__('Shuffle Play')}
+        disabled={isEmptyCollection}
         onClick={() => {
           doToggleShuffleList(collectionId, true);
           setDoShuffle(true);

ui/component/collectionEdit/index.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import CollectionForm from './view';
 import { selectActiveChannelClaim, selectIncognito } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import { doSetActiveChannel, doSetIncognito } from 'redux/actions/app';
 import { doCollectionEdit } from 'redux/actions/collections';
+import { doResetThumbnailStatus } from 'redux/actions/publish';
 
 const select = (state, props) => ({
   claim: makeSelectClaimForUri(props.uri)(state),
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ const perform = (dispatch, ownProps) => ({
   setActiveChannel: (claimId) => dispatch(doSetActiveChannel(claimId)),
   setIncognito: (incognito) => dispatch(doSetIncognito(incognito)),
   doCollectionEdit: (params) => dispatch(doCollectionEdit(ownProps.collectionId, params)),
+  resetThumbnailStatus: () => dispatch(doResetThumbnailStatus()),
 });
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(CollectionForm);

ui/component/collectionEdit/view.jsx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { isNameValid, regexInvalidURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
 import * as THUMBNAIL_STATUSES from 'constants/thumbnail_upload_statuses';
 import { Tabs, TabList, Tab, TabPanels, TabPanel } from 'component/common/tabs';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormField, FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 import { handleBidChange } from 'util/publish';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION } from 'constants/form-field';
 import { INVALID_NAME_ERROR } from 'constants/claim';
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type Props = {
   setActiveChannel: (string) => void,
   setIncognito: (boolean) => void,
   doCollectionEdit: (CollectionEditParams) => void,
+  resetThumbnailStatus: () => void,
 };
 
 function CollectionForm(props: Props) {
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ function CollectionForm(props: Props) {
     setIncognito,
     onDone,
     doCollectionEdit,
+    resetThumbnailStatus,
   } = props;
   const activeChannelName = activeChannelClaim && activeChannelClaim.name;
   let prefix = 'lbry://';
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ function CollectionForm(props: Props) {
   }
 
   function handleUpdateThumbnail(update: { [string]: string }) {
-    if (update.thumbnail_url) {
+    if (update.thumbnail_url !== undefined) {
       setParam(update);
     } else if (update.thumbnail_status) {
       setThumbStatus(update.thumbnail_status);
@@ -309,6 +311,10 @@ function CollectionForm(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [uri, hasClaim]);
 
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    resetThumbnailStatus();
+  }, [resetThumbnailStatus]);
+
   return (
     <>
       <div className={classnames('main--contained', { 'card--disabled': disabled })}>
@@ -358,13 +364,14 @@ function CollectionForm(props: Props) {
                       />
                       <fieldset-section>
                         <SelectThumbnail
-                          thumbnailParam={params.thumbnail_url}
+                          thumbnail={params.thumbnail_url}
-                          thumbnailParamError={thumbError}
+                          thumbnailError={thumbError}
                           thumbnailParamStatus={thumbStatus}
                           updateThumbnailParams={handleUpdateThumbnail}
+                          usePublishFormMode
                         />
                       </fieldset-section>
-                      <FormField
+                      <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
                         type="markdown"
                         name="content_description2"
                         label={__('Description')}

ui/component/collectionPreviewOverlay/view.jsx

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function CollectionPreviewOverlay(props: Props) {
             collectionItemUrls.map((item, index) => {
               if (index < 2) {
                 return (
-                  <div className="collection-preview__overlay-grid-items">
+                  <div key={item} className="collection-preview__overlay-grid-items">
                     <FileThumbnail uri={item} key={item} />
                   </div>
                 );

ui/component/collectionsListMine/view.jsx

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export default function CollectionsListMine(props: Props) {
       {builtin.map((list: Collection) => {
         const { items: itemUrls } = list;
         return (
-          <>
+          <React.Fragment key={list.name}>
             {Boolean(itemUrls && itemUrls.length) && (
               <div className="claim-grid__wrapper" key={list.name}>
                 <h1 className="claim-grid__header">
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default function CollectionsListMine(props: Props) {
                 <ClaimList tileLayout key={list.name} uris={itemUrls.slice(0, 6)} collectionId={list.id} />
               </div>
             )}
-          </>
+          </React.Fragment>
         );
       })}
       <div className="claim-grid__wrapper">

ui/component/comment/view.jsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_COMMENT } from 'constants/form-field';
 import { SITE_NAME, ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS } from 'config';
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { parseURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 import DateTime from 'component/dateTime';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import Expandable from 'component/expandable';
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import CommentBadge from 'component/common/comment-badge'; // have this?
 import ChannelThumbnail from 'component/channelThumbnail';
 import { Menu, MenuButton } from '@reach/menu-button';
 import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
-import { FormField, Form } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced, Form } from 'component/common/form';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import CommentReactions from 'component/commentReactions';
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ function CommentView(props: Props) {
           <div>
             {isEditing ? (
               <Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
-                <FormField
+                <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
                   className="comment__edit-input"
                   type={advancedEditor ? 'markdown' : 'textarea'}
                   name="editing_comment"
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ function CommentView(props: Props) {
                       label={
                         numDirectReplies < 2
                           ? __('Show reply')
-                          : __('Show %count% replies', { count: numDirectReplies })
+                          : __('Show %count% replies', { count: formatNumber(numDirectReplies, 2, true) })
                       }
                       button="link"
                       onClick={() => {

ui/component/commentCreate/comment-create-header.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import SelectChannel from 'component/selectChannel';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
+
+type Props = {
+  isReply: boolean,
+  advancedHandler: () => void,
+  advanced: boolean,
+};
+
+export default function CommentCreateHeader(props: Props) {
+  const { isReply, advancedHandler, advanced } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="comment-create__header">
+      <div className="comment-create__label-wrapper">
+        <span className="comment-create__label">{(isReply ? __('Replying as') : __('Comment as')) + ' '}</span>
+        <SelectChannel tiny />
+      </div>
+      <div className="form-field__quick-action">
+        <Button
+          button="alt"
+          icon={advanced ? ICONS.SIMPLE_EDITOR : ICONS.ADVANCED_EDITOR}
+          onClick={advancedHandler}
+          aria-label={isReply ? undefined : advanced ? __('Simple Editor') : __('Advanced Editor')}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import 'scss/component/_comment-create.scss';
 
 import { buildValidSticker } from 'util/comments';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_COMMENT } from 'constants/form-field';
-import { FormField, Form } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced, Form } from 'component/common/form';
 import { getChannelIdFromClaim } from 'util/claim';
 import { Lbryio } from 'lbryinc';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 import OptimizedImage from 'component/optimizedImage';
 import React from 'react';
-import SelectChannel from 'component/selectChannel';
 import StickerSelector from './sticker-selector';
+import CommentCreateHeader from './comment-create-header';
 import type { ElementRef } from 'react';
 import UriIndicator from 'component/uriIndicator';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import WalletTipAmountSelector from 'component/walletTipAmountSelector';
-
 import { getStripeEnvironment } from 'util/stripe';
 const stripeEnvironment = getStripeEnvironment();
 
@@ -364,31 +363,6 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
       .catch(() => {});
   }, [canReceiveFiatTip, claim.claim_id, claim.name, claim.signing_channel, stickerSelector]);
 
-  // LIVESTREAM ONLY - REMOVE
-  // Handle keyboard shortcut comment creation
-  // React.useEffect(() => {
-  //   function altEnterListener(e: SyntheticKeyboardEvent<*>) {
-  //     const inputRef = formFieldRef && formFieldRef.current && formFieldRef.current.input;
-  //
-  //     if (inputRef && inputRef.current === document.activeElement) {
-  //       // $FlowFixMe
-  //       const isTyping = e.target.attributes['term'];
-  //
-  //       if (((isLivestream && !isTyping) || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && e.keyCode === KEYCODES.ENTER) {
-  //         e.preventDefault();
-  //         buttonRef.current.click();
-  //       }
-  //     }
-  //   }
-  //
-  //   window.addEventListener('keydown', altEnterListener);
-  //
-  //   // removes the listener so it doesn't cause problems elsewhere in the app
-  //   return () => {
-  //     window.removeEventListener('keydown', altEnterListener);
-  //   };
-  // }, [isLivestream]);
-
   // **************************************************************************
   // Render
   // **************************************************************************
@@ -410,7 +384,11 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
           push(pathPlusRedirect);
         }}
       >
-        <FormField type="textarea" name={'comment_signup_prompt'} placeholder={__('Say something about this...')} />
+        <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
+          type="textarea"
+          name={'comment_signup_prompt'}
+          placeholder={__('Say something about this...')}
+        />
         <div className="section__actions--no-margin">
           <Button disabled button="primary" label={__('Post --[button to submit something]--')} />
         </div>
@@ -421,22 +399,22 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
   return (
     <Form
       onSubmit={() => {}}
-      className={classnames('commentCreate', {
+      className={classnames('comment-create', {
-        'commentCreate--reply': isReply,
+        'comment-create--reply': isReply,
-        'commentCreate--nestedReply': isNested,
+        'comment-create--nestedReply': isNested,
-        'commentCreate--bottom': bottom,
+        'comment-create--bottom': bottom,
       })}
     >
       {/* Input Box/Preview Box */}
       {stickerSelector ? (
         <StickerSelector onSelect={(sticker) => handleSelectSticker(sticker)} claimIsMine={claimIsMine} />
       ) : isReviewingStickerComment && activeChannelClaim && selectedSticker ? (
-        <div className="commentCreate__stickerPreview">
+        <div className="comment-create__stickerPreview">
-          <div className="commentCreate__stickerPreviewInfo">
+          <div className="comment-create__stickerPreviewInfo">
             <ChannelThumbnail xsmall uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} />
             <UriIndicator uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} link />
           </div>
-          <div className="commentCreate__stickerPreviewImage">
+          <div className="comment-create__stickerPreviewImage">
             <OptimizedImage src={selectedSticker && selectedSticker.url} waitLoad loading="lazy" />
           </div>
           {/* figure out lbc sticker prices */}
@@ -448,15 +426,15 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
           )}
         </div>
       ) : isReviewingSupportComment && activeChannelClaim ? (
-        <div className="commentCreate__supportCommentPreview">
+        <div className="comment-create__supportCommentPreview">
           <CreditAmount
             amount={tipAmount}
-            className="commentCreate__supportCommentPreviewAmount"
+            className="comment-create__supportCommentPreviewAmount"
             isFiat={activeTab === TAB_FIAT}
             size={activeTab === TAB_LBC ? 18 : 2}
           />
           <ChannelThumbnail xsmall uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} />
-          <div className="commentCreate__supportCommentBody">
+          <div className="comment-create__supportCommentBody">
             <UriIndicator uri={activeChannelClaim.canonical_url} link />
             <div>{commentValue}</div>
           </div>
@@ -471,23 +449,22 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
             />
           )}
 
