Twitterrific

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a problem with ALT text when the the app is in small thumbnail mode
• The scroll bar no longer flashes on the alt text box since it is sized to fit the text
• The alt text box now correctly resizes itself to fit the text when swiping between multiple images in the media viewer

NEW FEATURES

• New alternate app icons:
  • Sunflower
  • Green Wave
  • Spockerrific
• New dark theme: Kestrel
• New muffle rules for filtering the timeline:
  • Added two new keywords to the muffle rule syntax: "media" and "inaccessible"
  • Muffle tweets that have attached images, videos, or GIFs: media
  • Muffle tweets with media from a single user: @username media
  • Muffle tweets that have media but no alt text: inaccessible
  • Muffle inaccessible tweets from a single user: @username inaccessible
• View alt text descriptions when available for images and GIFs:
  • Tweets with media that include alt text will now show an ALT badge on thumbnails in the timeline
  • Tap the ALT badge to open the media and display the image's description
  • Media with alt text displays an ALT button in the full screen view
  • Tap the media's ALT button to toggle the description on / off
  • Tap anywhere on the alt text panel to copy the description text
  • When tweets in Center Stage mode, the alt text panel will show/hide depending if descriptions are available

IMPROVEMENTS

• Increased the size of attached media thumbnails in the compose view
• Images and GIFs that are missing alt text will show a blue +ALT badge in compose to remind you to add alt text
• The field for adding alt text to images/gifs was expanded to two lines to make it easier to add descriptions
• Increased the preview size of GIFs in the GIPHY picker
• Reduced load time of GIPHY preview thumbnails
• GIPHY attachments automatically use the GIF's title as the default alt text
• Twitter does not accept alt text for videos, so the attachment editor no longer shows the alt text input box for videos
• The media viewer's controls no longer fade in/out when paging through tweets in Center Stage mode

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a blurry play icon on video and GIF attachments in the compose view
• Compose shows the right number of page dots when removing attachments
• Fixed several bugs that caused the compose attachment editor to not respect the device safe area when using an external keyboard
• Fixed problems that could cause the tweet timestamp label to stop updating
• The media viewer's paging control now respects the device's safe area
• Fixed a bug that caused videos to stay paused after using the rewind button in Center Stage mode
• Fixed a glitch where the video player's bar could disappear when a video is loading and then never reappear

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added a "Report Spammer" option to the tweet context menus so you don't have to open the author profile to block and obvious spammer/scammer
• Added an error alert that pops up when tweet translation fails instead of failing silently
• Disabled autocorrect on search fields

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added a new Snowbird icon

BUG FIXES

• The "My Tweets" timeline is now accessible via a keyboard shortcut (CMD-5)

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added a new shortcut for "My Tweets" to the sidebar

BUG FIXES

• Fixed broken keyboard navigation of the timeline on iOS/iPadOS 15+
• Fixed the CMD-Return keyboard shortcut for sending tweets and DMs on iOS/iPadOS 15+
• Removed extra padding of some interface elements added by iOS/iPadOS 15+
• Fixed a VoiceOver navigation issue when Always Show Sidebar was enabled
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the status bar to switch to the wrong color
• Fixed some visual bugs on the list editing screens

BUG FIXES

• Fixed context menus that wouldn't open when using an iPad running iPadOS 15 while attached to a keyboard.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that caused parts of tweets to render with the wrong theme
• Fixed a crash when opening the attachment viewer after attaching a video or GIF
• Fixed several bugs that caused crashes on recent versions of iOS and iPadOS
• Addressed some edge cases when saving, restoring, and syncing scroll position

IMPROVEMENTS

• Moved “Find” to the first position in the timeline context menu
• Improved timeline performance when scrolling and updating
• Further improvements to make playing of videos even more reliable
• Scroll position is saved locally for temporary timelines (like search results)

BUG FIXES

• Incorrect tweets no longer displayed if your screen name contains an underscore
• Conversation views no longer remain in memory even after they are closed
• Fixed layout problems of the unread indicators in the bottom navigation bar

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added back a shortcut for "Show Discussion" to the tweet action menu
• Renamed the timeline action "Jump To Last Unread" to "Jump To Unread"
• Improved the performance of audio ducking when using the media viewer
• Scrolling in Center Stage mode no longer scrolls the timeline behind it
• Activating Center Stage mode from the timeline menu now opens to the nearest media tweet without jumping to the top
• Tapping on the tweet preview in Center Stage mode returns to the timeline and scrolls the tweet into view

Bottom Navigation Bar

• New presentation preference to hide the bottom navigation bar
• Tap on the currently selected tab to jump to the top of the timeline
• Long-press on the selected tab to open that timeline's menu
• Long-press on unselected tabs to customize and switch tabs
• Adjusted the size of the tab buttons to avoid accidental taps

Accessibility

• Added VoiceOver labels to GIPHY search results
• Added VoiceOver labels to the media thumbnails on profile views
• Added a shortcut for "Share" to the VoiceOver rotor actions for tweets
• Scrolling the timeline now marks tweets as read when VoiceOver is enabled
• Improved home's top and bottom bars to prevent tweets from being selected through the bars when using VoiceOver

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue preventing videos from playing inline and in the media viewer
• Fixed a bug that caused offscreen timelines to accidentally scroll to the top
• Fixed an issue with Find and Search fields that interfered with text input while using certain non-english keyboards like Japanese
• Fixed several rare crashes

FEATURES

• New pull-down menus in the header title of each timeline make taking specific actions quick, easy and discoverable:
  • "Find" - Toggles the search bar for the selected timeline on and off
  • "Refresh" - Fetches new tweets (same as pull to refresh)
  • "Center Stage" - Quickly page through tweets that only contain media
  • "Share Discussion" - Quickly share discussion threads with others
  • "Save Search" and "Delete Saved Search" - Save or delete search results
  • "Configure List" - Edit list options such as title, privacy and description
  • "Jump To Latest Unread" - Quickly jump to the most recent unread tweet
  • "Jump To Marker" - Instantly jump to your synced reading position
  • "Jump To Top" - Skips intervening tweets and jumps to the top of the timeline
• New pull-down menus on tweets for quick access to tweet actions:
  • Tap on action button (...)
  • Long-press on the tweet body
  • Long-press on links within a tweet
  • Long-press on the tweet's reply, quote, like buttons
  • Long-press on thumbnails
  • Long-press on quoted tweets
  • "Open" - Opens the tweet or link using the default app
  • "Copy" and "Copy Link" - Copies text or links for convenience
  • "Share" - Send a tweet or link to another app
• New pull-down menus in other places throughout the app:
  • Tap on tweet composer's account picker to switch accounts
  • Tap on tweet composer's thread mode button to start or continue a thread
  • Long-press on tweet composer's photo button to quickly attach media
  • Long-press on home timeline's tab bar buttons to set custom tabs
  • Long-press on profile's follow button to follow with various accounts
  • Tap on DM's photo button to quickly attach media or GIFs
  • Added a "Copy" action to the screen name label on profile views
  • Tap on profile's action button (...)

When VoiceOver is enabled, access the new pull-down menus using the triple-tap gesture; when VoiceOver is active tweet pull-down menus include a "More Actions" menu with some additional actions such as replying, quoting, or liking from another account, viewing thread participants (if any), and opening a tweet's attached location (if any).

