The Iconfactory

Bug Fixes:

• Added shortcut to view a tweet’s web page (⇧⌘←)
• Fixed bug with ⌘C not working on Snow Leopard
• Fixed a problem with tweets not being deleted
• Fixed a problem with window not appearing in all Spaces on Snow Leopard
• Fixed problems with URLs that use Unicode or CHOCKLOCK in the domain name

New Features:

• Old tweets are marked as read when you launch the application
• Added rate limit check at startup
• Changed HTTP authentication to make access more reliable through a proxy
• All communications with Twitter are now encrypted using HTTPS
• Up to 200 tweets will be read into your timeline
• Added reply ids to posted messages for more accurate conversations
• A menu is now available on the Dock icon when enabled via settings

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed many problems with accessibility: VoiceOver now reads correctly
• Fixed problems with old tweets causing false notifications
• A crash when starting up on Tiger was fixed
• Errors on Twitter no longer cause the menubar to highlight
• Reduced API usage when opening configuration panel
• Changed the warning indicator so it doesn’t block out character count
• Fixed problems with adding favorites (Cmd-1)
• Improved link detection so more types of URLs can be clicked
• Several updates to adjust application to Twitter infrastructure changes

New Features:

• The cursor is now hidden after selecting a tweet—making it easier to read
• Growl notifications are now sorted correctly and summarized
• Added a preference to control the scrolling of the tweets in the window
• New keyboard shortcuts, including spacebar to select next unread tweet
• The reply shortcut is no longer allowed on a direct message
• New power user preference to display @screenname rather than a full name
• Added a delay to auto-hiding window when using the scroll wheel
• Added an action menu showing most common keyboard shortcuts

Bug Fixes:

• Avatars load asynchronously resulting in faster & smoother performance
• Fixed several problems which caused duplicate notifications for past tweets
• Changing logins on Leopard will no longer hang
• Status message updates will now work correctly with Adium 1.2
• Plugged memory leaks that caused application to run more slowly over time
• Buttons are no longer displayed on error messages
• Fixed a problem with messages containing < and > being truncated
• Fixed highlighting issues in menubar and Dock caused by ads
• The count on the Dock icon is now cleared when you quit
• Trailing periods in URLs will no longer become a part of the link
• Added a check so that ⌘2 and ⌘D won’t overflow the text counter
• Avatars that contain UTF-8 characters are now displayed correctly
• Fixed the spelling of advertisement
• The status indicators are no longer reset when the selected tweet changes
• Session cookies are now cleared to display correct tweets
• Fixed a redraw issue caused by the window losing focus
• Added teh snappy to get rid of the Marble of Doom

New Features:

• Added a power user preference to set the protocol
• Changed refresh to minimize “bad request” errors

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a problem with links in @screen_name_with_underscores
• Updated application icon to use 512×512 resources
• Lowered connection timeout from 55 seconds to 25 seconds
• Fixed a display issue with the connection status indicator
• Notifications are no longer generated when errors occur
• Fixed a problem with HTTP 304 errors being reported
• Fixed a crash on Leopard when using HTTP authentication and proxies
• Notification sounds are back to birds instead of cameras
• Plugged memory leaks

Known Issues:

• Changing logins (⌘L) on Leopard can hang, see What’s New for workaround

New Features:

• Replies and direct messages are now included in the tweet list
• Added a scripting dictionary to control Twitterrific via AppleScript
• Error messages are now shown inline and the explanations were improved
• An unread count is displayed when you use Twitterrific in the Dock
• Using ⌘C on the selected tweet will copy its URL to the clipboard
• Right arrow opens all URLs in the tweet, and left arrow opens the user page
• Screen names are now linked to the user’s page at Twitter
• Power user preferences were added to filter tweets
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Improvements:

• The bird sound volume is now adjustable using System Preferences
• Improved chat client configuration to eliminate “Where is application?” errors
• Fixed rendering issues in Leopard
• Added warning dialogs for new users without tweets
• Added an alert for passwords may cause problems at Twitter

Known Issues:

• Changing logins (⌘L) on Leopard can hang, see What’s New for workaround

New Features:

• Keychain is used for multiple Twitter logins
• Added Growl support
• Tweets can be processed with AppleScript
• Added support for NetNewsWire
• Tweet URLs can be dragged into other applications
• Reorganized configuration panel to reduce clutter
• Added window customization with transparency, shadows and font size
• New hidden preferences for power users
• Added frickin’ laser beams to the Easter egg

Improvements:

• A warning was added when tweets exceed 140 characters
• Multiple URLs in a tweet will be linked correctly
• Added alerts to warn of problems with Twitter API
• Preference saving is more robust

New Features:

• Tweets can be displayed inline
• The text entry field can now be resized
• Added scrollbar to the list of tweets
• Tweets now maintain true read/unread states
• Main window now snaps to the edge of the screen
• Tweets can be marked as a favorite by clicking on the tweet’s heart icon
• Twitterrific can now be configured to behave as a standard Dock app
• Updated to a quicker Twitter API when refreshing tweets
• Spelling misteaks are highlighted as tweets are entered
• Added Cmd-2 to send a response to the author of the selected tweet
• Added Cmd-D to send a direct message to the author of the selected tweet
• Added new notification sounds and the ability to select them randomly
• Updated progress indicator to be more readable and show connection errors
• Twitterrific can now update iChat/Adium/Skype status using your last tweet
• Holding Option while clicking on a tweet’s “t” icon or double-clicking a tweet loads the “with friends” page at Twitter

Improvements:

• Text of tweet is no longer truncated
• The text insertion point and text field selection color are more readable
• URL connections will no longer overlap causing refresh / posting problems
• Improved checks and importing of XML data being returned by Twitter
• Fixed a memory allocation bug that would cause random crashes

• Fixed a bug with angle brackets (”<” and ”>”) not being displayed correctly
• Fixed a problem with avatar images not being updated on launch
• Holding Option while refreshing now reloads all avatars
• Fixed a problem with window level not being set correctly at startup
• Updated character count to use 140 as a maximum value

New Features:

• Added characters remaining and limited tweet length to 141 characters
• Updated notification sound
• Added preference for setting the window level
• Added a hotkey to toggle the window

Improvements:

• Fixed a bug where errors during posting were not reported correctly
• Updated tooltips that referred to “twit” instead of “tweet”
• Added keyboard shortcut for Help (Cmd-?)
• Fixed a problem with posting tweets with curly brackets and semicolons
• Window now auto-hides itself when displayed because of a new tweet
• Increased the connection timeout when refreshing tweets
• Note added to connection failure dialog about disabling error messages
• Added keyboard shortcut for refreshing tweets (Cmd-R)

• Initial release