-          <FormField
+          <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
             autoFocus={isReply}
             charCount={charCount}
             className={isReply ? 'content_reply' : 'content_comment'}
             disabled={isFetchingChannels}
-            label={
+            header={
-              <div className="commentCreate__labelWrapper">
+              <CommentCreateHeader
-                <span className="commentCreate__label">{(isReply ? __('Replying as') : __('Comment as')) + ' '}</span>
+                isReply={isReply}
-                <SelectChannel tiny />
+                advanced={advancedEditor}
-              </div>
+                advancedHandler={() => setAdvancedEditor(!advancedEditor)}
+              />
             }
             name={isReply ? 'content_reply' : 'content_description'}
-            quickActionLabel={isReply ? undefined : advancedEditor ? __('Simple Editor') : __('Advanced Editor')}
             ref={formFieldRef}
             onChange={handleCommentChange}
             openEmoteMenu={() => setShowEmotes(!showEmotes)}
-            quickActionHandler={() => setAdvancedEditor(!advancedEditor)}
             onFocus={onTextareaFocus}
             onBlur={onTextareaBlur}
             placeholder={__('Say something about this...')}
@@ -655,7 +632,7 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
         {/* Help Text */}
         {deletedComment && <div className="error__text">{__('This comment has been deleted.')}</div>}
         {!!minAmount && (
-          <div className="help--notice commentCreate__minAmountNotice">
+          <div className="help--notice comment-create__minAmountNotice">
             <I18nMessage tokens={{ lbc: <CreditAmount noFormat amount={minAmount} /> }}>
               {minTip ? 'Comment min: %lbc%' : minSuper ? 'HyperChat min: %lbc%' : ''}
             </I18nMessage>

ui/component/commentReactions/view.jsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Button from 'component/button';
 import ChannelThumbnail from 'component/channelThumbnail';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
 import { useIsMobile } from 'effects/use-screensize';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 
 type Props = {
   myReacts: Array<string>,
@@ -109,7 +110,11 @@ export default function CommentReactions(props: Props) {
           'comment__action--active': myReacts && myReacts.includes(REACTION_TYPES.LIKE),
         })}
         onClick={handleCommentLike}
-        label={<span className="comment__reaction-count">{getCountForReact(REACTION_TYPES.LIKE)}</span>}
+        label={
+          <span className="comment__reaction-count">
+            {formatNumber(getCountForReact(REACTION_TYPES.LIKE), 2, true)}
+          </span>
+        }
       />
       <Button
         title={__('Downvote')}
@@ -119,7 +124,11 @@ export default function CommentReactions(props: Props) {
           'comment__action--active': myReacts && myReacts.includes(REACTION_TYPES.DISLIKE),
         })}
         onClick={handleCommentDislike}
-        label={<span className="comment__reaction-count">{getCountForReact(REACTION_TYPES.DISLIKE)}</span>}
+        label={
+          <span className="comment__reaction-count">
+            {formatNumber(getCountForReact(REACTION_TYPES.DISLIKE), 2, true)}
+          </span>
+        }
       />
 
       {!shouldHide && ENABLE_CREATOR_REACTIONS && (canCreatorReact || creatorLiked) && (

ui/component/commentsList/index.js

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import { doCommentReset, doCommentList, doCommentById, doCommentReactList } from
 import { selectActiveChannelClaim } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import { getChannelIdFromClaim } from 'util/claim';
 import CommentsList from './view';
+import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
+import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
+import { doSetClientSetting } from 'redux/actions/settings';
 
 const select = (state, props) => {
   const { uri } = props;
@@ -56,15 +59,19 @@ const select = (state, props) => {
     myReactsByCommentId: selectMyReacts(state),
     othersReactsById: selectOthersReacts(state),
     activeChannelId: activeChannelClaim && activeChannelClaim.claim_id,
+    customCommentServers: makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.CUSTOM_COMMENTS_SERVERS)(state),
+    commentServer: makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.CUSTOM_COMMENTS_SERVER_URL)(state),
   };
 };
 
-const perform = {
+const perform = (dispatch, ownProps) => ({
-  fetchTopLevelComments: doCommentList,
+  fetchTopLevelComments: (uri, parentId, page, pageSize, sortBy) =>
-  fetchComment: doCommentById,
+    dispatch(doCommentList(uri, parentId, page, pageSize, sortBy)),
-  fetchReacts: doCommentReactList,
+  fetchComment: (commentId) => dispatch(doCommentById(commentId)),
-  resetComments: doCommentReset,
+  fetchReacts: (commentIds) => dispatch(doCommentReactList(commentIds)),
-  doResolveUris,
+  resetComments: (claimId) => dispatch(doCommentReset(claimId)),
-};
+  doResolveUris: (uris, returnCachedClaims) => dispatch(doResolveUris(uris, returnCachedClaims)),
+  setCommentServer: (url) => dispatch(doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.CUSTOM_COMMENTS_SERVER_URL, url, true)),
+});
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(CommentsList);

ui/component/commentsList/view.jsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import { COMMENT_PAGE_SIZE_TOP_LEVEL, SORT_BY } from 'constants/comment';
-import { ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS } from 'config';
+import { ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS, COMMENT_SERVER_API, COMMENT_SERVER_NAME } from 'config';
 import { useIsMobile, useIsMediumScreen } from 'effects/use-screensize';
 import { getCommentsListTitle } from 'util/comments';
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import Empty from 'component/common/empty';
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import Spinner from 'component/spinner';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
+import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import Comments from 'comments';
 
 const DEBOUNCE_SCROLL_HANDLER_MS = 200;
 
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ type Props = {
   fetchReacts: (commentIds: Array<string>) => Promise<any>,
   resetComments: (claimId: string) => void,
   doResolveUris: (uris: Array<string>, returnCachedClaims: boolean) => void,
+  customCommentServers: Array<CommentServerDetails>,
+  setCommentServer: (string) => void,
+  commentServer: string,
 };
 
 export default function CommentList(props: Props) {
@@ -80,11 +85,17 @@ export default function CommentList(props: Props) {
     fetchReacts,
     resetComments,
     doResolveUris,
+    customCommentServers,
+    setCommentServer,
+    commentServer,
   } = props;
 
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
   const isMediumScreen = useIsMediumScreen();
 
+  const defaultServer = { name: COMMENT_SERVER_NAME, url: COMMENT_SERVER_API };
+  const allServers = [defaultServer, ...(customCommentServers || [])];
+
   const spinnerRef = React.useRef();
   const DEFAULT_SORT = ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS ? SORT_BY.POPULARITY : SORT_BY.NEWEST;
   const [sort, setSort] = usePersistedState('comment-sort-by', DEFAULT_SORT);
@@ -255,7 +266,16 @@ export default function CommentList(props: Props) {
   }, [alreadyResolved, doResolveUris, topLevelComments]);
 
   const commentProps = { isTopLevel: true, threadDepth: 3, uri, claimIsMine, linkedCommentId };
-  const actionButtonsProps = { totalComments, sort, changeSort, setPage };
+  const actionButtonsProps = {
+    totalComments,
+    sort,
+    changeSort,
+    setPage,
+    allServers,
+    commentServer,
+    defaultServer,
+    setCommentServer,
+  };
 
   return (
     <Card
@@ -334,17 +354,21 @@ type ActionButtonsProps = {
   sort: string,
   changeSort: (string) => void,
   setPage: (number) => void,
+  allServers: Array<CommentServerDetails>,
+  commentServer: string,
+  setCommentServer: (string) => void,
+  defaultServer: CommentServerDetails,
 };
 
 const CommentActionButtons = (actionButtonsProps: ActionButtonsProps) => {
-  const { totalComments, sort, changeSort, setPage } = actionButtonsProps;
+  const { totalComments, sort, changeSort, setPage, allServers, commentServer, setCommentServer, defaultServer } =
-
+    actionButtonsProps;
   const sortButtonProps = { activeSort: sort, changeSort };
 
   return (
-    <>
+    <div className={'comment__actions-row'}>
       {totalComments > 1 && ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS && (
-        <span className="comment__sort">
+        <div className="comment__sort-group">
           <SortButton {...sortButtonProps} label={__('Best')} icon={ICONS.BEST} sortOption={SORT_BY.POPULARITY} />
           <SortButton
             {...sortButtonProps}
@@ -353,11 +377,39 @@ const CommentActionButtons = (actionButtonsProps: ActionButtonsProps) => {
             sortOption={SORT_BY.CONTROVERSY}
           />
           <SortButton {...sortButtonProps} label={__('New')} icon={ICONS.NEW} sortOption={SORT_BY.NEWEST} />
-        </span>
+        </div>
       )}
 
+      {allServers.length >= 2 && (
+        <div className="button__selected-server">
+          <FormField
+            type="select-tiny"
+            onChange={function (x) {
+              const selectedServer = x.target.value;
+              setPage(0);
+              setCommentServer(selectedServer);
+              if (selectedServer === defaultServer.url) {
+                Comments.setServerUrl(undefined);
+              } else {
+                Comments.setServerUrl(selectedServer);
+              }
+            }}
+            value={commentServer}
+          >
+            {allServers.map(function (server) {
+              return (
+                <option key={server.url} value={server.url}>
+                  {server.name}
+                </option>
+              );
+            })}
+          </FormField>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <div className="button_refresh">
         <Button button="alt" icon={ICONS.REFRESH} title={__('Refresh')} onClick={() => setPage(0)} />
-    </>
+      </div>
+    </div>
   );
 };
 

ui/component/common/file-list.jsx

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { useRadioState, Radio, RadioGroup } from 'reakit/Radio';
 
 type Props = {
-  files: Array<WebFile>,
+  files: Array<File>,
-  onChange: (WebFile | void) => void,
+  onChange: (File | void) => void,
 };
 
 type RadioProps = {
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ function FileList(props: Props) {
 
   const getFile = (value?: string) => {
     if (files && files.length) {
-      return files.find((file: WebFile) => file.name === value);
+      return files.find((file: File) => file.name === value);
     }
   };
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (radio.stops.length) {
+    if (radio.items.length) {
       if (!radio.currentId) {
         radio.first();
       } else {
-        const first = radio.stops[0].ref.current;
+        const first = radio.items[0].ref.current;
         // First auto-selection
         if (first && first.id === radio.currentId && !radio.state) {
           const file = getFile(first.value);
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ function FileList(props: Props) {
 
         if (radio.state) {
           // Find selected element
-          const stop = radio.stops.find(item => item.id === radio.currentId);
+          const stop = radio.items.find((item) => item.id === radio.currentId);
           const element = stop && stop.ref.current;
           // Only update state if new item is selected
           if (element && element.value !== radio.state) {
             const file = getFile(element.value);
-            // Sselect new file and update state
+            // Select new file and update state
             onChange(file);
             radio.setState(element.value);
           }

ui/component/common/file-selector.jsx

@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
 
 type Props = {
   type: string,
   currentPath?: ?string,
-  onFileChosen: (WebFile) => void,
+  onFileChosen: (FileWithPath) => void,
   label?: string,
   placeholder?: string,
   accept?: string,
   error?: string,
   disabled?: boolean,
   autoFocus?: boolean,
+  filters?: Array<{ name: string, extension: string[] }>,
+  readFile?: boolean,
 };
 
 class FileSelector extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   static defaultProps = {
     autoFocus: false,
     type: 'file',
+    readFile: true,
   };
 
   fileInput: React.ElementRef<any>;
@@ -41,18 +45,49 @@ class FileSelector extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     const file = files[0];
 
     if (this.props.onFileChosen) {
-      this.props.onFileChosen(file);
+      this.props.onFileChosen({ file, path: file.path || file.name });
     }
     this.fileInput.current.value = null; // clear the file input
   };
 
   handleDirectoryInputSelection = () => {
-    remote.dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: ['openDirectory'] }).then((result) => {
+    let defaultPath;
+    let properties;
+    let isWin = process.platform === 'win32';
+    let type = this.props.type;
+
+    if (isWin === true) {
+      defaultPath = process.env.HOME || process.env.HOMEPATH || process.env.USERPROFILE;
+    }
+
+    if (type === 'openFile') {
+      properties = ['openFile'];
+    }
+
+    if (type === 'openDirectory') {
+      properties = ['openDirectory'];
+    }
+
+    remote.dialog
+      .showOpenDialog({
+        properties,
+        defaultPath,
+        filters: this.props.filters,
+      })
+      .then((result) => {
         const path = result && result.filePaths[0];
         if (path) {
-        // $FlowFixMe
+          return ipcRenderer.invoke('get-file-from-path', path, this.props.readFile);
-        this.props.onFileChosen({ path });
         }
+      })
+      .then((result) => {
+        if (!result) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const file = new File([result.buffer], result.name, {
+          type: result.mime,
+        });
+        this.props.onFileChosen({ file, path: result.path });
       });
   };
 