IMPROVEMENTS

• Moved the Home timeline's customizable tab bar to the bottom of the screen
• Search can now be added as a custom tab bar slot on the Home timeline
• Adopted the native iOS photo picker when attaching media to tweets and DMs
• Added a haptic vibration after a timeline refreshes and new items have loaded
• Improved the overall layout of the Search view and trending topics
• Discussion timelines now have a counter that indicates how many tweets are above the visible portion of the screen
• Long-pressing on a tweet and tapping the tweet's action menu now open the same menu with the same options
• Added keyboard shortcuts for "Jump To Marker" (CMD-Shift-J) and "Jump To Latest Unread" (CMD-J)
• Removed the persistent search bar from the top of all timelines
• Removed the confusing "magic scrolling" behavior when tapping on a timeline title or tab icon
• Updated the icon for Saved Searches

BUG FIXES

• Updated the Amelia font to correct an issue where some unicode fractions appeared with the wrong value
• Fixed bugs that could cause timelines to jump to the wrong scroll position
• Fixed an issue when scrolling between tweets in center stage mode
• Fixed an issue preventing the theme from switching between light and dark when using the automatic mode

BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved reliability when autoplaying video previews
• New, clearer placeholder icon for thumbnail images that fail to load
• Fixed a bug preventing drafts from being tappable in the compose screen
• Improved the results when searching Swear Trek GIFs in the attachment view
• The full screen media viewer is smarter about preloading the next images when a tweet has more than one
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to use certain non-english characters when editing accessibility text of tweet attachments
• Fixed detection and rendering of email addresses and hashtags that contain non-english characters in profiles
• The Follow and Following buttons now disable themselves while communicating with Twitter so you don't accidentally undo the action by tapping again

NEW FEATURES

• New Custom App Icon: Stay Safe

IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved display and playback of media in Twitterrific:
  • New playback controls to easily scrub while watching videos
  • Airplay icon to share media across devices quickly and easily
  • Appearance of controls match the selected theme
• VoiceOver and Accessibility:
  • Support for performing actions from another account
  • Replying, quoting, or liking a tweet
  • Alt-text character limit increased to 1000 to match Twitter
• CMD-Shift-O opens the selected tweet in your browser
• Improved handling of tweets in the timeline

BUG FIXES

• Selecting an action from the share sheet no longer dismisses popup view
• Fixed an issue preventing opening links in external browsers on iOS 14
• Fixed issues that prevented lists from opening when using the URL scheme
• Fixed a bug making it possible to input long location strings in user bios

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added another fun new app icon: Ollie Nook
• App-wide mouse and trackpad pointer effects on buttons and controls
• Moving your trackpad or mouse to the left edge of the screen opens the sidebar
• Using a trackpad, dismiss the media viewer via a two-finger upward swipe
• When composing a DM, CMD-Left now moves the cursor to the start of the line
• Added a two-finger horizontal swipe gesture to activate the tweet reply or discussion shortcuts from a trackpad
• Added CMD-Period as well as Esc and CMD-W as keyboard shortcuts for closing various popup views

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue with some menus that were clipped when presented on iPad

IMPROVEMENTS

• Greatly Improved timeline scrolling performance
• Media thumbnails fade in after loading instead of abruptly appearing
• Video thumbnails are less likely to restart in the middle of playback
• Ability to edit participants when continuing a thread that mentions other users
• Clarified threaded tweets by adding a new "thread" label in the timeline
• Tapping a tweet's participants label opens user profiles instead of the thread
• New icon on the participants label to reinforce the interaction change

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing a blank screen after having been in the background
• Double-tapping icons in the compose screen no longer causes problems
• Fixed a rendering glitch that could cause the timeline to jump or stutter
• Fixed alignment of the center stage button when a timeline first appears
• Fixed several rare crashes

NEW FEATURES

• New Threading options when composing tweets:
  • Have a lot to say? Tap the thread button to create a series of linked tweets
  • Start a new thread or pick an older tweet to continue where you left off
  • When threading is enabled, the compose window will re-open immediately after posting each tweet allowing you to thread them in quick succession
• Save videos or animated GIFs right from the timeline:
  • Long-press on a video preview thumbnail inline or from within the media viewer
  • Add video files directly to your photo library or share them using another app
• Setting to prevent your device from sleeping while Twitterrific is open:
  • Great for monitoring your timeline while using automatic refresh
  • Requires that the device is attached to a power source
  • Setting is disabled by default

IMPROVEMENTS

• Clarified the policy for the Forever option on the purchasing screen
• Reduced time needed to finish processing before entering background mode
• Significant improvements to the internal database maintenance routines
• Enhanced performance when updating offscreen timelines

BUG FIXES

• Fixed the status bar color on light themes while viewing popups or media
• Fixed a bug that could cause thumbnails on the timeline to go missing
• Mutes are no longer applied to users that have been banned or deleted
• Addressed known issues that cause the app to crash in the background

Fixed several minor crashing bugs and addressed issues that prevented background refresh from working.

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IMPROVEMENTS

• Added haptic feedback when you get close to running out of characters while composing a tweet (iPhone)

BUG FIXES

• Timelines no longer jump to the top after having been off-screen for awhile
• Edge swiping in conversation threads and user profiles now navigates backwards in the stack as expected instead of dismissing the view
• Fixed a problem where an unfollowed user's tweets weren't immediately removed from the timeline
• Fixed several unusual crashing bugs

BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Added a new app icon for Thanksgiving
• Fixed an issue that caused VoiceOver to sometimes read "null" in place of the tweet text
• Fixed a bug that could cause VoiceOver to read random usernames before the text of some tweets

IMPROVEMENTS

• Swiping back from the left edge of the screen will now dismiss conversation and profile popups on both iPad and iPhone
• Screen-edge gestures play nicely with tweet gestures like swipe to reply
• Compose no longer dismisses when the GIPHY and Drafts panels are swiped down
• The in-app Safari view adjusts appearance based on your current theme (iOS 13)
• Improved performance when entering and leaving background mode
• Improved thumbnail detection for tweets with Flickr links

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a rare crash when the keyboard appeared or disappeared
• Fixed a potential crash when loading non-Twitter thumbnail previews
• Fixed a potential crash when navigating the timeline using VoiceOver
• Fixed an issue that could result in getting stuck on a loading view when an account needed to be re-authenticated
• Addressed issues that may have caused incorrect timeline positions after returning to the app
• Bug fixes and improvements

NEW FEATURES

• Automatic theme switching for iOS 13:
  • Select your light or dark theme automatically based on the system appearance
  • Twitterrific's classic sunrise / sunset mode is still available
  • Adjust system / auto / manual theme switching in the Appearance panel
• Support for multiple windows on iPadOS 13:
  • Open as many windows as you want
  • Keep tabs on different accounts or open the same account many times
  • Each window remembers its own tab customizations and account selection
• Multiple ways to open a new window on iPadOS 13:
  • Drag a new copy of Twitterrific from the home screen dock to iOS split view
  • Drag and drop the sidebar button to create a new window for that account
  • Drag any account out from the account picker panel
  • Long-press on an account in the account picker

IMPROVEMENTS

• Popup views now use the native card-style behavior on iOS 13
• 'System Font' was updated to the rounded variant of the font on iOS 13
• Alerts, menus & controls are themed based on your Appearance preferences
• Ability to pin the sidebar open on large screens regardless of device orientation
• Improved behavior of views that move or resize when the keyboard appears
• Improvements to keeping the reading position in sync
• Improved the accessibility of the account picker
• Pulling-to-refresh no longer obscures content
• Profile views load their content more smoothly

GESTURES & SHORTCUTS

• On iPad, popup views can be dismissed with a quick swipe down anywhere outside of the popup or via the window's titlebar
• A single tap on the sidebar button now quickly opens the account picker if the sidebar is pinned open
• Changed the keyboard shortcut for switching between tabs on the main timeline to Control-Tab and Control-Shift-Tab
• Changed the keyboard shortcut for switching between accounts to Option-Tab and Option-Shift-Tab

BUG FIXES

• Links now open in the correct external browser
• Fixed visual issues when loading profile views
• Fixed problems with external URL or shortcut requests
• Fixed layout issues in the compose sub-panels (GIPHY, search, drafts)
• Fixed visual issues in the muffle editor that appeared after switching themes
• Text labels are no longer truncated when using the bold text accessibility setting
• Videos no longer continue to play after being dismissed with VoiceOver
• Fixed issues for VoiceOver users making it hard to navigate the main tab bar
• Fixed the 'Invalid Media' error when tweeting images from other apps
• Fixed layout when composing tweets or DMs in slide-over mode on iPad
• Fixed multiple crashes that could occur while background processing
• Addressed an issue causing some subscribers to have to restore their subscription each month

OTHER

• Twitterrific now requires iOS 12.4 or later

Added a bright new light theme: Egret, updated the theme customization readme file stored in iCloud Drive, improved reading position syncing, and fixed several crashes that could occur when entering background mode.

