Now arriving at: technical beta

This is the first technical beta release of MetroTwit, a Twitter client for Windows. Please note this is a beta true to its word and although we hope you’ll enjoy using the software, it is very likely you will encounter bugs and even crashes from time to time.

We look forward to delivering updates when possible and you’ll find all the release notes for on this blog.

Version 0.1.0.0 release notes:

  • Initial technical beta release

Known issues:

  • No Twitter lists support
    Lists support is coming soon.
  • No URL shortening
    (Awesome) URL shortening is coming soon.
  • No media uploading
    Media uploading is coming soon.
  • MetroTwit crashes on subsequent loads if maximized when closed
    This is a known issue and will be fixed soon. Workaround is to delete config in “%appdata%\MetroTwit”
  • User profile dialog autocomplete adds extra “@”
    This is a known issue and will be fixed soon.
  • Direct message autocomplete does not work
    This is a known issue and will be fixed soon.
  • Some avatar images are randomly invisible
    This is a known issue with caching and will be addressed soon.
  • Background disappears behind tweet columns
    This may be an issue limited to users of Intel integrated graphics. If you do not have a Intel GPU and are affected by this, please submit a bug report.
  • Settings screen sometimes crash on load
    This is a known issue with animations and will be addressed soon.
  • New tweets added to the columns when you’re viewing the settings screen appear invisible
    This is a known issue with animations and will be addressed soon.
  • Memory spikes and high memory usage
    This is a known issue and we will continue to optimize performance.
  • Exceeding the Twitter API has unpredictable effects
    MetroTwit does not yet handle situations where the Twitter API is unavailable.