@@ -82,7 +117,11 @@ class FileSelector extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
               autoFocus={autoFocus}
               button="primary"
               disabled={disabled}
-              onClick={type === 'openDirectory' ? this.handleDirectoryInputSelection : this.fileInputButton}
+              onClick={
+                type === 'openDirectory' || type === 'openFile'
+                  ? this.handleDirectoryInputSelection
+                  : this.fileInputButton
+              }
               label={__('Browse')}
             />
           }

ui/component/common/form-components/form-field-area-advanced.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+// @flow
+import 'easymde/dist/easymde.min.css';
+import { FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT } from 'constants/form-field';
+import { openEditorMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
+import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import MarkdownPreview from 'component/common/markdown-preview';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
+import SimpleMDE from 'react-simplemde-editor';
+import TextareaWithSuggestions from 'component/textareaWithSuggestions';
+import type { ElementRef, Node } from 'react';
+
+type Props = {
+  autoFocus?: boolean,
+  blockWrap: boolean,
+  charCount?: number,
+  children?: React$Node,
+  disabled?: boolean,
+  helper?: string | React$Node,
+  hideSuggestions?: boolean,
+  isLivestream?: boolean,
+  label?: string | Node,
+  labelOnLeft: boolean,
+  name: string,
+  noEmojis?: boolean,
+  placeholder?: string | number,
+  quickActionLabel?: string,
+  textAreaMaxLength?: number,
+  type?: string,
+  value?: string | number,
+  onChange?: (any) => any,
+  openEmoteMenu?: () => void,
+  quickActionHandler?: (any) => any,
+  render?: () => React$Node,
+  header?: React$Node,
+};
+
+export class FormFieldAreaAdvanced extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
+  static defaultProps = { labelOnLeft: false, blockWrap: true };
+
+  input: { current: ElementRef<any> };
+
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.input = React.createRef();
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const { autoFocus } = this.props;
+    const input = this.input.current;
+
+    if (input && autoFocus) input.focus();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      autoFocus,
+      blockWrap,
+      charCount,
+      children,
+      helper,
+      hideSuggestions,
+      isLivestream,
+      label,
+      header,
+      labelOnLeft,
+      name,
+      noEmojis,
+      quickActionLabel,
+      textAreaMaxLength,
+      type,
+      openEmoteMenu,
+      quickActionHandler,
+      render,
+      ...inputProps
+    } = this.props;
+
+    // Ideally, the character count should (and can) be appended to the
+    // SimpleMDE's "options::status" bar. However, I couldn't figure out how
+    // to pass the current value to it's callback, nor query the current
+    // text length from the callback. So, we'll use our own widget.
+    const hasCharCount = charCount !== undefined && charCount >= 0;
+    const countInfo = hasCharCount && textAreaMaxLength !== undefined && (
+      <span className="comment__char-count-mde">{`${charCount || '0'}/${textAreaMaxLength}`}</span>
+    );
+
+    const quickAction =
+      quickActionLabel && quickActionHandler ? (
+        <div className="form-field__quick-action">
+          <Button button="link" onClick={quickActionHandler} label={quickActionLabel} />
+        </div>
+      ) : null;
+
+    const input = () => {
+      switch (type) {
+        case 'markdown':
+          const handleEvents = { contextmenu: openEditorMenu };
+
+          const getInstance = (editor) => {
+            // SimpleMDE max char check
+            editor.codemirror.on('beforeChange', (instance, changes) => {
+              if (textAreaMaxLength && changes.update) {
+                var str = changes.text.join('\n');
+                var delta = str.length - (instance.indexFromPos(changes.to) - instance.indexFromPos(changes.from));
+
+                if (delta <= 0) return;
+
+                delta = instance.getValue().length + delta - textAreaMaxLength;
+                if (delta > 0) {
+                  str = str.substring(0, str.length - delta);
+                  changes.update(changes.from, changes.to, str.split('\n'));
+                }
+              }
+            });
+
+            // "Create Link (Ctrl-K)": highlight URL instead of label:
+            editor.codemirror.on('changes', (instance, changes) => {
+              try {
+                // Grab the last change from the buffered list. I assume the
+                // buffered one ('changes', instead of 'change') is more efficient,
+                // and that "Create Link" will always end up last in the list.
+                const lastChange = changes[changes.length - 1];
+                if (lastChange.origin === '+input') {
+                  // https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/blob/8fa54c496f98621d5f45f57577ce630bee8c41ee/src/js/easymde.js#L765
+                  const EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER = '(https://)';
+
+                  // The URL placeholder is always placed last, so just look at the
+                  // last text in the array to also cover the multi-line case:
+                  const urlLineText = lastChange.text[lastChange.text.length - 1];
+
+                  if (urlLineText.endsWith(EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) && urlLineText !== '[]' + EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) {
+                    const from = lastChange.from;
+                    const to = lastChange.to;
+                    const isSelectionMultiline = lastChange.text.length > 1;
+                    const baseIndex = isSelectionMultiline ? 0 : from.ch;
+
+                    // Everything works fine for the [Ctrl-K] case, but for the
+                    // [Button] case, this handler happens before the original
+                    // code, thus our change got wiped out.
+                    // Add a small delay to handle that case.
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                      instance.setSelection(
+                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf('(') + 1 },
+                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf(')') }
+                      );
+                    }, 25);
+                  }
+                }
+              } catch (e) {} // Do nothing (revert to original behavior)
+            });
+          };
+
+          return (
+            <div className="form-field--SimpleMDE" onContextMenu={stopContextMenu}>
+              <fieldset-section>
+                {!header && (
+                  <div className="form-field__two-column">
+                    <div>
+                      <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
+                    </div>
+                    {quickAction}
+                  </div>
+                )}
+                {!!header && <div className="form-field__textarea-header">{header}</div>}
+                <SimpleMDE
+                  {...inputProps}
+                  id={name}
+                  type="textarea"
+                  events={handleEvents}
+                  getMdeInstance={getInstance}
+                  options={{
+                    spellChecker: true,
+                    hideIcons: ['heading', 'image', 'fullscreen', 'side-by-side'],
+                    previewRender(plainText) {
+                      const preview = <MarkdownPreview content={plainText} noDataStore />;
+                      return ReactDOMServer.renderToString(preview);
+                    },
+                  }}
+                />
+                {countInfo}
+              </fieldset-section>
+            </div>
+          );
+        case 'textarea':
+          return (
+            <fieldset-section>
+              {!header && (label || quickAction) && (
+                <div className="form-field__two-column">
+                  <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
+                  {quickAction}
+                </div>
+              )}
+              {!!header && <div className="form-field__textarea-header">{header}</div>}
+              {hideSuggestions ? (
+                <textarea
+                  type={type}
+                  id={name}
+                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
+                  ref={this.input}
+                  {...inputProps}
+                />
+              ) : (
+                <TextareaWithSuggestions
+                  type={type}
+                  id={name}
+                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
+                  inputRef={this.input}
+                  isLivestream={isLivestream}
+                  {...inputProps}
+                />
+              )}
+              <div className="form-field__textarea-info">
+                {!noEmojis && openEmoteMenu && (
+                  <Button
+                    type="alt"
+                    className="button--comment-icons"
+                    title="Emotes"
+                    onClick={openEmoteMenu}
+                    icon={ICONS.EMOJI}
+                    iconSize={20}
+                  />
+                )}
+                {countInfo}
+              </div>
+            </fieldset-section>
+          );
+      }
+    };
+
+    return (
+      <>
+        {type && input()}
+        {helper && <div className="form-field__help">{helper}</div>}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default FormFieldAreaAdvanced;

ui/component/common/form-components/form-field.jsx

@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import 'easymde/dist/easymde.min.css';
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT } from 'constants/form-field';
-import { openEditorMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
-import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
-import Button from 'component/button';
-import MarkdownPreview from 'component/common/markdown-preview';
 import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
-import SimpleMDE from 'react-simplemde-editor';
-import TextareaWithSuggestions from 'component/textareaWithSuggestions';
 import type { ElementRef, Node } from 'react';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -21,19 +14,15 @@ type Props = {
   disabled?: boolean,
   error?: string | boolean,
   helper?: string | React$Node,
-  hideSuggestions?: boolean,
   inputButton?: React$Node,
-  isLivestream?: boolean,
   label?: string | Node,
   labelOnLeft: boolean,
   max?: number,
   min?: number,
   name: string,
-  noEmojis?: boolean,
   placeholder?: string | number,
   postfix?: string,
   prefix?: string,
-  quickActionLabel?: string,
   range?: number,
   readOnly?: boolean,
   stretch?: boolean,
@@ -41,8 +30,6 @@ type Props = {
   type?: string,
   value?: string | number,
   onChange?: (any) => any,
-  openEmoteMenu?: () => void,
-  quickActionHandler?: (any) => any,
   render?: () => React$Node,
 };
 
@@ -72,21 +59,15 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       children,
       error,
       helper,
-      hideSuggestions,
       inputButton,
-      isLivestream,
       label,
       labelOnLeft,
       name,
-      noEmojis,
       postfix,
       prefix,
-      quickActionLabel,
       stretch,
       textAreaMaxLength,
       type,
-      openEmoteMenu,
-      quickActionHandler,
       render,
       ...inputProps
     } = this.props;
@@ -101,18 +82,10 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     const countInfo = hasCharCount && textAreaMaxLength !== undefined && (
       <span className="comment__char-count-mde">{`${charCount || '0'}/${textAreaMaxLength}`}</span>
     );
-
     const Wrapper = blockWrap
       ? ({ children: innerChildren }) => <fieldset-section class="radio">{innerChildren}</fieldset-section>
       : ({ children: innerChildren }) => <span className="radio">{innerChildren}</span>;
 