NEW FEATURES

• Added a bright, fun app icon: Flamingo
• Added a dark theme with red accents: Trogon

IMPROVEMENTS

• Quickly muffle retweets from a specific user via the Muffle menu on a tweet
• Reduced memory usage by more aggressively purging the image cache

BUG FIXES

• Subscriptions no longer appear to be lapsed between each renewal cycle
• Fixed several crashes and problems when finishing background processing
• Video thumbnails no longer load and autoplay even if thumbnails were disabled
• Fixed a crash when inserting a draft or user into a tweet
• Fixed a typo on the prompt asking for location permission

OTHER

• iCloud Drive theme folders were renamed from Day/Night to Light/Dark
• The app icon formerly known as Flamingo was renamed to Pinkachu

IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed an issue opening certain links when using the Microsoft Edge web browser.

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IMPROVEMENTS

• Added two new colorful app icons: Flamingo and Pride
• Background fetching is disabled if "Automatically Refresh Timelines" is turned off
• The “Share Discussion” button now uses a standard share sheet
• Emailing a tweet now preserves formatting of newlines
• Added a grace period between subscription renewal periods to account for payment processing delays

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue preventing auto theme switching from being correctly applied
• Fixed a bug that could cause threads to scroll to the top when first opened

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added support for the Microsoft Edge web browser
• Added image previews for apps.apple.com links
• Muffled tweets now respect the High Contrast Text setting
• VoiceOver now respects the Name Format setting when reading author names
• VoiceOver no longer reads emoji in quoted tweets when the Allow Emoji setting is disabled
• Decreased the frequency of purchase reminders

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue preventing Dark Theme At Night from working on first launch
• Bug fixes and improvements

NEW FEATURES

• Video and GIFs silently autoplay directly in your timelines and message threads!
  • Videos with an audio track show a speaker icon to avoid any loud surprises
  • Autoplaying of videos and GIFs can be disabled in Settings
• View full images right in your timeline!
  • Tweets or direct messages with an image attachment will display the thumbnail at the photo's native aspect ratio
  • Tweets with two or more images use adjusted aspect ratios and face-detection to avoid taking up as much space
• GIPHY Integration!
  • Tap the GIF button when composing a tweet or direct message to find just the right snarky animation
  • Refine your search with the built-in Reactions, Memes, or Swear Trek filters
• Support for Twitter's new quoted tweets with media:
  • When quoting another tweet, you can attach photos, a video, or an animated GIF
  • The timeline displays both the media you attached and your quoted tweet
• View media and add descriptions using the new attachment preview
  • Tap the small thumbnail of attached media to get a better, bigger look
  • Easily add accessibility descriptions to all images, videos and GIFs
  • Swipe between multiple photos to quickly add descriptions to each one
• More customization goodies!
  • Three new playful app icons: Crow, Dove, Neon
  • Five new colorful themes: Dove, Akikiki , Puffin, Falcon, Parakeet
  • 12 fun new "Olliemoji" stickers added to the bundled iMessage sticker pack
  • A new font: San Francisco Compact Rounded ('SF Rounded')
  • A new Presentation setting to show tweet author's full name, username or both
  • A new High Contrast Text presentation option
  • Two smaller line spacing steps for tighter text
• Help fund continued development of Twitterrific:
  • No features are locked or restricted - try everything without paying anything
  • Eliminate banner ads and subscription reminders by signing up for a monthly or yearly subscription
  • Don't enjoy subscriptions? Purchase the one-time "Forever" option instead
  • Twitterrific 5 customers get full benefits for up to 6 months from their last purchase date
  • Learn more...

IMPROVEMENTS

• Refreshed glyphs, font weights and colors app-wide
• Videos without audio no longer duck audio from other apps
• New "Audio and Video" settings category for autoplay and sound effects
• Twitterrific ignores the mute switch when playing audio (what most people want)
• Added support for the Brave web browser
• VoiceOver indicates the type of media and number of photos attached to a tweet
• Headings, tab bar buttons, and toggles are marked as such for VoiceOver
• VoiceOver magic tap on the main timeline opens compose
• Added the VoiceOver escape gesture to all popups
• Added animation with compose sub-panels open/close
• Changed the default app icon - the previous icon is an option in the theme panel
• Popup views on iPad make better use of the available screen space
• Selecting a tweet no longer unexpectedly scrolls the timeline
• Clearing the search filter no longer loses your place in the timeline
• Long press the "Follow" button on a profile to follow with a different account
• Long-pressing a user in compose's user search no longer dismisses the view
• Clear buttons on search fields only appear when needed
• Increased the maximum number of tweets per timeline
• Replies to a tweet are sorted by date instead of by engagement
• All panels and popups have rounded corners
• Private lists have a new icon in the sidebar
• The Twitterrific banner ad uses your current app icon
• Improved tap area of the location badge on tweets with an attached location

BUG FIXES

• Timelines never refresh if the “Automatically Refresh Timelines” setting is off
• Fixed an issue where some quoted tweets wouldn't show their quoted URLs
• Fixed some Twitter URLs from being incorrectly identified as a link to a user
• Fixed Center Stage and DM layout issues on devices without home buttons
• Fixed problems preventing the "Open User Page" profile action from working
• Fixed a bug that would break user and hashtag autocomplete when swapping accounts while composing a tweet
• The "Profile Photo" avatar shortcut (long press) now opens the image in app
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the banner ad to be blank
• Loading reply chains no longer leaves a zombie timeline open in memory
• Fixed animation issues while dismissing compose's autosuggestion bar
• Profile action popups appear in the correct location on iPad
• Accessibility descriptions are properly attached to videos or GIFs when posting
• Fixed compose view layout problems after rotating and dismissing the keyboard
• Fixed a bug that could cause crashes at launch and when switching accounts
• Timelines won't loop forever trying to fill a gap that could never be filled
• Timelines no longer unceremoniously stop scrolling when decelerating
• Timelines can update in the background while being filtered by a search query
• Fixed timeline position issues when clearing the cache or adding a new account
• Fixed display issues with the alt app icons while scrolling the Appearance Panel
• Fixed a problem causing the timeline loading indicator to flicker
• Fixed several issues that caused crashes when clearing the cache
• The keyboard no longer appears while viewing drafts
• Trends are now correctly sorted by popularity
• Removed old and obsolete code

OTHER

• Requires iOS 11.2+
• Upgrading from a prior version may result in previously read messages and tweets being marked as unread
• Added iCloud Drive to enable support for customizing themes (experimental, undocumented and unsupported - but if you peek in the folder, you might find some tips for getting started)
• Removed support for Tweet Marker since the service is shutting down

