higher quality interface experience + QoL

[Caerii]

feat: Enhance User Interface and Overall Experience

This pull request introduces a significant overhaul of the Groq Desktop application's user interface and aims to improve the overall user experience and quality of life. These changes encompass visual enhancements, refined user interactions, underlying code improvements, and new features.

Key Changes:

• Modernized Visual Design: The application has undergone a visual refresh with updated styling, layout adjustments, and the introduction of new UI components. This includes improved use of spacing, typography, and color palettes to enhance readability and aesthetics.
• Enhanced Chat Input:
  • Implemented support for attaching images to messages (up to 5 images). Users can now include visual context in their conversations.
  • Improved the message input area with better resizing behavior and a clearer placeholder.
  • Added visual previews for attached images with the option to remove them before sending.
• Refined Message Display:
  • Introduced a more visually appealing message bubble design for both user and assistant messages.
  • Implemented an option to view attached images in a fullscreen overlay with keyboard navigation (Escape key to close).
  • Added a subtle animation for new messages to improve visual feedback.
  • Enabled the removal of the last sent user message for better control over recent interactions.
• Introduction of Session Management:
  • Implemented a basic chat session management feature. Users can now create new sessions, switch between them, delete existing sessions (excluding the default), and clear messages within a session.
  • Session data is persisted locally, allowing users to resume previous conversations.
• Code Quality Improvements:
  • Migrated several core components from JavaScript to TypeScript (*.tsx) for improved type safety and code maintainability.
  • Introduced a dedicated ChatContext to manage the application's chat state more effectively.
  • Created reusable atomic Button components for consistent UI elements.
• Improved Markdown Rendering: Updated the Markdown rendering with enhanced styling for various elements like code blocks, lists, and tables for better presentation of assistant responses.
• General UI/UX Enhancements:
  • Added a confirmation modal before starting a new chat to prevent accidental data loss.
  • Minor adjustments to button styles and overall layout for better usability.
  • Implemented a custom scrollbar for improved visual consistency across the application.

Motivation:

These changes were motivated by a desire to provide a more engaging, intuitive, and feature-rich experience for users interacting with Groq models. The addition of image support unlocks new use cases, while session management improves organization and continuity. The underlying code improvements contribute to a more stable and maintainable application in the long run.

Testing:

The changes have been tested with various prompts, including those involving multiple turns, code snippets, and image attachments. Session management functionality has been tested for creation, switching, deletion, and data persistence. Further testing is encouraged to ensure stability and identify any potential issues across different usage scenarios.

Future Considerations:

• Enhancements to the session management feature, such as the ability to name sessions.
• Further visual refinements and potentially theming options.
• More comprehensive testing and error handling.

Please review these changes and provide any feedback. I believe these enhancements significantly improve the Groq Desktop application and provide a better user experience.

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