-    const quickAction =
-      quickActionLabel && quickActionHandler ? (
-        <div className="form-field__quick-action">
-          <Button button="link" onClick={quickActionHandler} label={quickActionLabel} />
-        </div>
-      ) : null;
-
     const inputSimple = (type: string) => (
       <>
         <input id={name} type={type} {...inputProps} />
@@ -143,102 +116,14 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           return inputSelect('');
         case 'select-tiny':
           return inputSelect('select--slim');
-        case 'markdown':
-          const handleEvents = { contextmenu: openEditorMenu };
-
-          const getInstance = (editor) => {
-            // SimpleMDE max char check
-            editor.codemirror.on('beforeChange', (instance, changes) => {
-              if (textAreaMaxLength && changes.update) {
-                var str = changes.text.join('\n');
-                var delta = str.length - (instance.indexFromPos(changes.to) - instance.indexFromPos(changes.from));
-
-                if (delta <= 0) return;
-
-                delta = instance.getValue().length + delta - textAreaMaxLength;
-                if (delta > 0) {
-                  str = str.substring(0, str.length - delta);
-                  changes.update(changes.from, changes.to, str.split('\n'));
-                }
-              }
-            });
-
-            // "Create Link (Ctrl-K)": highlight URL instead of label:
-            editor.codemirror.on('changes', (instance, changes) => {
-              try {
-                // Grab the last change from the buffered list. I assume the
-                // buffered one ('changes', instead of 'change') is more efficient,
-                // and that "Create Link" will always end up last in the list.
-                const lastChange = changes[changes.length - 1];
-                if (lastChange.origin === '+input') {
-                  // https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/blob/8fa54c496f98621d5f45f57577ce630bee8c41ee/src/js/easymde.js#L765
-                  const EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER = '(https://)';
-
-                  // The URL placeholder is always placed last, so just look at the
-                  // last text in the array to also cover the multi-line case:
-                  const urlLineText = lastChange.text[lastChange.text.length - 1];
-
-                  if (urlLineText.endsWith(EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) && urlLineText !== '[]' + EASYMDE_URL_PLACEHOLDER) {
-                    const from = lastChange.from;
-                    const to = lastChange.to;
-                    const isSelectionMultiline = lastChange.text.length > 1;
-                    const baseIndex = isSelectionMultiline ? 0 : from.ch;
-
-                    // Everything works fine for the [Ctrl-K] case, but for the
-                    // [Button] case, this handler happens before the original
-                    // code, thus our change got wiped out.
-                    // Add a small delay to handle that case.
-                    setTimeout(() => {
-                      instance.setSelection(
-                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf('(') + 1 },
-                        { line: to.line, ch: baseIndex + urlLineText.lastIndexOf(')') }
-                      );
-                    }, 25);
-                  }
-                }
-              } catch (e) {} // Do nothing (revert to original behavior)
-            });
-          };
-
-          return (
-            <div className="form-field--SimpleMDE" onContextMenu={stopContextMenu}>
-              <fieldset-section>
-                <div className="form-field__two-column">
-                  <div>
-                    <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
-                  </div>
-                  {quickAction}
-                </div>
-                <SimpleMDE
-                  {...inputProps}
-                  id={name}
-                  type="textarea"
-                  events={handleEvents}
-                  getMdeInstance={getInstance}
-                  options={{
-                    spellChecker: true,
-                    hideIcons: ['heading', 'image', 'fullscreen', 'side-by-side'],
-                    previewRender(plainText) {
-                      const preview = <MarkdownPreview content={plainText} noDataStore />;
-                      return ReactDOMServer.renderToString(preview);
-                    },
-                  }}
-                />
-                {countInfo}
-              </fieldset-section>
-            </div>
-          );
         case 'textarea':
           return (
             <fieldset-section>
-              {(label || quickAction) && (
+              {label && (
                 <div className="form-field__two-column">
                   <label htmlFor={name}>{label}</label>
-                  {quickAction}
                 </div>
               )}
-
-              {hideSuggestions ? (
               <textarea
                 type={type}
                 id={name}
@@ -246,30 +131,7 @@ export class FormField extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
                 ref={this.input}
                 {...inputProps}
               />
-              ) : (
+              <div className="form-field__textarea-info">{countInfo}</div>
-                <TextareaWithSuggestions
-                  type={type}
-                  id={name}
-                  maxLength={textAreaMaxLength || FF_MAX_CHARS_DEFAULT}
-                  inputRef={this.input}
-                  isLivestream={isLivestream}
-                  {...inputProps}
-                />
-              )}
-
-              <div className="form-field__textarea-info">
-                {!noEmojis && openEmoteMenu && (
-                  <Button
-                    type="alt"
-                    className="button--file-action"
-                    title="Emotes"
-                    onClick={openEmoteMenu}
-                    icon={ICONS.EMOJI}
-                    iconSize={20}
-                  />
-                )}
-                {countInfo}
-              </div>
             </fieldset-section>
           );
         default:

ui/component/common/form.jsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { Form } from './form-components/form';
 export { FormField } from './form-components/form-field';
+export { FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from './form-components/form-field-area-advanced';
 export { FormFieldPrice } from './form-components/form-field-price';
 export { Submit } from './form-components/submit';

ui/component/common/icon-custom.jsx

@@ -2054,4 +2054,15 @@ export const icons = {
       <path d="M12.5,23.24v-1A10.74,10.74,0,0,1,23.24,11.52" />
     </g>
   ),
+  [ICONS.SIMPLE_EDITOR]: buildIcon(
+    <g>
+      <path d="M1 18V6c0-1 1-2 2-2h18c1 0 2 1 2 2v12c0 1-1 2-2 2H3c-1 0-2-1-2-2ZM5 7v4" />
+    </g>
+  ),
+  [ICONS.ADVANCED_EDITOR]: buildIcon(
+    <g>
+      <path d="M1 20V4c0-1 1-2 2-2h18c1 0 2 1 2 2v16c0 1-1 2-2 2H3c-1 0-2-1-2-2ZM1 11h22" />
+      <path d="M5 8V6h2v2H5ZM11 8V6h2v2h-2ZM17 8V6h2v2h-2ZM5 14v4" />
+    </g>
+  ),
 };

ui/component/fileDescription/index.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from 'redux/selectors/claims';
 import { makeSelectPendingAmountByUri } from 'redux/selectors/wallet';
 import { doOpenModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
-import { selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
 import FileDescription from './view';
 
 const select = (state, props) => {
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ const select = (state, props) => {
     claim,
     claimIsMine: selectClaimIsMine(state, claim),
     metadata: makeSelectMetadataForUri(props.uri)(state),
-    user: selectUser(state),
     pendingAmount: makeSelectPendingAmountByUri(props.uri)(state),
     tags: makeSelectTagsForUri(props.uri)(state),
   };

ui/component/fileDescription/view.jsx

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type Props = {
   uri: string,
   claim: StreamClaim,
   metadata: StreamMetadata,
-  user: ?any,
   tags: any,
   pendingAmount: number,
   doOpenModal: (id: string, {}) => void,

ui/component/fileDrop/view.jsx

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 
 type Props = {
   modal: { id: string, modalProps: {} },
-  filePath: string | WebFile,
+  filePath: ?string,
   clearPublish: () => void,
   updatePublishForm: ({}) => void,
-  openModal: (id: string, { files: Array<WebFile> }) => void,
+  openModal: (id: string, { files: Array<File> }) => void,
   // React router
   history: {
     entities: {}[],
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function FileDrop(props: Props) {
   const { drag, dropData } = useDragDrop();
   const [files, setFiles] = React.useState([]);
   const [error, setError] = React.useState(false);
-  const [target, setTarget] = React.useState<?WebFile>(null);
+  const [target, setTarget] = React.useState<?File>(null);
   const hideTimer = React.useRef(null);
   const targetTimer = React.useRef(null);
   const navigationTimer = React.useRef(null);
@@ -65,24 +65,26 @@ function FileDrop(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [history]);
 
+  // Handle file selection
+  const handleFileSelected = React.useCallback(
+    (selectedFile) => {
       // Delay hide and navigation for a smooth transition
-  const hideDropArea = React.useCallback(() => {
       hideTimer.current = setTimeout(() => {
         setFiles([]);
         // Navigate to publish area
         navigationTimer.current = setTimeout(() => {
+          // Navigate first, THEN assign filePath, otherwise
+          // the file selected will get reset (that's how the
+          // publish file view works, when the user switches to
+          // publish a file, the pathFile value gets reset to undefined)
           navigateToPublish();
+          updatePublishForm({
+            filePath: selectedFile.path || selectedFile.name,
+          });
         }, NAVIGATE_TIME_OUT);
       }, HIDE_TIME_OUT);
-  }, [navigateToPublish]);
-
-  // Handle file selection
-  const handleFileSelected = React.useCallback(
-    (selectedFile) => {
-      updatePublishForm({ filePath: selectedFile });
-      hideDropArea();
     },
-    [updatePublishForm, hideDropArea]
+    [setFiles, navigateToPublish, updatePublishForm]
   );
 
   // Clear timers when unmounted

ui/component/fileReactions/view.jsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
 import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import Button from 'component/button';
-import { formatNumberWithCommas } from 'util/number';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 import NudgeFloating from 'component/nudgeFloating';
 type Props = {
   claim: StreamClaim,
@@ -18,16 +18,8 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 function FileReactions(props: Props) {
-  const {
+  const { claim, uri, doFetchReactions, doReactionLike, doReactionDislike, myReaction, likeCount, dislikeCount } =
-    claim,
+    props;
-    uri,
-    doFetchReactions,
-    doReactionLike,
-    doReactionDislike,
-    myReaction,
-    likeCount,
-    dislikeCount,
-  } = props;
 
   const claimId = claim && claim.claim_id;
   const channel = claim && claim.signing_channel && claim.signing_channel.name;
@@ -59,7 +51,7 @@ function FileReactions(props: Props) {
         className={classnames('button--file-action button-like', {
           'button--file-action-active': myReaction === REACTION_TYPES.LIKE,
         })}
-        label={<>{formatNumberWithCommas(likeCount, 0)}</>}
+        label={<>{formatNumber(likeCount, 2, true)}</>}
         iconSize={18}
         icon={likeIcon}
         onClick={() => doReactionLike(uri)}
@@ -70,7 +62,7 @@ function FileReactions(props: Props) {
         className={classnames('button--file-action button-dislike', {
           'button--file-action-active': myReaction === REACTION_TYPES.DISLIKE,
         })}
-        label={<>{formatNumberWithCommas(dislikeCount, 0)}</>}
+        label={<>{formatNumber(dislikeCount, 2, true)}</>}
         iconSize={18}
         icon={dislikeIcon}
         onClick={() => doReactionDislike(uri)}

ui/component/fileRenderFloating/view.jsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { PRIMARY_PLAYER_WRAPPER_CLASS } from 'page/file/view';
 import Draggable from 'react-draggable';
 import { onFullscreenChange } from 'util/full-screen';
 import { generateListSearchUrlParams, formatLbryUrlForWeb } from 'util/url';
-import { useIsMobile } from 'effects/use-screensize';
+import { useIsMobile, useIsMediumScreen } from 'effects/use-screensize';
 import debounce from 'util/debounce';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
 import { isURIEqual } from 'util/lbryURI';
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import AutoplayCountdown from 'component/autoplayCountdown';
 // scss/init/vars.scss
 // --header-height
 const HEADER_HEIGHT = 60;
-const HEADER_HEIGHT_MOBILE = 60;
 
 const IS_DESKTOP_MAC = typeof process === 'object' ? process.platform === 'darwin' : false;
 const DEBOUNCE_WINDOW_RESIZE_HANDLER_MS = 100;
@@ -133,6 +132,7 @@ export default function FileRenderFloating(props: Props) {
   const playingUriSource = playingUri && playingUri.source;
   const isComment = playingUriSource === 'comment';
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
+  const isMediumScreen = useIsMediumScreen();
   const mainFilePlaying = !isFloating && primaryUri && isURIEqual(uri, primaryUri);
 