IMPROVEMENTS

• Tapping the thumbnail within a quoted tweet will now directly open the media viewer for the quoted tweet
• Added a new keyboard shortcut to the main timeline to open a URL from your clipboard: CMD-Control-V
• [iPad] Drop a URL dragged from another app on the main timeline to open it within Twitterrific
• [iPad] Drag from a tweet's author name, avatar, timestamp, or quoted tweet to drop a link to that tweet into any other app that accepts URLs
• [iPad] Drag a thumbnail image from a tweet and drop it into any other app that accepts images
• [iPad] Drag any of the above from one account in Twitterrific to another by switching accounts with your other hand while dragging
• [iPad] Drag any URL, image, or text from any other app (or from within Twitterrific) and hover over the compose button to open a new tweet
• Added a URL scheme that accepts any Twitter URL and opens the tweet or user profile: twitterrific://?url=<url_to_open>

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug that caused some videos to only loop once instead of indefinitely
• Addressed an issue that caused the cache to grow excessively and affect app performance over time
• Fixed an issue that caused the keyboard to dismiss after switching apps while the keyboard was visible

REFERENCES

IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved performance when rotating between landscape and portrait
• Improved VoiceOver interaction with the character counter reset button while composing a tweet

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue activating following, followers or likes on profiles when using VoiceOver

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added 5 new custom app icons
• Added support for the latest iPads
• Added a Presentation setting to disable color-coded tweets
• Improved performance of autocompleted screen names and hashtags
• User profiles now include the date the user first joined Twitter

BUG FIXES

• Character counting is once again in sync with Twitter's latest rules
• Fixed an issue that could cause repeated API requests if a user that sent you a direct message was suspended

CIVIC DUTY

• If you're a US citizen, Ollie wants YOU to vote on November 6th!

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that prevented saved searches and lists from reloading after clearing the cache
• Addressed several bugs preventing timelines from staying pinned to the top
• Automatic refresh now correctly backs off requests when rate limited
• There are once again 5 slots when using bottom tabs

IMPROVEMENTS

• Added a setting to keep timelines pinned to top

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a crash when uploading some unusual image formats
• Fixed issue that could cause thumbnail images to be resized with the wrong aspect ratio
• Removed a stray reference to the defunct Today view from the 3D Touch shortcuts menu

On August 16th, Twitter initiated their plan to shut down several services that Twitterrific and other third party clients have long depended on to provide features you've come to know and love. Twitter's rollout of this shutdown was done in stages so that the affected services would flicker 'on' and 'off' with increasingly long 'off' durations until finally remaining 'off' permanently. The final shutdown date has now arrived and as a result we have removed all of the features from Twitterrific that had become increasingly unreliable over the previous week.

Push Notifications have been removed. Workaround: Install Twitter's official app and enable the notifications you wish to receive. You can still use Twitterrific to read and reply to tweets as usual.

The Today view has been removed. Workaround: Use the notifications tab in Twitter's official app or on the Twitter website.

Live streaming has been removed. Workaround: Twitterrific will now automatically refresh every few minutes while the app is open, or you can manually pull to refresh.

Direct message delivery will be delayed. Workaround: Wait longer, or use the official Twitter app and/or website.

We are sorry for this and wish we had better news. We will continue to work on the app for as long as we can and explore better workarounds where possible. Thank you for being a loyal Twitterrific customer over the years. We are forever grateful.

Bug Fixes

• The option to remove emoji from display names now also applies to muffled tweets
• Fixed an issue where muffle rules of the form "@username retweets" were incorrectly matching as if they were "retweets @username" rules

Improvements

• Presentation setting to remove emoji from people's names in the timeline
• Renamed the streaming setting to "Automatically Refresh Timelines"

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash when uploading videos that were encoded a certain way
• Fixed an issue counting characters in the name and location fields when editing your own profile
• Fixed an issue that caused the text cursor to jump to the end when editing search terms in the compose view
• Fixed a few other rare crashes

Difficult Changes

• Prepared for the elimination of live streaming
• Removed purchase of push notifications and the Today view
• Removed the watch app

Discussion

In the coming months, Twitter plans to discontinue the underlying services that we need to provide both push notifications and live streaming. As a result, we did not feel it was right to keep selling the push notification in-app purchase since we will soon be forced to shut it down. To that end, we've consolidated our in-app purchases to a single "Enhanced" option which eliminates ads and unlocks Google Translate.

If you have purchased push notifications in the past, both the notifications and the Today view will keep working for as long as we can keep them working.

The watchOS app was originally written in such a way that it depended on the data from the push notification service. Since that service is shutting down, it will render the watch app nearly useless without rebuilding it from the ground up. We've determined that the amount of development time and effort required for such a task is simply not economically viable at this time.

WiFi live streaming is another service that Twitter is discontinuing. To work around this, we've implemented more thorough automatic refreshing throughout the app - including for Lists which have never supported streaming. Live streaming will continue to work until Twitter shuts it down at which point the app will fallback to automatically refreshing approximately every 2 minutes while you are using the app.

Improvements

• Deleting and editing a quoted tweet no longer loses track of the quoted tweet
• Twitterrific's notifications are now removed from Notification Center when the app enters the background instead of when the app is activated

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash when loading new tweets
• Fixed a bug that prevented sending an "=" symbol in direct messages

New Features

• Support for attaching a photo or video when sending direct messages:
  • Tap on the camera icon to pick an attachment from your photo library
  • Paste a file from your clipboard
  • Drag-and-drop a file onto the text area from another app (iPad)
  • Long-press on the camera icon to attach your most recent photo or to browse to a file from another source

Improvements

• Tapping on media in a direct message now opens it in the media viewer
• Added CMD-D keyboard shortcut to send a direct message to the tweet's author
• Suggested muffle rules on a tweet now include relevant deactivated rules

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented loading recent tweets in user profiles
• Fixed several issues that could cause crashes when manually clearing the cache
• Fixed an issue preventing mentions muffle rules from muffling all mentions
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect tweet layouts

New Features

• You can now attach videos to your tweets!
  • Tap the camera when composing a tweet to select a video from your library
  • Long-press the camera to attach media from other sources like iCloud Drive
  • Drag media from other apps into the compose window or copy/paste it
  • Post a video directly via Twitterrific's sharing extension
  • Videos must be 140 seconds or shorter
• Support for Twitter muting:
  • Users you have muted on Twitter synchronize with Twitterrific and their tweets are removed from your timelines
  • Muted users do not generate push notifications
  • Mute or unmute a user via their profile
  • All preexisting muted screen names in Muffles are auto upgraded to Twitter mutes
• Powerful new muffling abilities that include:
  • Defining any muffle rule to apply only for a single user
  • Muffling mentions from a specific person or mentions of a specific person
  • Muffle tweets that quote someone specific
  • Avoid seeing retweets from a specific person about someone else
  • For full details, check out the knowledge base: https://twitterrific.com/help/muffles

Improvements

• Improved responsiveness when attaching media to a tweet
• Media picker now sorts so most recent photos or videos are at the bottom
• Moved the Translate option from the share sheet to the Actions menu
• Added a shortcut to mute the author of a tweet to the Actions menu
• Added new rule suggestions to the Muffle submenu of the Actions menu

Bug Fixes

• Watch app no longer displays the username twice when replying to a tweet
• Fixed an issue that caused timelines to display quoted tweets from blocked users
• Fixed an issue that caused domain muffle rules to miss certain tweets

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause timelines to stop updating
• Fixed an issue that caused small PNG images to be converted to JPEG when attached to a tweet

