Jerboa release (v2.9.0)

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Goals

Since last release introduced several big features, this release was allocated towards usability improvements largely related to those new features.

Update notes

This is a simple release. Just deploy the latest source.

Features

• At a user’s request, we now highlight annotated code blocks according to their language’s syntax
• Shared folders can now be viewed by unregistered users (in read-only mode)
• The authentication process that we use for handling accounts has been improved so as to tolerate very slow networks more effectively
• The chat system embedded within pads can now optionally use the browser’s system notifications API

Bugfixes

• We found and fixed a race condition when initializing two tabs at once, which could leave one of the tabs in a broken state