   const [fileViewerRect, setFileViewerRect] = useState();
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ export default function FileRenderFloating(props: Props) {
           'content__viewer--floating': isFloating,
           'content__viewer--inline': !isFloating,
           'content__viewer--secondary': isComment,
-          'content__viewer--theater-mode': !isFloating && videoTheaterMode && playingUri?.uri === primaryUri,
+          'content__viewer--theater-mode':
+            !isFloating && videoTheaterMode && !isMediumScreen && playingUri?.uri === primaryUri,
           'content__viewer--disable-click': wasDragging,
         })}
         style={
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ export default function FileRenderFloating(props: Props) {
                 top:
                   fileViewerRect.windowOffset +
                   fileViewerRect.top -
-                  (isMobile ? HEADER_HEIGHT_MOBILE : HEADER_HEIGHT) -
+                  (isMobile ? 0 : HEADER_HEIGHT) -
                   (IS_DESKTOP_MAC ? 24 : 0),
               }
             : {}

ui/component/fileRenderInitiator/view.jsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as PAGES from 'constants/pages';
 import * as RENDER_MODES from 'constants/file_render_modes';
 import * as KEYCODES from 'constants/keycodes';
 import Button from 'component/button';
+import { useIsMediumScreen } from 'effects/use-screensize';
 import isUserTyping from 'util/detect-typing';
 import { getThumbnailCdnUrl } from 'util/thumbnail';
 import Nag from 'component/common/nag';
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export default function FileRenderInitiator(props: Props) {
   const fileStatus = fileInfo && fileInfo.status;
   const isPlayable = RENDER_MODES.FLOATING_MODES.includes(renderMode);
   const isText = RENDER_MODES.TEXT_MODES.includes(renderMode);
+  const isMediumScreen = useIsMediumScreen();
   const [thumbnail, setThumbnail] = React.useState(FileRenderPlaceholder);
   const containerRef = React.useRef<any>();
 
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ export default function FileRenderInitiator(props: Props) {
       style={thumbnail && !obscurePreview ? { backgroundImage: `url("${thumbnail}")` } : {}}
       className={classnames('content__cover', {
         'content__cover--disabled': disabled,
-        'content__cover--theater-mode': videoTheaterMode,
+        'content__cover--theater-mode': videoTheaterMode && !isMediumScreen,
         'content__cover--text': isText,
         'card__media--nsfw': obscurePreview,
       })}

ui/component/fileThumbnail/index.js

@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { doResolveUri } from 'redux/actions/claims';
 import { makeSelectClaimForUri } from 'redux/selectors/claims';
-import { makeSelectContentWatchedPercentageForUri } from 'redux/selectors/content';
+import { selectPrimaryUri, makeSelectContentWatchedPercentageForUri } from 'redux/selectors/content';
 import CardMedia from './view';
 import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
 
 const select = (state, props) => {
+  const claimUriBeingPlayed = selectPrimaryUri(state);
+  let isBeingPlayed = false;
+
+  if (claimUriBeingPlayed) {
+    const claim = makeSelectClaimForUri(props.uri)(state);
+    const claimBeingPlayed = makeSelectClaimForUri(claimUriBeingPlayed)(state);
+    isBeingPlayed = claim && claim.claim_id === claimBeingPlayed.claim_id;
+  }
+
   return {
     watchedPercentage: makeSelectContentWatchedPercentageForUri(props.uri)(state),
     claim: makeSelectClaimForUri(props.uri)(state),
-    showPercentage: makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.PERSIST_WATCH_TIME)(state),
+    showPercentage: !isBeingPlayed && makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.PERSIST_WATCH_TIME)(state),
   };
 };
 

ui/component/fileValues/index.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 } from 'redux/selectors/claims';
 import { makeSelectPendingAmountByUri } from 'redux/selectors/wallet';
 import { makeSelectFileInfoForUri } from 'redux/selectors/file_info';
-import { selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
 import { doOpenModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
 
 import FileValues from './view';
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ const select = (state, props) => {
     contentType: makeSelectContentTypeForUri(props.uri)(state),
     fileInfo: makeSelectFileInfoForUri(props.uri)(state),
     metadata: makeSelectMetadataForUri(props.uri)(state),
-    user: selectUser(state),
     pendingAmount: makeSelectPendingAmountByUri(props.uri)(state),
     claimIsMine: selectClaimIsMine(state, claim),
   };

ui/component/fileValues/view.jsx

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type Props = {
   metadata: StreamMetadata,
   openFolder: (string) => void,
   contentType: string,
-  user: ?any,
   pendingAmount: string,
   openModal: (id: string, { uri: string }) => void,
   claimIsMine: boolean,

ui/component/fileViewCount/view.jsx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import HelpLink from 'component/common/help-link';
 import Tooltip from 'component/common/tooltip';
-import { toCompactNotation } from 'util/string';
+import { formatNumber } from 'util/number';
 
 type Props = {
   claimId: ?string, // this
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ type Props = {
 
 function FileViewCount(props: Props) {
   const { claimId, uri, fetchViewCount, viewCount } = props; // claimId
-  const countCompact = toCompactNotation(viewCount);
+  const countCompact = formatNumber(Number(viewCount), 2, true);
-  const countFullResolution = Number(viewCount).toLocaleString();
+  const countFullResolution = formatNumber(Number(viewCount), 2, false);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (claimId) {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function FileViewCount(props: Props) {
   }, [fetchViewCount, uri, claimId]);
 
   return (
-    <Tooltip label={countFullResolution}>
+    <Tooltip title={`${countFullResolution}`}>
       <span className="media__subtitle--centered">
         {viewCount !== 1 ? __('%view_count% views', { view_count: countCompact }) : __('1 view')}
         {<HelpLink href="https://lbry.com/faq/views" />}

ui/component/header/index.js

@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ import { selectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 import { selectGetSyncErrorMessage } from 'redux/selectors/sync';
 import { selectHasNavigated } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import { selectTotalBalance, selectBalance } from 'redux/selectors/wallet';
-import { selectUserVerifiedEmail, selectEmailToVerify, selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
+import { selectEmailToVerify, selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
 import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
 import Header from './view';
 
 const select = (state) => ({
-  authenticated: selectUserVerifiedEmail(state),
   balance: selectBalance(state),
   emailToVerify: selectEmailToVerify(state),
   hasNavigated: selectHasNavigated(state),

ui/component/headerMenuButtons/index.js

@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import { selectActiveChannelStakedLevel } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import { selectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
 import HeaderMenuButtons from './view';
-import { selectUserVerifiedEmail, selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
+import { selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
 
 const select = (state) => ({
   activeChannelStakedLevel: selectActiveChannelStakedLevel(state),
-  authenticated: selectUserVerifiedEmail(state),
   automaticDarkModeEnabled: selectClientSetting(state, SETTINGS.AUTOMATIC_DARK_MODE_ENABLED),
   currentTheme: selectClientSetting(state, SETTINGS.THEME),
   user: selectUser(state),

ui/component/headerMenuButtons/view.jsx

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import Tooltip from 'component/common/tooltip';
 
 type HeaderMenuButtonProps = {
-  authenticated: boolean,
   automaticDarkModeEnabled: boolean,
   currentTheme: string,
   user: ?User,

ui/component/hostingSplash/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
+import HostingSplash from './view';
+import {
+  selectViewBlobSpace,
+  selectViewHostingLimit,
+  selectAutoBlobSpace,
+  selectAutoHostingLimit,
+  selectSaveBlobs,
+} from 'redux/selectors/settings';
+import { doSetDaemonSetting } from 'redux/actions/settings';
+import { selectDiskSpace } from 'redux/selectors/app';
+
+const select = (state) => ({
+  diskSpace: selectDiskSpace(state),
+  viewHostingLimit: selectViewHostingLimit(state),
+  autoHostingLimit: selectAutoHostingLimit(state),
+  viewBlobSpace: selectViewBlobSpace(state),
+  autoBlobSpace: selectAutoBlobSpace(state),
+  saveBlobs: selectSaveBlobs(state),
+});
+
+const perform = (dispatch) => ({
+  setDaemonSetting: (key, value) => dispatch(doSetDaemonSetting(key, value)),
+});
+
+export default connect(select, perform)(HostingSplash);

ui/component/hostingSplash/view.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import { FormField } from 'component/common/form-components/form-field';
+import { Form } from 'component/common/form-components/form';
+import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+// $FlowFixMe cannot resolve ...
+import image from 'static/img/yrblhappy.svg';
+import * as DAEMON_SETTINGS from 'constants/daemon_settings';
+
+type SetDaemonSettingArg = boolean | string | number;
+
+type Props = {
+  handleNextPage: () => void,
+  handleDone: () => void,
+  setDaemonSetting: (string, ?SetDaemonSettingArg) => void,
+  // --- select ---
+  diskSpace: DiskSpace, // KB
+  viewHostingLimit: number, // MB
+  autoHostingLimit: number,
+  viewBlobSpace: number,
+  autoBlobSpace: number,
+  privateBlobSpace: number,
+  saveBlobs: boolean,
+};
+
+const TWENTY_PERCENT = 0.2;
+const TEN_PRECNT = 0.1;
+
+function HostingSplash(props: Props) {
+  const {
+    handleNextPage,
+    diskSpace,
+    viewHostingLimit,
+    autoHostingLimit,
+    viewBlobSpace,
+    autoBlobSpace,
+    saveBlobs,
+    setDaemonSetting,
+    handleDone,
+  } = props;
+
+  const totalMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.total / 1024);
+  const freeMB = diskSpace && Math.floor(diskSpace.free / 1024);
+  const blobSpaceUsed = viewBlobSpace + autoBlobSpace;
+
+  const [hostingChoice, setHostingChoice] = React.useState('MANAGED');
+  function handleSubmit() {
+    if (hostingChoice === 'CUSTOM') {
+      handleNextPage();
+    } else {
+      handleAuto();
+    }
+  }
+
+  function getManagedLimitMB() {
+    const value =
+      freeMB > totalMB * TWENTY_PERCENT // lots of free space?
+        ? blobSpaceUsed > totalMB * TEN_PRECNT // using more than 10%?
+          ? (freeMB + blobSpaceUsed) / 2 // e.g. 40g used plus 30g free, knock back to 35g limit, freeing to 35g
+          : totalMB * TEN_PRECNT // let it go up to 10%
+        : (freeMB + blobSpaceUsed) / 2; // e.g. 40g used plus 10g free, knock back to 25g limit, freeing to 25g
+    return value > 10240 ? Math.floor(value / 1024) * 1024 : 0;
+  }
+
+  function getAutoLimit() {
+    // return floor of 10% of total
+    const totalGB = Math.floor(getManagedLimitMB() / 1024); // eg, 25GB
+    return Math.floor(totalGB / 10) * 1024; // eg, 2 GB -> 2048MB
+  }
+
+  function getViewedLimit() {
+    return getManagedLimitMB() - getAutoLimit();
+  }
+
+  function getManagedCopy() {
+    if (viewHostingLimit || autoHostingLimit || !saveBlobs) {
+      return __("I'm happy with my settings");
+    } else if (getManagedLimitMB() > 0) {
+      return __(`Host up to %percent% of my drive (%limit% GB)`, {
+        percent: `${Math.round((Math.floor(getManagedLimitMB() / 1024) / Math.floor(totalMB / 1024)) * 100)}%`,
+        limit: Math.floor(getManagedLimitMB() / 1024),
+      });
+    } else {
+      return __(`Not now, my disk is almost full.`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function getManagedHelper() {
+    if (viewHostingLimit || autoHostingLimit || !saveBlobs) {
+      return __(`We've noticed you already have some settings.`);
+    } else if (getManagedLimitMB() > 0) {
+      return __(`Donate space without filling up your drive.`);
+    } else {
+      return __(`You can clear some space and check hosting settings later.`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function handleAuto() {
+    if (viewHostingLimit || autoHostingLimit || !saveBlobs) {
+      handleDone();
+    } else if (getManagedLimitMB() > 0) {
+      // limit to used // maybe move this to a single action function that doesn't live inside the component.
+      await setDaemonSetting(DAEMON_SETTINGS.BLOB_STORAGE_LIMIT_MB, getViewedLimit());
+      await setDaemonSetting(DAEMON_SETTINGS.NETWORK_STORAGE_LIMIT_MB, getAutoLimit());
+      handleDone();
+    } else {
+      // running low on space
+      handleDone();
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <section className="main--contained">
+      <div className={'columns first-run__wrapper'}>
+        <div className={'first-run__left'}>
+          <div>
+            <h1 className="section__title--large">{__('Hosting')}</h1>
+            <h3 className="section__subtitle">
+              {__('Help creators and improve the P2P data network by hosting content.')}
+            </h3>
+            <fieldset>
+              <FormField
+                name={'managedhosting'}
+                type="radio"
+                checked={hostingChoice === 'MANAGED'}
+                label={getManagedCopy()}
+                helper={getManagedHelper()}
+                onChange={(e) => setHostingChoice('MANAGED')}
+              />
+              <FormField
+                name={'customhosting'}
+                type="radio"
+                checked={hostingChoice === 'CUSTOM'}
+                label={<>{__('Custom')}</>}
+                helper={__(`You choose how much data to host.`)}
+                onChange={(e) => setHostingChoice('CUSTOM')}
+              />
+            </fieldset>
+          </div>
+          <Form onSubmit={handleSubmit} className="section__body">
+            <div className={'card__actions'}>
+              <Button button="primary" label={hostingChoice === 'CUSTOM' ? __('Next') : __(`Let's go`)} type="submit" />
+            </div>
+          </Form>
+        </div>
+        <div className={'first-run__image-wrapper'}>
+          <img src={image} className="privacy-img" />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+
+export default withRouter(HostingSplash);