New Features

• Added badges to user avatars:
  • Displays if the account is verified or protected
  • Option to turn badges off under Settings > Presentation
• Added Georgia theme font option - a classic serif typeface with great readability
• Added drag/drop support (iOS 11+) to the compose window
  • Drop images from other apps into the text area and they will become attachments to your tweet
  • Drag images, URLs and text from other apps into Twitterrific and hover over the compose button to quickly add them to a new tweet
  • Tap on the text area of the compose window and select Paste to attach a photo you may have already had copied to your clipboard

Improvements

• A whole new image picker for attaching photos to tweets
• Compose displays a spinner while attached photos are processing
• Tap and hold on an attached image thumbnail to quickly remove it
• Improved performance when attaching photos
• Twitterrific is smarter about removing previously deleted tweets from the timeline
• Improved performance when importing messages and tweets
• Improved performance when loading long discussion threads
• Improved readability of disabled muffle rules in the black theme
• Added haptic feedback when toggling like/retweet in Center Stage mode; the UI now also updates immediately
• Added haptic feedback after long-pressing the camera button to attach your most recent photo
• Added a Presentation submenu to settings and moved several options into it
• The share sheet displays an icon when the host app only provides a link to share

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing high resolution pull to refresh animation frames
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented photos from attaching
• Fixed clipped descenders when using Calluna font

Improvements

• Threads now always display in chronological order for consistency
• Toggling retweet/like now updates the UI immediately
• Added haptic feedback when liking/retweeting
• Added haptic feedback when pulling to refresh
• Adjusted sizing/behavior of the reference tweet when replying/quoting
  • Tap the reference tweet to expand / collapse it when composing
  • More space when composing on devices with small screens
• Re-positioned the unread indicator dot after the timestamp (less distracting)
• Configuring push notifications and viewing the Today view works from behind more firewalls and proxies
• Added a Report Abuse option to the tweet actions menu
• Copy-protected Twitter videos open a browser instead of a static image
• Improved performance in various places

Bug Fixes

• Fixed instances when the Image viewer failed to display hi-resolution media
• Fixed an old decoding bug that could cause truncated tweets when translating
• Fixed an accessibility bug that prevented selection of the thread/replies switch when viewing discussions with VoiceOver
• Fixed an accessibility bug that sometimes prevented VoiceOver from being able to access the save search button
• Fixed an issue where the app thought it was still streaming when in fact it had disconnected
• Fixed retweet/like/location badges from appearing behind the notch on an iPhone X in landscape

Other

• Removed support for Storify since they are shutting down
• Keyboard shortcut for switching tabs changed from "Control-Tab" to "Option-Tab"

Unlocking alternative app icons with the tip jar wasn't working reliably for some of you, so we've decided it was better to unlock all of them for everyone until we have time to sort out what went wrong. Enjoy!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a layout issue with profiles when running iOS 9 or 10
• Added 3 more larger text size settings
• Adjusted in-app browser tint colors to match the theme
• Adjusted the sizing of reference tweets when quoting or replying
• Tapping the reference tweet when quoting or replying toggles the keyboard
• Fixed several crashes

New Features

• Automatic poll detection
  • New button appears at bottom of tweet if common markers are found
  • Tag a tweet with #poll or use a graph or ballot box Emoji at beginning or end
• Re-designed/Expanded Theme Panel
  • New true black theme is especially useful on iPhone X
  • Support for avatar shapes - rounded rect, squircle, circle and square
  • Improved font size selections
  • Bonus app icons can be unlocked by using Twitterrific for Mac or the Tip Jar

Improvements

• Muffle rules can now be deactivated without having to delete them and will automatically deactivate themselves after 60 days of inactivity
• Muffle editor now shows totals for the number of active rules in each section and a grand total at the bottom of the screen
• More improvements to smart invert
• Now prefers to display the username on tweets if there isn't enough space for both the username and display name
• Added an unread indicator dot to tweets
• Unified/improved the colors for the default themes
• Added support for the Dynamic Type accessibility feature
• Refreshed the More Actions icon
• Quoted tweets now include a timestamp and respect the hidden thumbnail mode
• The text of quoted tweets now flows around the media thumbnail (if any) to save vertical space
• Avatars on profile views now render using your preferred avatar shape
• Jolly Ollie

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the button indicators for tweets that have been both liked and retweeted
• Fixed a bug that caused the sidebar to scroll to the top whenever it appeared
• Regex muffle rules now correctly display their name instead of full rule text
• Fixed some issues rendering Arabic text in certain situations
• Fixed layout of profile views on iPhone X

New Features

• Support for sending tweets with up to 280 characters
• Muffle long tweets:
  • Hide tweets that have more content than you'd like
  • Muffle tweets by character count by simply adding a rule like: > 140
  • If you want to muffle multiline tweets, use a rule like: > 3 lines

Improvements

• Replies in discussion timelines are now sorted first by popularity
• Keyboard now appears at the same time the compose view is appearing
• Physical keyboard shortcut for opening the selected tweet's author profile was changed from CMD-U to CMD-Shift-U

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing the target tweet to disappear when viewing replies
• Fixed an issue displaying names that included unusual characters
• Fixed position of the media player timestamp on iPhone X
• Fixed iPhone X layout issues on the Tip Jar and Advanced Features screens
• Fixed positioning of the in-app notification banner on iPhone X
• Fixed some iPhone X landscape layout issues on the compose screen
• Fixed layout of the text entry box in a direct message threads on iPhone X
• Fixed iPhone X layout bugs on the compose screen

New Features

• Added ability to muffle or mute tweets by Twitter client
• Unlock 3 new app icons by using Twitterrific for Mac

Improvements

• Improved scrolling performance
• Improved Smart Invert for the media viewer and profiles
• Reduced memory used by the image cache

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue that sometimes prevented images from loading
• Fixed issue preventing translation from working on some tweets
• Fixed issue preventing magic scroll from stopping at the last unread tweet
• Fixed connectivity issue with the watch app

Improvements

• Support for Smart Invert (iOS 11)
• Authentication can now access stored twitter.com passwords that were previously saved by Safari (iOS 11)
• Added a prompt for App Store review at most once per version (iOS 10.3+)
• Improved performance of internal data management
• Improved scrolling performance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when attempting to save an image to your photo library (iOS 11)
• Fixed an issue that interrupted scrolling when dragging on a tweet control (iOS 11)
• Fixed issue causing some quoted tweets to have an incorrect height
• Fixed layout issues with direct messages
• Restored the sticker pack (iOS 10+)
• Fixed bug that could cause significant battery drain

New Features

• Added a share sheet to enable tweeting with Twitterrific from within other apps (iOS 11)

Improvements

• Support for iOS 11 and future devices
• New and improved keyboard shortcuts

Bug Fixes

• Links to Kickstarter projects once again show a thumbnail image
• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to delete lists
• Fixed a bug that could cause duplicated or orphaned database records
• Tweet deletion events are now handled properly while streaming
• Fixed an issue that prevented retweets from appearing when viewing recent tweets of someone you do not follow
• Fixed a bug that could cause your own tweets that quote another tweet to appear in your mentions tab when streaming

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented loading as many recent tweets as possible
• Timelines no longer jump to the top when large numbers of tweets are loaded
• Fixed a bug when displaying tweets that contain decoded HTML entities
• Switching timelines now correctly marks tweets below your reading position as read

Improvements

• Added support for thumbnails from vsco.co
• Tapping the body of a tweet in Center Stage mode opens the tweet's discussion
• When composing a reply, tapping or swiping down on the title bar will hide the keyboard and reveal the tweet being replied to. Useful for small-screen devices
• Scrolling to the top of a timeline by tapping the status bar or currently selected tab (Magic scroll) no longer marks the intervening tweets as read
• Magic scrolling now first jumps to the current reading position marker OR the last unread tweet - whichever is older
• Improved scrolling performance in timelines and when entering the background
• Regular expression muffle rules are applied to the text of the tweet as well as any expanded URLs they may contain
• Adjusted some timeline keyboard shortcuts:
  • CMD-Shift-N - Quote tweet
  • Spacebar (or Up Arrow) - Advance to next tweet
  • Return key - Open media

