The killer-feature of this pass is the live indicator: red pulsing
dot next to every streamer in the sidebar that is currently
broadcasting on Twitch. Suddenly the sidebar conveys real-time
state at a glance — you know who to click before clicking.
How it works:
- New live-status batch poller (main.ts) fires every 60s, packs
every streamer in the user's watch list into a single GQL query
using aliased user lookups (`u0:user(login:$l0){stream{type}} ...`),
chunked at 50 logins per request. One roundtrip for the whole
list — far cheaper than per-streamer polling.
- Updates a liveStatusByLogin Map on the main side, emits an IPC
`live-status-batch-update` event with only the entries that
flipped (plus a full snapshot for the renderer to keep in sync).
- Renderer subscribes once at boot via initLiveStatusSubscription,
keeps a parallel Map, and re-renders the streamer list on
change. Stamps a .streamer-live-dot before the name. Bold name
for live streamers so they pop in scannability.
- Restart triggers: app boot, streamer-list change (added/removed
via save-config) so a freshly added streamer gets their dot in
seconds without waiting for the next 60s tick.
Polish bundled in the same release:
- VOD card hover gets a more substantial lift: 12px shadow + faint
purple border-glow on hover. Subtle but enough to feel
"tactile". Border-color transitions alongside the shadow.
- Empty states get a floating animation and a bigger SVG icon
with accent-colored tint. "No VODs / select a streamer" now
feels intentional instead of an oversight.
- Streamer-name span dedicated class (.streamer-name +
.streamer-name.is-live) so a live streamer's name itself bolds,
not just gets a dot beside it.
Locale strings: liveNowTooltip ("Currently live on Twitch" / "Aktuell
live auf Twitch") for the dot's tooltip.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>