ui/component/hostingSplashCustom/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import HostingSplashCustom from './view';
+
+export default HostingSplashCustom;

ui/component/hostingSplashCustom/view.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import { Form } from 'component/common/form-components/form';
+import SettingStorage from 'component/settingStorage';
+import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+type Props = {
+  handleNextPage: () => void,
+  handleGoBack: () => void,
+};
+
+function HostingSplashCustom(props: Props) {
+  const { handleNextPage, handleGoBack } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <section className="main--contained">
+      <div className={'first-run__wrapper'}>
+        <SettingStorage isWelcome />
+        <Form onSubmit={handleNextPage} className="section__body">
+          <div className={'card__actions'}>
+            <Button button="primary" label={__(`Let's go`)} type="submit" />
+            <Button button="link" label={__(`Go back`)} onClick={handleGoBack} />
+          </div>
+        </Form>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+
+export default withRouter(HostingSplashCustom);

ui/component/inviteList/index.js

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { selectReferralReward } from 'redux/selectors/rewards';
-import { selectUserInvitees, selectUserInviteStatusIsPending } from 'redux/selectors/user';
-import InviteList from './view';
-
-const select = state => ({
-  invitees: selectUserInvitees(state),
-  isPending: selectUserInviteStatusIsPending(state),
-  referralReward: selectReferralReward(state),
-});
-
-const perform = () => ({});
-
-export default connect(select, perform)(InviteList);

ui/component/inviteList/view.jsx

@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import React from 'react';
-import RewardLink from 'component/rewardLink';
-import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
-import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
-import Card from 'component/common/card';
-import LbcMessage from 'component/common/lbc-message';
-
-type Props = {
-  invitees: ?Array<{
-    email: string,
-    invite_accepted: boolean,
-    invite_reward_claimed: boolean,
-    invite_reward_claimable: boolean,
-  }>,
-  referralReward: ?Reward,
-};
-
-class InviteList extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
-  render() {
-    const { invitees, referralReward } = this.props;
-
-    if (!invitees || !invitees.length) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    let rewardAmount = 0;
-    let rewardHelp = __(
-      "Woah, you have a lot of friends! You've claimed the maximum amount of invite rewards. Email %email% if you'd like to be whitelisted for more invites.",
-      { email: 'hello@lbry.com' }
-    );
-
-    if (referralReward) {
-      rewardAmount = referralReward.reward_amount;
-      rewardHelp = referralReward.reward_description;
-    }
-    const showClaimable = invitees.some(invite => invite.invite_reward_claimable && !invite.invite_reward_claimed);
-
-    return (
-      <Card
-        title={<div className="table__header-text">{__('Invite History')}</div>}
-        subtitle={
-          <div className="table__header-text">
-            <LbcMessage>{rewardHelp}</LbcMessage>
-          </div>
-        }
-        titleActions={
-          referralReward &&
-          showClaimable && (
-            <div className="card__actions--inline">
-              <RewardLink
-                button
-                label={__(`Claim Your %reward_amount% Credit Invite Reward`, { reward_amount: rewardAmount })}
-                claim_code={referralReward.claim_code}
-              />
-            </div>
-          )
-        }
-        isBodyList
-        body={
-          <div className="table__wrapper">
-            <table className="table section">
-              <thead>
-                <tr>
-                  <th>{__('Invitee Email')}</th>
-                  <th>{__('Invite Status')}</th>
-                  <th>{__('Reward')}</th>
-                </tr>
-              </thead>
-              <tbody>
-                {invitees.map(invitee => (
-                  <tr key={invitee.email}>
-                    <td>{invitee.email}</td>
-                    <td>
-                      <span>{invitee.invite_accepted ? __('Accepted') : __('Not Accepted')}</span>
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                      {invitee.invite_reward_claimed && (
-                        <React.Fragment>
-                          <span>{__('Claimed')}</span>
-                          <Icon icon={ICONS.COMPLETE} />
-                        </React.Fragment>
-                      )}
-
-                      {!invitee.invite_reward_claimed &&
-                        (invitee.invite_reward_claimable ? <span>{__('Claimable')}</span> : __('Unclaimable'))}
-                    </td>
-                  </tr>
-                ))}
-              </tbody>
-            </table>
-          </div>
-        }
-      />
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export default InviteList;

ui/component/inviteNew/index.js

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import {
-  selectUserInvitesRemaining,
-  selectUserInviteNewIsPending,
-  selectUserInviteNewErrorMessage,
-  selectUserInviteReferralLink,
-  selectUserInviteReferralCode,
-} from 'redux/selectors/user';
-// import { doUserInviteNew } from 'redux/actions/user';
-import { selectMyChannelClaims, selectFetchingMyChannels } from 'redux/selectors/claims';
-import { doFetchChannelListMine } from 'redux/actions/claims';
-import InviteNew from './view';
-
-const select = (state) => ({
-  errorMessage: selectUserInviteNewErrorMessage(state),
-  invitesRemaining: selectUserInvitesRemaining(state),
-  referralLink: selectUserInviteReferralLink(state),
-  referralCode: selectUserInviteReferralCode(state),
-  isPending: selectUserInviteNewIsPending(state),
-  channels: selectMyChannelClaims(state),
-  fetchingChannels: selectFetchingMyChannels(state),
-});
-
-const perform = (dispatch) => ({
-  // inviteNew: (email) => dispatch(doUserInviteNew(email)),
-  fetchChannelListMine: () => dispatch(doFetchChannelListMine()),
-});
-
-export default connect(select, perform)(InviteNew);

ui/component/inviteNew/view.jsx

@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import { URL, SITE_NAME } from 'config';
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import Button from 'component/button';
-import { Form, FormField } from 'component/common/form';
-import CopyableText from 'component/copyableText';
-import Card from 'component/common/card';
-import analytics from 'analytics';
-import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
-import LbcSymbol from 'component/common/lbc-symbol';
-
-type Props = {
-  errorMessage: ?string,
-  inviteNew: (string) => void,
-  isPending: boolean,
-  referralLink: string,
-  referralCode: string,
-  channels: ?Array<ChannelClaim>,
-};
-
-function InviteNew(props: Props) {
-  const { inviteNew, errorMessage, isPending, referralCode = '', channels } = props;
-
-  // Email
-  const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
-  function handleSubmit() {
-    inviteNew(email);
-  }
-
-  function handleEmailChanged(event: any) {
-    setEmail(event.target.value);
-  }
-
-  // Referral link
-  const [referralSource, setReferralSource] = useState(referralCode);
-
-  const handleReferralChange = React.useCallback(
-    (code) => {
-      setReferralSource(code);
-      // TODO: keep track of this in an array?
-      const matchingChannel = channels && channels.find((ch) => ch.name === code);
-      if (matchingChannel) {
-        analytics.apiLogPublish(matchingChannel);
-      }
-    },
-    [setReferralSource]
-  );
-
-  const topChannel =
-    channels &&
-    channels.reduce((top, channel) => {
-      const topClaimCount = (top && top.meta && top.meta.claims_in_channel) || 0;
-      const currentClaimCount = (channel && channel.meta && channel.meta.claims_in_channel) || 0;
-      return topClaimCount >= currentClaimCount ? top : channel;
-    });
-  const referralString =
-    channels && channels.length && referralSource !== referralCode
-      ? lookupUrlByClaimName(referralSource, channels)
-      : referralSource;
-
-  const referral = `${URL}/$/invite/${referralString.replace('#', ':')}`;
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // set default channel
-    if (topChannel) {
-      handleReferralChange(topChannel.name);
-    }
-  }, [topChannel, handleReferralChange]);
-
-  function lookupUrlByClaimName(name, channels) {
-    const claim = channels.find((channel) => channel.name === name);
-    return claim && claim.canonical_url ? claim.canonical_url.replace('lbry://', '') : name;
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div className={'columns'}>
-      <div className="column">
-        <Card
-          title={__('Invites')}
-          subtitle={
-            <I18nMessage tokens={{ SITE_NAME, lbc: <LbcSymbol /> }}>
-              Earn %lbc% for inviting subscribers, followers, fans, friends, etc. to join and follow you on %SITE_NAME%.
-              You can use invites just like affiliate links.
-            </I18nMessage>
-          }
-          actions={
-            <React.Fragment>
-              <CopyableText label={__('Your invite link')} copyable={referral} />
-              {channels && channels.length > 0 && (
-                <FormField
-                  type="select"
-                  label={__('Customize link')}
-                  value={referralSource}
-                  onChange={(e) => handleReferralChange(e.target.value)}
-                >
-                  {channels.map((channel) => (
-                    <option key={channel.claim_id} value={channel.name}>
-                      {channel.name}
-                    </option>
-                  ))}
-                  <option value={referralCode}>{referralCode}</option>
-                </FormField>
-              )}
-            </React.Fragment>
-          }
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div className="column">
-        <Card
-          title={__('Invite by email')}
-          subtitle={
-            <I18nMessage tokens={{ SITE_NAME, lbc: <LbcSymbol /> }}>
-              Invite someone you know by email and earn %lbc% when they join %SITE_NAME%.
-            </I18nMessage>
-          }
-          actions={
-            <React.Fragment>
-              <Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
-                <FormField
-                  type="text"
-                  label={__('Email')}
-                  placeholder="youremail@example.org"
-                  name="email"
-                  value={email}
-                  error={errorMessage}
-                  inputButton={
-                    <Button button="secondary" type="submit" label={__('Invite')} disabled={isPending || !email} />
-                  }
-                  onChange={(event) => {
-                    handleEmailChanged(event);
-                  }}
-                />
-                <p className="help">
-                  <I18nMessage
-                    tokens={{
-                      rewards_link: <Button button="link" navigate="/$/rewards" label={__('rewards')} />,
-                      referral_faq_link: (
-                        <Button button="link" label={__('FAQ')} href="https://lbry.com/faq/referrals" />
-                      ),
-                    }}
-                  >
-                    Read our %referral_faq_link% to learn more about rewards.
-                  </I18nMessage>
-                </p>
-              </Form>
-            </React.Fragment>
-          }
-        />
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
-export default InviteNew;