Bug Fixes

• Avatars should no longer go missing while composing a tweet
• Fixed bug preventing reply chain participants from appearing in quoted tweets
• Fixed issue preventing attachment of location to tweets
• Fixed incorrect locations when viewing the map for a geolocated tweet
• Fixed an alignment issue on the Today view when a tweet has more than 1,000 likes or retweets
• Fixed a bug that could cause tweets to be incorrectly sized
• Fixed history search
• Tabs no longer appear on the bottom in landscape mode for some iPads when the “always show sidebar in landscape” setting is enabled
• Removed support for importing Twitter accounts which avoids Twitter reauthorizations

Bug Fixes

• Resolved issue causing 3D Touches and normal taps to sometimes activate different elements
• Fixed crash when app entered the background

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing old data from being purged from the database

New Features

• Alternative app icons! If you are running with iOS 10.3+, the theme panel supports switching between several new app icon designs so you can choose the one that best matches your home screen. Tap the bottom, center icon of the sidebar to open the theme panel and select an alternate app icon.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing long reply tweets to be truncated to 140 characters if they were received while streaming
• Fixed missing participants for reply tweets with certain font and text size configurations
• Fixed clipping of emoji with certain font and text size configurations
• Fixed several issues that prevented trends from appearing

New Features

• Replies have been redesigned to conform with Twitter’s new display guidelines. The screen names of participants in the conversation are displayed on a single line just below the name of the reply author.
  • Tapping on (or previewing with 3D Touch) the participants opens the conversation thread
  • Long-pressing on the participants (or drag up while previewing using 3D Touch) allows quick access to their profiles
• Responding to multiple people now includes an editor for choosing the recipients
  • Tap the clear button (X), hit backspace on the keyboard, or tap on the character counter to quickly remove all but the author of the tweet you are replying to

Improvements

• Tweet and quoted tweets hide the screen name if there isn’t enough horizontal space to display both the screen name and the full name side by side
• Keyboard focus is restored after attaching images to a tweet
• Viewing a quoted tweet that quoted a different tweet now displays it properly instead of showing a link to Twitter
• Tapping on a profile’s header image opens the full resolution image
• Added physical keyboard shortcuts to direct messages: Navigate threads with up/down arrows, CMD-T (or spacebar or return) to open the selected thread, CMD-N (or tab or return) to move focus to the input field, CMD-W to close a thread
• Up/down arrow keys on a physical keyboard will now select the first visible tweet if on a timeline without a currently selected tweet
• Selecting a tweet (manually or via keyboard) marks it and everything older as read
• Improved performance when autocompleting mentions or hashtags
• Improved timeline scrolling performance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the image attachment panel that could allow it to attach too many additional images to a tweet that already had images attached
• Fixed memory leaks when composing a tweet

Bug Fixes

• Addressed issue that may have been preventing the app from launching in some cases
• Fixed misattribution of quoted tweet when composing a response

Improvements

• When changing tweet selection with a physical keyboard, the selection skips muffled tweets
• When choosing a thumbnail to display for a tweet, thumbnails with accessibility alt-text are preferred
• Improved performance when opening reply chains
• Improved performance when evaluating a large number of muffle rules
• Reduced memory usage during app launch and when loading a timeline

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause new follower notifications to crash the watch app

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue that caused a crash at launch when running on iOS 9

Improvements

• Reduced base install size by ~25%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue that sometimes prevented background refreshes
• Fixed crash when using the "Assign to Contact" share action on an image
• Fixed crash when refreshing previous purchase receipts
• Fixed conflict between the account switching gesture and the system’s multitasking gestures on iPad
• Fixed an issue that prevented banner ads from disappearing immediately after purchasing Ad Block

NOTE: Banner ads have been redesigned (they only appear if you have not purchased the Ad Block Advanced Feature)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue composing and editing multilingual tweets

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash when deleting a saved draft
• Fixed a crash when navigating within the photo picker
• Addressed an issue that could sometimes cause the wrong text color when composing a reply
• Tip Jar subscription cancelations are now correctly detected

With this release we are introducing an optional low-priced monthly Tip Jar subscription. If you subscribe, the Tip Jar will remain hidden on all of your devices for the duration of the subscription. We really appreciate your regular support. Thanks from Sean, Gedeon, Craig, and the rest of The Iconfactory crew!

Improvements

• The video playback timestamp has been moved to the top right of the screen
• Video playback timestamp no longer scales with the video when zooming

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when inserting a saved draft into a tweet
• Fixed crash when tapping the One Password button while adding a new account
• Fixed a layout issue when a banner ad failed to load

Improvements

• Muffle and mute rules track the number of days since they were last used so you can more easily prune them if you wish
• Updated the character counting rules to recognize new top-level domain names
• Blocking a user from the direct messages list will now immediately refresh the view so that their direct messages disappear immediately
• Improved performance of mute rules
• Several general performance tweaks

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue preventing restoration of paid features on small screen devices
• Fixed a crash that could occur when replying to a tweet
• Fixed an issue causing the authentication web view to appear blank while importing a new account
• Fixed double ‘@’s in screen names when copying conversation text to clipboard
• Fixed an issue that prevented cancelling loading of long reply chains even if the discussion popup was closed
• Fixed layout of the timeline filter field which could sometimes have the wrong size and/or incorrectly positioned magnifier icon
• Fixed an issue that would cause an unnecessary timeline load during app launch or when switching accounts
• Fixed a bug when replying to a tweet that could sometimes allow you to backspace the text editing cursor into the un-editable screen name where it would then get stuck
• Fixed several crashes

NOTE: Banner ads (if enabled) no longer scroll with the timeline content

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Bug Fixes

• Standalone media views can be dismissed by tapping anywhere outside of the image/video content, by swiping anywhere on screen, or by using the close button
• Audio from videos will now play even if your device’s ringer switch is muted
• Center Stage no longer shows media from muffled tweets
• Clearing the find filter at the top of timelines now works correctly on iPad
• Fixed an issue where displayed media could suddenly change to images/vids from a completely different tweet and/or reset the page position for multi-image tweets when streaming
• Physical keyboard left/right keys now work correctly when viewing media for tweets with multiple images while in the standalone view

Center Stage: A whole new way to see your tweets!

Tap the new Center Stage button at the top of any timeline to open a full screen view where you can swipe through all of the tweets that include photos, movies, or animated GIFs.

When you’re in Center Stage, you can tap on the tweet to exit or swipe left/right to navigate through your timeline. You can even Like or Retweet directly from Center Stage! A single tap will get the on-screen controls out of your way and swiping down will close the tweet drawer so there’s nothing between you and the media you’re viewing.

The traditional media experience has also been improved - after tapping on a thumbnail to view it, there is a new button at the bottom of the screen which allows you to enter Center Stage right from there. If you swipe to other tweets, a rewind button appears that’ll take you back to where you started. Handy!

Center Stage isn’t just for your timeline - from a profile screen, you can tap on any of the thumbnails and enter Center Stage where you can see the tweet that the image was attached to as well as swipe through their other recent media tweets without even having to open a timeline.

Center Stage is fully VoiceOver compatible and includes support for physical keyboards.

