6.4.2
2023-02-28
• New notice about Twitter service shutdown
• Added option to decline a pro-rated refund for subscriptions
• The app icon can be changed again
6.4.1
2023-02-28
• New notice about Twitter service shutdown
• Added option to decline a pro-rated refund for subscriptions
• The app icon can be changed again
6.4
2023-02-27
• New notice about Twitter service shutdown
• Added option to decline a pro-rated refund for subscriptions
• The app icon can be changed again
6.3.10
2022-11-25
Bug fixes and improvements.
6.3.9
2022-08-10
Bug fixes associated with ALT text descriptions for improved accessibility.
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
6.3.8
2022-07-20
Improved support for adding ALT text to media, the ability to view media ALT descriptions, new accessibility muffle rules, new app icons, a dark theme and more!
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
6.3.7
2022-06-10
IMPROVEMENTS
• Added a "Report Spammer" option to the tweet context menus so you don't have to open the author profile to block an obvious spammer/scammer
• Added an error alert that pops up when tweet translation fails instead of failing silently
• Disabled autocorrect on search fields
6.3.6
2022-01-26
A new icon and a minor fix for Accessibility.
IMPROVEMENTS
• Added a new Snowbird icon
BUG FIXES
• The "My Tweets" timeline is now accessible via a keyboard shortcut (Cmd-5)
6.3.5
2021-10-19
Quicker navigation to My Tweets via a new sidebar item, fixed a host of keyboard commands, visual bugs, and VoiceOver issues on iOS/iPadOS 15+.
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
6.3.4
2021-10-04
Fixed context menus that wouldn't open when using an iPad running iPadOS 15 while attached to a keyboard.
6.3.3
2021-07-02
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
6.3.2
2021-06-05
Tweaks to the new menu and navigation structure, scrolling performance improvements and bug fixes for users who's screen name contains an underscore
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
6.3.1
2021-05-28
Added the ability to turn bottom navigation completely off, jump to top from the selected tab icon, VoiceOver improvements, and audio & video bug fixes.
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
6.3
2021-05-17
Overall navigation and layout improvements to address long-standing design limitations, new pull down menus, better accessibility & much more.
NOTE: Twitterrific now requires iOS 14.1+.
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 & 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" & "Delete Saved Search" - Save or delete search results
- "Configure List" - Edit list options such as title, privacy & 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 & 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 & 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
6.2.2
2021-02-09
Improved the reliability of autoplaying video previews, clarified when media fails to load in the timeline, fixed a bug that prevented drafts from working and more.
BUG FIXES & 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
6.2.1
2020-10-01
Added new media playback controls, improved VoiceOver control across multiple accounts, added a new custom app icon & fixed some iOS 14 bugs.
FEATURES
• New Custom App Icon:
- Stay Safe
IMPROVEMENTS
• Improved display & playback of media in Twitterrific:
- New playback controls to easily scrub while watching videos
- Airplay icon to share media across devices quickly & easily
- Appearance of controls match the selected theme
• VoiceOver & 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
6.2
2020-06-30
Improved support for trackpads and mice, enhanced some keyboard shortcuts, fixed some bugs, and added a new app icon!
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
6.1.6
2020-02-21
Added the ability to edit the participants of threaded tweets, performance improvements when scrolling the timeline, fixed bugs and some rare crashes.
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
6.1.5
2020-01-23
New Threading options when composing tweets, the ability to save animated GIFs & movies to your photo library, performance improvements plus bug fixes.
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
6.1.4
2019-12-17
Fixed several minor crashing bugs and addressed issues that prevented background refresh from working.
An adorable alternate app icon we have added also.
I have spoken.
6.1.3
2019-11-16
Added helpful haptic feedback when composing a tweet, fixed bugs that could make the timeline jump unexpectedly, improved the back swipe gesture and more.
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 & 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
6.1.2
2019-11-08
New and improved gestures including swipe-to-dismiss for conversation views, improved theming for in-app Safari views plus squashing bugs & potential crashes.
6.1.2 BUG FIXES & 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
6.1.1 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 & 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
6.1.1 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
6.1.1
2019-11-06
New and improved gestures including swipe-to-dismiss for conversation views, improved theming for in-app Safari views plus squashing bugs & potential crashes.
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 & 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
6.1
2019-10-24
Robust support for iOS 13's automatic theme switching plus the ability to open as many Twitterrific windows as needed on iPadOS. Improvements, bug fixes & more!
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
6.0.6
2019-09-13
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.