ui/component/invited/index.js

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { withRouter } from 'react-router';
-import REWARDS from 'rewards';
-import { selectUser, selectSetReferrerPending, selectSetReferrerError } from 'redux/selectors/user';
-import { doClaimRewardType } from 'redux/actions/rewards';
-import { selectUnclaimedRewards } from 'redux/selectors/rewards';
-import { doUserSetReferrer } from 'redux/actions/user';
-import { selectIsSubscribedForUri } from 'redux/selectors/subscriptions';
-import { doChannelSubscribe } from 'redux/actions/subscriptions';
-import Invited from './view';
-
-const select = (state, props) => {
-  return {
-    user: selectUser(state),
-    referrerSetPending: selectSetReferrerPending(state),
-    referrerSetError: selectSetReferrerError(state),
-    rewards: selectUnclaimedRewards(state),
-    isSubscribed: selectIsSubscribedForUri(state, props.fullUri),
-    fullUri: props.fullUri,
-    referrer: props.referrer,
-  };
-};
-
-const perform = (dispatch) => ({
-  claimReward: () => dispatch(doClaimRewardType(REWARDS.TYPE_REFEREE)),
-  setReferrer: (referrer) => dispatch(doUserSetReferrer(referrer)),
-  channelSubscribe: (uri) => dispatch(doChannelSubscribe(uri)),
-});
-
-export default withRouter(connect(select, perform)(Invited));

ui/component/invited/view.jsx

@@ -1,225 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import { SITE_NAME } from 'config';
-import * as PAGES from 'constants/pages';
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import Button from 'component/button';
-import ClaimPreview from 'component/claimPreview';
-import Card from 'component/common/card';
-import { buildURI, parseURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
-import { ERRORS } from 'lbryinc';
-import REWARDS from 'rewards';
-import { formatLbryUrlForWeb } from 'util/url';
-import ChannelContent from 'component/channelContent';
-import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
-
-type Props = {
-  user: any,
-  claimReward: () => void,
-  setReferrer: (string) => void,
-  referrerSetPending: boolean,
-  referrerSetError: string,
-  channelSubscribe: (sub: Subscription) => void,
-  history: { push: (string) => void },
-  rewards: Array<Reward>,
-  referrer: string,
-  fullUri: string,
-  isSubscribed: boolean,
-};
-
-function Invited(props: Props) {
-  const {
-    user,
-    claimReward,
-    setReferrer,
-    referrerSetPending,
-    referrerSetError,
-    channelSubscribe,
-    history,
-    rewards,
-    fullUri,
-    referrer,
-    isSubscribed,
-  } = props;
-
-  const refUri = referrer && 'lbry://' + referrer.replace(':', '#');
-  const {
-    isChannel: referrerIsChannel,
-    claimName: referrerChannelName,
-    channelClaimId: referrerChannelClaimId,
-  } = parseURI(refUri);
-  const channelUri =
-    referrerIsChannel &&
-    formatLbryUrlForWeb(buildURI({ channelName: referrerChannelName, channelClaimId: referrerChannelClaimId }));
-  const rewardsApproved = user && user.is_reward_approved;
-  const hasVerifiedEmail = user && user.has_verified_email;
-  const referredRewardAvailable = rewards && rewards.some((reward) => reward.reward_type === REWARDS.TYPE_REFEREE);
-  const redirect = channelUri || `/`;
-
-  // always follow if it's a channel
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (fullUri && !isSubscribed && fullUri) {
-      let channelName;
-      try {
-        const { claimName } = parseURI(fullUri);
-        channelName = claimName;
-      } catch (e) {}
-      if (channelName) {
-        channelSubscribe({
-          channelName: channelName,
-          uri: fullUri,
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }, [fullUri, isSubscribed, channelSubscribe]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!referrerSetPending && hasVerifiedEmail) {
-      claimReward();
-    }
-  }, [referrerSetPending, hasVerifiedEmail, claimReward]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (referrer) {
-      setReferrer(referrer.replace(':', '#'));
-    }
-  }, [referrer, setReferrer]);
-
-  function handleDone() {
-    history.push(redirect);
-  }
-
-  if (referrerSetError === ERRORS.ALREADY_CLAIMED) {
-    return (
-      <Card
-        title={__(`Whoa`)}
-        subtitle={
-          referrerIsChannel
-            ? __(`You've already claimed your referrer, but we've followed this channel for you.`)
-            : __(`You've already claimed your referrer.`)
-        }
-        body={
-          referrerIsChannel && (
-            <div className="claim-preview--channel">
-              <ClaimPreview key={refUri} uri={refUri} actions={''} type={'small'} />
-            </div>
-          )
-        }
-        actions={
-          <div className="card__actions">
-            <Button button="primary" label={__('Done!')} onClick={handleDone} />
-          </div>
-        }
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (referrerSetError && referredRewardAvailable) {
-    return (
-      <Card
-        title={__(`Welcome!`)}
-        subtitle={__(
-          `Something went wrong with your invite link. You can set and claim your invite reward after signing in.`
-        )}
-        actions={
-          <>
-            <p className="error__text">{__('Not a valid invite')}</p>
-            <div className="card__actions">
-              <Button
-                button="primary"
-                label={hasVerifiedEmail ? __('Verify') : __('Create Account')}
-                navigate={`/$/${PAGES.AUTH}?redirect=/$/${PAGES.REWARDS}`}
-              />
-              <Button button="link" label={__('Explore')} onClick={handleDone} />
-            </div>
-          </>
-        }
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (!rewardsApproved) {
-    const signUpButton = (
-      <Button
-        button="link"
-        label={hasVerifiedEmail ? __(`Finish verification `) : __(`Create an account `)}
-        navigate={`/$/${PAGES.AUTH}?redirect=/$/${PAGES.INVITE}/${referrer}`}
-      />
-    );
-
-    return (
-      <Card
-        title={
-          referrerIsChannel
-            ? __('%channel_name% invites you to the party!', { channel_name: referrerChannelName })
-            : __(`You're invited!`)
-        }
-        subtitle={
-          <p>
-            {referrerIsChannel ? (
-              <I18nMessage
-                tokens={{
-                  channel_name: referrerChannelName,
-                  signup_link: signUpButton,
-                  SITE_NAME,
-                }}
-              >
-                %channel_name% is waiting for you on %SITE_NAME%. Create your account now.
-              </I18nMessage>
-            ) : (
-              <I18nMessage
-                tokens={{
-                  signup_link: signUpButton,
-                }}
-              >
-                Content freedom and a present are waiting for you. %signup_link% to claim it.
-              </I18nMessage>
-            )}
-          </p>
-        }
-        body={
-          referrerIsChannel && (
-            <div className="claim-preview--channel">
-              <div className="section">
-                <ClaimPreview key={refUri} uri={refUri} actions={''} type={'small'} />
-              </div>
-              <div className="section">
-                <ChannelContent uri={fullUri} defaultPageSize={3} defaultInfiniteScroll={false} />
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          )
-        }
-        actions={
-          <div className="section__actions">
-            <Button
-              button="primary"
-              label={hasVerifiedEmail ? __('Finish Account') : __('Create Account')}
-              navigate={`/$/${PAGES.AUTH}?redirect=/$/${PAGES.INVITE}/${referrer}`}
-            />
-            <Button button="link" label={__('Skip')} onClick={handleDone} />
-          </div>
-        }
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Card
-      title={__(`Welcome!`)}
-      subtitle={referrerIsChannel ? __(`We've followed your invitee for you. Check them out!`) : __(`Congrats!`)}
-      body={
-        referrerIsChannel && (
-          <div className="claim-preview--channel">
-            <ClaimPreview key={refUri} uri={refUri} actions={''} type={'small'} />
-          </div>
-        )
-      }
-      actions={
-        <div className="section__actions">
-          <Button button="primary" label={__('Done')} onClick={handleDone} />
-        </div>
-      }
-    />
-  );
-}
-
-export default Invited;

ui/component/lastReleaseChanges/index.js

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { selectRemoteVersion } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import LastReleaseChanges from './view';
 
-export default LastReleaseChanges;
+const select = (state) => ({
+  releaseVersion: selectRemoteVersion(state),
+});
+
+const perform = {};
+
+export default connect(select, perform)(LastReleaseChanges);

ui/component/lastReleaseChanges/view.jsx

@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import Button from 'component/button';
 import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 
 type Props = {
+  releaseVersion: string,
   hideReleaseVersion?: boolean,
 };
 
 const LastReleaseChanges = (props: Props) => {
-  const { hideReleaseVersion } = props;
+  const { hideReleaseVersion, releaseVersion } = props;
   const [releaseTag, setReleaseTag] = useState('');
   const [releaseChanges, setReleaseChanges] = useState('');
   const [fetchingReleaseChanges, setFetchingReleaseChanges] = useState(false);
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const LastReleaseChanges = (props: Props) => {
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const lastReleaseUrl = 'https://api.github.com/repos/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/latest';
+    const lastReleaseUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/tags/${releaseVersion}`;
     const options = {
       method: 'GET',
       headers: { Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json' },
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ const LastReleaseChanges = (props: Props) => {
         setFetchingReleaseChanges(false);
         setFetchReleaseFailed(true);
       });
-  }, []);
+  }, [releaseVersion, setFetchingReleaseChanges, setReleaseTag, setReleaseChanges, setFetchReleaseFailed]);
 
   if (fetchingReleaseChanges) {
     return <p>{__('Loading...')}</p>;

ui/component/page/view.jsx

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function Page(props: Props) {
       <div
         className={classnames('main-wrapper__inner', {
           'main-wrapper__inner--filepage': isOnFilePage,
-          'main-wrapper__inner--theater-mode': isOnFilePage && videoTheaterMode,
+          'main-wrapper__inner--theater-mode': isOnFilePage && videoTheaterMode && !isMediumScreen,
         })}
       >
         {!authPage &&
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function Page(props: Props) {
               'main--file-page': filePage,
               'main--settings-page': settingsPage,
               'main--markdown': isMarkdown,
-              'main--theater-mode': isOnFilePage && videoTheaterMode && !isMarkdown,
+              'main--theater-mode': isOnFilePage && videoTheaterMode && !isMediumScreen && !isMarkdown,
             })}
           >
             {children}