Improvements

• Tapping on an animated GIF or video will toggle play/pause
• Ability to pinch zoom photos, videos, and animated GIFs
• Improved audio ducking performance when viewing a video
• Tweets that quote your own tweets are now color-coded as mentions
• Reduced popup background blur opacity
• Photo zoom levels no longer reset when higher resolution versions finish loading
• Visual tweaks to the timeline search bar for a cleaner, less cluttered look
• Phrase muffle rules now look for a word boundary on both ends of the phrase
• Muffle phrases can include a prefix and/or suffix of “*” to act as a wildcard match
• Shared conversation threads and reply chains now sorted from oldest to newest
• Eliminated several causes of extraneous requests to Twitter’s API
• Leaving a timeline no longer clears the search field
• Added a sound effect when un-liking a tweet
• Removed img.ly support since it is defunct

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue auto-refreshing timelines when a push notification arrived
• Fixed rendering problem when viewing a message thread on iPhone
• Fixed scroll jumping when a message thread first animates into view
• Fixed an issue where the background blur flickered when dismissing popups
• Fixed rendering bugs with photo loading progress bar
• Fixed an issue displaying single-frame GIFs
• Other minor bug fixes and performance tweaks

New Features

• Quotes of your own tweets now displayed in these timelines:
  • Home (unless unified timelines is disabled via Settings)
  • Mentions
• Added a new font under Themes: Amelia

Improvements

• More of the reference tweet when replying or quoting is now visible (important for devices with smaller screens)
• After sending a direct message with the keyboard in an alternate mode (such as symbols or numbers), the keyboard is reset back to the default
• Simplified the native video player’s presentation
• Added a new font size setting in Theme panel at 135%
• Restoring purchases now prompts if the receipt is invalid or isn't found
• Optimized automatic timeline refresh instances and rates
• Decreased background fetch frequency to reduce battery usage
• Improve network performance and decreased power utilization
• Performance improvements to decrease app launch times
• Improved performance when loading tweets

Bug Fixes

• Large animated GIFs with many frames no longer crash Twitterrific
• Fixed issue preventing updates until the app was killed or the cache cleared
• Fixed an issue that caused the trends list to appear empty
• Fixed an issue that loaded too much data while viewing a conversation thread
• Fixed crashes that could occur when the app was entering the background
• Fixed a crash when inserting a saved draft into a tweet
• Fixed several issues that resulted in timelines scrolling unexpectedly
• Fixed an issue that continued to show ads after purchasing ad removal
• Fixed an issue that could prevent a user's recent tweets from loading
• Fixed a bug preventing cancelation of avatar and thumbnail downloads as they scrolled off screen
• Resolved gesture conflicts in the video player between swiping to dismiss, tapping to dismiss, and swiping to scrub the video
• Fixed a bug preventing proper text selection when composing a reply
• Workaround for iOS 10+ that prevented CMD-W from closing the browser
• Workaround for iOS 10+ for VoiceOver navigation issues when filtering a timeline or recipient list

New Features

• Twitterrific now features an adorable iMessage Ollie sticker pack! (iOS 10+)
• Tap a tweet's timestamp to reveal the client that was used to send it

Improvements

• When replying to a tweet, the original author’s screen name can no longer be removed or edited
• Today view no longer displays events from people you have blocked
• Swipe on an event in the Today view (such as a like, retweet, or follow notification) to block that person

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Open in Chrome, Open in Firefox, and Copy Link from working correctly
• Fixed incorrect character count after pasting or removing a photo when composing a tweet
• Can no longer pull to refresh while the timeline search is activated
• Certain errors from Twitter that were being silently ignored now generate an alert
• Addressed an issue that may have caused network requests to fail until the app was restarted

NOTE: Only tweets downloaded since upgrading to this version will have the necessary information to show which client the tweet was sent with. Clearing your tweet cache will force the app to re-fetch all tweets immediately if desired.

Improvements

• Support for Twitter’s new longer tweet format
  • Images no longer count against the tweet character limit when using Twitter’s image service
  • When quoting a tweet, all 140 characters are now available for use
  • Replies to tweets no longer count screen names that are part of the reply chain against the character limit
• Added haptic feedback when swiping for reply/conversation on tweets (iPhone 7)
• Screen name/hashtag suggestions no longer autofill when tapping spacebar - tap the @ or # or Return keys to autofill the first suggestion automatically
• Popups that open as a result of tapping a push notification no longer stack on top of previously opened popups
• Copying links to tweets to the clipboard now copies the secure https URL

Bug Fixes

• Worked around a bug causing the keyboard to randomly disappear on iOS 10
• Fixed a bug preventing the new tweet sound effect from playing
• Disabled the image attachment button when quoting a tweet if using the Twitter image service (Twitter doesn’t natively allow attaching images to quoted tweets)
• Fixed crash if push notification registration failed
• Fixed crash when attempting to use the camera
• Fixed animation when selecting a photo to attach to a tweet

Improvements

• If Twitterrific is open when a push notification for a reply, mention, quote, or message arrives, the timeline will automatically refresh
• If you tap Send while an autocorrect suggestion is still visible, the correction is now applied to your tweet before it is sent
• Improved performance when refreshing the home timeline while on a slow internet connection
• Increased face recognition accuracy on devices with an A9 or better CPU
• Improved web cache size management to reduce used storage space

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing saved drafts
• When using non-twitter image services, the count of characters remaining is no longer off by one
• Improved reliability restoring previous purchases on iOS 10
• Fixed missing share sheet URL label on iPhones running iOS 10

Improvements

• Background refresh will now refresh all timelines (a saved search, list, etc) that have been loaded into memory - not just the timeline that was last in the foreground
• The “Mark All Read” button was moved to the top of the direct messages list
• Phrase and keyword muffle rules now match if the phrase begins OR ends with a word boundary instead of requiring the whole keyword or phrase to have a boundary on both sides - this improves detection of plurals and possessives
• Muffles are now sorted case insensitively
• Added new thread detection heuristics for tweet storm threads that aren’t properly self-replied
• Performance enhancements

Bug Fixes

• Fixed layout of tweet action buttons on narrow phones
• Fixed the size of the unread tweet count indicator to support larger numbers
• Fixed problems that could cause search and lists to disappear from the sidebar
• Fixed a bug that caused the loading indicator to flicker between start/stop states
• Fixed a bug where the timeline would sometimes unnecessarily refresh itself when replying to a tweet or changing settings
• Opening a direct message thread no longer triggers a refresh of your messages
• Fixed a bug that caused trends to refresh more often than necessary
• Fixed an issue causing the list of trends to appear behind the keyboard
• Dismissing the keyboard no longer causes trends to disappear
• Fixed an issue that caused the timeline search bar to disappear
• Fixed a bug preventing push notification settings from showing checkmarks the first time it was opened
• Fixed a bug that prevented notification banners from appearing in-app
• VoiceOver no longer says "refreshing content" during a background refresh
• Fixed a crash that could occur due to a network error

Features

• Improved tweet discussions:
  • The thread view loads a complete discussion chain or tweet storm no matter if the linked tweet was first, last, or somewhere in the middle
  • The replies view shows replies and quotes of the tweet and will update in realtime if streaming is enabled
• Reply, Retweet, Quote, or Like a tweet from ANY account:
  • Tap and hold on a tweet’s reply, retweet, quote, or like button to quickly respond or take action from another Twitter account instantly

Improvements

• Quoting a tweet now has a unique button when selecting a tweet instead of being hidden in the action menu
• Added “Message” to the tweet action menu to simplify sending a direct message
• Improved highlighting of the subject tweet inside discussion views to better distinguish them from the surrounding replies
• Retweet your own tweets
• Tapping on a quoted tweet will always open the discussion in thread view
• Accessibility: Length of photo description text is now validated before being sent to avoid silent omissions
• Improved initial app responsiveness after Twitterrific returns from the background
• Several performance improvements