ui/component/postEditor/view.jsx

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 
 type Props = {
   uri: ?string,
   label: ?string,
   disabled: ?boolean,
-  filePath: string | WebFile,
+  filePath: File,
   fileText: ?string,
   fileMimeType: ?string,
   streamingUrl: ?string,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function PostEditor(props: Props) {
   ]);
 
   return (
-    <FormField
+    <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
       type={'markdown'}
       name="content_post"
       label={label}

ui/component/privacyAgreement/view.jsx

@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ function PrivacyAgreement(props: Props) {
                     {__('No')} <span>😢</span>
                   </>
                 }
-                helper={__(`* Note that as
+                helper={__(
-                peer-to-peer software, your IP address and potentially other system information can be sent to other
+                  `* Note that as peer-to-peer software, your IP address and potentially other system information can be sent to other users, though this information is not stored permanently.`
-                users, though this information is not stored permanently.`)}
+                )}
                 onChange={(e) => setShare(NONE)}
               />
               {authenticated && (
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function PrivacyAgreement(props: Props) {
               )}
             </fieldset>
             <div className={'card__actions'}>
-              <Button button="primary" label={__(`Let's go`)} disabled={!share} type="submit" />
+              <Button button="primary" label={__(`Next`)} disabled={!share} type="submit" />
             </div>
             {share === NONE && (
               <p className="help">

ui/component/publishBid/bid-help-text.jsx

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
+import { formatCredits } from 'util/format-credits';
+
 type Props = {
   uri: ?string,
   isResolvingUri: boolean,
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ function BidHelpText(props: Props) {
       bidHelpText = __(
         'If you bid more than %amount% LBRY Credits, when someone navigates to %uri%, it will load your published content. However, you can get a longer version of this URL for any bid.',
         {
-          amount: amountNeededForTakeover,
+          amount: formatCredits(amountNeededForTakeover, 2, true),
           uri: uri,
         }
       );

ui/component/publishDescription/view.jsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import { FF_MAX_CHARS_IN_DESCRIPTION } from 'constants/form-field';
 import React from 'react';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import { FormFieldAreaAdvanced } from 'component/common/form';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function PublishDescription(props: Props) {
   return (
     <Card
       actions={
-        <FormField
+        <FormFieldAreaAdvanced
           type={advancedEditor ? 'markdown' : 'textarea'}
           name="content_description"
           label={__('Description')}

ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import type { Node } from 'react';
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 import { regexInvalidURI } from 'util/lbryURI';
 import PostEditor from 'component/postEditor';
 import FileSelector from 'component/common/file-selector';
@@ -13,13 +14,13 @@ import I18nMessage from 'component/i18nMessage';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 import * as PUBLISH_MODES from 'constants/publish_types';
 import PublishName from 'component/publishName';
-
+import path from 'path';
 type Props = {
   uri: ?string,
   mode: ?string,
   name: ?string,
   title: ?string,
-  filePath: string | WebFile,
+  filePath: ?string,
   fileMimeType: ?string,
   isStillEditing: boolean,
   balance: number,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
   const sizeInMB = Number(size) / 1000000;
   const secondsToProcess = sizeInMB / PROCESSING_MB_PER_SECOND;
   const ffmpegAvail = ffmpegStatus.available;
-  const [currentFile, setCurrentFile] = useState(null);
+  const currentFile = filePath;
   const [currentFileType, setCurrentFileType] = useState(null);
   const [optimizeAvail, setOptimizeAvail] = useState(false);
   const [userOptimize, setUserOptimize] = usePersistedState('publish-file-user-optimize', false);
@@ -91,17 +92,35 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [currentFileType, mode, isStillEditing, updatePublishForm]);
 
+  // Since the filePath can be updated from outside this component
+  // (for instance, when the user drags & drops a file), we need
+  // to check for changes in the selected file using an effect.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!filePath || filePath === '') {
+    if (!filePath) {
-      setCurrentFile('');
+      return;
-      updateFileInfo(0, 0, false);
-    } else if (typeof filePath !== 'string') {
-      // Update currentFile file
-      if (filePath.name !== currentFile && filePath.path !== currentFile) {
-        handleFileChange(filePath);
     }
+    async function readSelectedFileDetails() {
+      // Read the file to get the file's duration (if possible)
+      // and offer transcoding it.
+      const result = await ipcRenderer.invoke('get-file-details-from-path', filePath);
+      let file;
+      if (result.buffer) {
+        file = new File([result.buffer], result.name, {
+          type: result.mime,
+        });
       }
-  }, [filePath, currentFile, handleFileChange, updateFileInfo]);
+      const fileData: FileData = {
+        path: result.path,
+        name: result.name,
+        mimeType: result.mime || 'application/octet-stream',
+        size: result.size,
+        duration: result.duration,
+        file: file,
+      };
+      processSelectedFile(fileData);
+    }
+    readSelectedFileDetails();
+  }, [filePath]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const isOptimizeAvail = currentFile && currentFile !== '' && isVid && ffmpegAvail;
@@ -209,11 +228,11 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
     }
   }
 
-  function handleFileChange(file: WebFile, clearName = true) {
+  function processSelectedFile(fileData: FileData, clearName = true) {
     window.URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
 
     // select file, start to select a new one, then cancel
-    if (!file) {
+    if (!fileData || fileData.error) {
       if (isStillEditing || !clearName) {
         updatePublishForm({ filePath: '' });
       } else {
@@ -222,8 +241,12 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
       return;
     }
 
-    // if video, extract duration so we can warn about bitrateif (typeof file !== 'string') {
+    // if video, extract duration so we can warn about bitrate if (typeof file !== 'string')
-    const contentType = file.type && file.type.split('/');
+    const file = fileData.file;
+    // Check to see if it's a video and if mp4
+    const contentType = fileData.mimeType && fileData.mimeType.split('/'); // get this from electron side
+    const duration = fileData.duration;
+    const size = fileData.size;
     const isVideo = contentType && contentType[0] === 'video';
     const isMp4 = contentType && contentType[1] === 'mp4';
 
@@ -231,34 +254,25 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
 
     if (contentType && contentType[0] === 'text') {
       isTextPost = contentType[1] === 'plain' || contentType[1] === 'markdown';
-      setCurrentFileType(contentType);
+      setCurrentFileType(contentType.join('/'));
-    } else if (file.name) {
+    } else if (path.parse(fileData.path).ext) {
-      // If user's machine is missign a valid content type registration
+      // If user's machine is missing a valid content type registration
       // for markdown content: text/markdown, file extension will be used instead
-      const extension = file.name.split('.').pop();
+      const extension = path.parse(fileData.path).ext;
       isTextPost = MARKDOWN_FILE_EXTENSIONS.includes(extension);
     }
 
     if (isVideo) {
       if (isMp4) {
-        const video = document.createElement('video');
+        updateFileInfo(duration || 0, size, isVideo);
-        video.preload = 'metadata';
-        video.onloadedmetadata = () => {
-          updateFileInfo(video.duration, file.size, isVideo);
-          window.URL.revokeObjectURL(video.src);
-        };
-        video.onerror = () => {
-          updateFileInfo(0, file.size, isVideo);
-        };
-        video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(file);
       } else {
-        updateFileInfo(0, file.size, isVideo);
+        updateFileInfo(duration || 0, size, isVideo);
       }
     } else {
-      updateFileInfo(0, file.size, isVideo);
+      updateFileInfo(0, size, isVideo);
     }
 
-    if (isTextPost) {
+    if (isTextPost && file) {
       // Create reader
       const reader = new FileReader();
       // Handler for file reader
@@ -270,21 +284,17 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
       setPublishMode(PUBLISH_MODES.FILE);
     }
 
-    const publishFormParams: { filePath: string | WebFile, name?: string, optimize?: boolean } = {
+    // Strip off extension and replace invalid characters
-      // if electron, we'll set filePath to the path string because SDK is handling publishing.
-      // File.path will be undefined from web due to browser security, so it will default to the File Object.
-      filePath: file.path || file,
-    };
-    // Strip off extention and replace invalid characters
-    let fileName = name || (file.name && file.name.substring(0, file.name.lastIndexOf('.'))) || '';
-
     if (!isStillEditing) {
-      publishFormParams.name = parseName(fileName);
+      const fileWithoutExtension = path.parse(fileData.path).name;
+      updatePublishForm({ name: parseName(fileWithoutExtension) });
+    }
   }
 
-    // File path is not supported on web for security reasons so we use the name instead.
+  function handleFileChange(fileWithPath: FileWithPath) {
-    setCurrentFile(file.path || file.name);
+    if (fileWithPath) {
-    updatePublishForm(publishFormParams);
+      updatePublishForm({ filePath: fileWithPath.path });
+    }
   }
 
   const showFileUpload = mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE;
@@ -325,12 +335,14 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
           {showFileUpload && (
             <>
               <FileSelector
+                type="openFile"
                 label={__('File')}
                 disabled={disabled}
                 currentPath={currentFile}
                 onFileChosen={handleFileChange}
                 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19107685/safari-input-type-file-accept-video-ignores-mp4-files
                 placeholder={__('Select file to upload')}
+                readFile={false}
               />
               {getUploadMessage()}
             </>

ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ import tempy from 'tempy';
 type Props = {
   disabled: boolean,
   tags: Array<Tag>,
-  publish: (source?: string | File, ?boolean) => void,
+  publish: (source: ?File, ?boolean) => void,
-  filePath: string | File,
+  filePath: ?File,
   fileText: string,
   bid: ?number,
   bidError: ?string,
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     isNameValid(name) &&
     title &&
     bid &&
-    thumbnail &&
     !bidError &&
     !emptyPostError &&
     !(thumbnailError && !thumbnailUploaded) &&
@@ -373,9 +372,6 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     if (!output || output === '') {
       // Generate a temporary file:
       output = tempy.file({ name: 'post.md' });
-    } else if (typeof filePath === 'string') {
-      // Use current file
-      output = filePath;
     }
     // Create a temporary file and save file changes
     if (output && output !== '') {
@@ -447,7 +443,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
   // with other properties such as name, title, etc.) for security reasons.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE) {
-      updatePublishForm({ filePath: '', fileDur: 0, fileSize: 0 });
+      updatePublishForm({ filePath: undefined, fileDur: 0, fileSize: 0 });
     }
   }, [mode, updatePublishForm]);
 

ui/component/publishFormErrors/view.jsx

@@ -47,11 +47,7 @@ function PublishFormErrors(props: Props) {
       {!bid && <div>{__('A deposit amount is required')}</div>}
       {bidError && <div>{__('Please check your deposit amount.')}</div>}
       {isUploadingThumbnail && <div>{__('Please wait for thumbnail to finish uploading')}</div>}
-      {!isUploadingThumbnail && !thumbnail ? (
+      {thumbnailError && !thumbnailUploaded && <div>{__('Thumbnail is invalid.')}</div>}
-        <div>{__('A thumbnail is required. Please upload or provide an image URL above.')}</div>
-      ) : (
-        thumbnailError && !thumbnailUploaded && <div>{__('Thumbnail is invalid.')}</div>
-      )}
       {editingURI && !isStillEditing && !filePath && (
         <div>{__('Please reselect a file after changing the LBRY URL')}</div>
       )}

ui/component/rewardAuthIntro/index.js

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { selectUnclaimedRewardValue } from 'redux/selectors/rewards';
-import RewardAuthIntro from './view';
-
-const select = state => ({
-  totalRewardValue: selectUnclaimedRewardValue(state),
-});
-
-export default connect(select, null)(RewardAuthIntro);