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing replies to retweeted tweets from loading
• Fixed a bug that could cause endless loading when viewing a conversation with someone you have blocked
• Fixed a problem that would sometimes cause the refresh animation to run forever
• Fixed issues that caused images and avatars to flicker when Twitterrific returned from the background
• Fixed a bug that could prevent the timeline from refreshing until it was first scrolled

Improvements

• Audio from other apps will now duck when playing a video instead of being interrupted

Bug Fixes

• Fixed copying links to the clipboard
• Fixed an issue preventing opening links in external browsers
• Fixed a bug that could cause the timeline’s find box to appear stuck on screen
• Fixed issues with long currencies on the tip jar and advanced feature purchase buttons
• Fixed an audio stutter when coins dropped into the tip jar
• The tip jar’s sound effects respect the silent switch and ring volume level
• Previously sent tweets should no longer reappear in the tweet composer

New Features

• Inline search field at the top of most tweet timelines
  • Physical keyboard users can use CMD-F to quickly activate/deactivate searching
  • Search supports regular expressions when prefixed with “::”
• Added Ollie's Tip Jar so you can show us how much you love us (or not)
  • The tip jar shows up in the sidebar 30+ days after you’ve purchased at least one of the preexisting advanced features
  • After buying a tip, the jar disappears from the sidebar and reappears again after 30 days
  • The tip jar will quietly wait in anticipation of your spontaneous (and completely voluntary) generosity

Improvements

• Sharing a link to another app sends both the URL and the text of the tweet that the URL was shared from (for activities that support it)
• Sharing a thumbnail sends the thumbnail’s URL to the selected activity
• Improved sharing thumbnail images to Pocket
• Added support for case-sensitive regular expression muffle rules
• Improved UI performance of long direct message threads
• Direct messages now support the same VoiceOver rotor actions as tweets for navigating links/media/sharing
• After attaching an image when composing a tweet, VoiceOver now announces when the image has finished processing and is ready to send
• VoiceOver reads both the real name and screen name of the sender/retweeter

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused blocked users to sometimes reappear in the timeline
• Fixed an issue that caused retweets to appear from users with disabled retweets
• Fixed an issue that could cause multiple image tweets to display a single image
• Fixed a problem preventing Notification Center notifications from opening the tweet or profile
• Fixed some layout problems when quoting a tweet
• Composing a new tweet should no longer sometimes default to the text of a previous tweet
• Tweets are no longer unmuffled when navigating the timeline using a physical keyboard or with VoiceOver
• Reading direct messages with VoiceOver now indicates if there's attached media or not
• Fixed several crashing bugs

New Features

• After attaching an image to a tweet, you can tap on the thumbnail to add a description for the visually impaired
• VoiceOver automatically reads descriptions for images that have been annotated with alternate text

Improvements

• VoiceOver functionality on tweets now supports standard accessibility actions
• VoiceOver reads if there is an image or quote attached before the timestamp
• Improved VoiceOver interaction when changing tweet selection via the keyboard
• Push notifications for quoted tweets offer the same actions as mentions
• Streaming no longer displays retweets for users with disabled retweets
• Enabling/disabling retweets for a user works more reliably
• Added the swiping cursor navigation gesture to all text fields

Bug Fixes

• VoiceOver and the visual interface’s current tweet selection should no longer get out of sync
• VoiceOver can access the mark unread/delete thread actions in the direct messages inbox
• Fixed VoiceOver navigation of direct message threads
• Tapping a timeline tweet now sets focus as expected for keyboard shortcuts
• Fixed a bug that would occasionally freeze the app while scrolling
• Fixed a bug that caused the creation of new lists to fail
• Fixed a bug that caused saving a search to fail

Features

• All new Direct Message interface
  • threaded view
  • image thumbnails
  • easily search for the person you want to message when starting a new thread
  • delete entire threads by swiping on them

Improvements

• Added keyboard shortcuts throughout the app - hold down the command key on your physical keyboard to see what’s available
• Movie player now uses standard iOS media player and supports picture-in-picture
• Improved readability for tweets in right-to-left languages when small thumbnail mode is enabled
• Timestamps on old tweets and messages are now displayed with an absolute date
• Tapping on the name of a Today view event now opens the profile of the person, whereas tapping on the message text opens the tweet
• Added ability to paste images from the pasteboard directly into the text area when composing a tweet
• Added smart quote support to the profile editor

Bug Fixes

• Swiping to dismiss the in-app browser no longer also dismisses popups behind it
• Fixes for several issues with the photo picker
• Fixed cache data accumulation which would slow down the entire app until it was manually cleared
• Fixed stray blank lines on image-only tweets
• Fixed a bug that would cause the app to stop working properly after viewing the profile of someone you have blocked or who has a protected account
• Fixed a bug that could cause the “Communicating with Twitter” message to stick until manually cancelled
• Fixed issues detecting when an account’s access has been revoked

Improvements

• Re-enabled the twitter keyboard (except on the iPad Pro)
• Removed "Last 24 hours" label from the watch app's glance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed text color for 'likes' on the watch app’s glance
• Fixed issues with using the camera in landscape
• Fixed all known causes of the most frequent crashes
• Fixed a crash when displaying tweets that mixed right-to-left languages with left-to-right mentions in certain combinations

Changes

• In accordance with Twitter's new guidelines, "favorites" are now "likes"
• Unified timeline no longer includes direct messages
• Requires iOS 9.2+
• Watch app requires watchOS 2+

Features

• All new redesigned Today view:
  • See likes, retweets, follows, and quotes all in one place
  • Configure the display to show any combination by toggling each type of event on or off
  • Long press a toggle button to switch between showing all events or just the events of that type
  • Sort the view by recent events or your most popular tweets
  • 3D Touch events to get a quick preview, or tap them to jump straight to the relevant tweet or profile
• Refined profile view includes a selection of photos and thumbnails for recently posted media by the account

Improvements

• Tab bar supports 5 buttons on iPad, and on iPhone when on the bottom or in landscape
• The tab bar can be set to the bottom in portrait on the iPad (formerly only an option on iPhone)
• Sidebar button shows an unread badge when there are unread direct messages
• Added "Open In Firefox" to share sheets for links and as a browser option (appears if Firefox is installed)
• Improved streaming reliability
• Streaming automatically connect when you join a wifi network while the app is open
• Added "Share" to the options menu for tweets (same as long pressing on a tweet)
• More robust network error handling and automatic retry logic
• Improved the transition between popups and Safari View Controller
• Added URL schemes to clear all muffle rules and the cache
• Reduced memory usage
• Variety of performance enhancements

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several visual glitches with the refresh control
• Fixed bug causing dismissed photos to animate in slow motion
• Fixed issue causing the keyboard to appear while taking a photo
• Fixed freeze when dismissing images while the status bar was double-height (such as during a call)
• Fixed the incorrect size of the suggestion bar when composing tweets
• Fixed bug that delayed automatic switching of day/night themes
• Fixed failures when uploading a new avatar image
• Fixed the cropping tool when editing a new avatar on iPad
• Fixed layout of tweet divider lines and timeline marker on iPad
• Fixed an intermittent issue preventing access to VoiceOver actions on tweets
• Fixed several layout issues in small thumbnail mode
• Fixed avatars and usernames from disappearing on like/retweet notifications on the Apple Watch
• Fixed incorrect size of compose window when replying to a tweet from within a popup on iPad
• Fixed layout bugs with quoted tweets
• Fixed issue that kept data from being purged from the cache
• Fixed several sources of crashes