November 29, 2011 1:00 am AEST
Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.
Version 0.9.2.0 release notes:
- Added “save search”, “remove saved search” and recent searches functionality
- Added local/weekly/daily trends support
- Added new and more reliable “keep scroll at top” behavior
- Fixed “show all replies from friends” option not working
- Fixed favorites column constantly refreshing
- Fixed support for GIF images in media uploading
- Fixed profile avatar disappearing after tweeting
- Fixed support for horizontal mouse tilting to scroll left/right in columns
- Fixed rare media popup window crashing on load
- Fixed invalid focus of tweet box after sending a tweet
- Fixed notifications positioning away from bottom corners
- Tweaked button design style
- Tweaked direct message layout style
- Tweaked ad display style
- Fixed bit.ly “Find API key” link
- Fixed “service disrupted” typo
November 3, 2011 3:18 pm AEST
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Version 0.9.1.0 release notes:
- Added advanced search builder for complex searches
- Fixed media preview descriptions with clickable links
- Changed unread marker to be more visible on top of scrollbar
- Changed ad colours to use accent color and added label
- Changed layout design on popups to improve performance
- Improved network performance when communicating to Twitter and services
- Fixed issues with proxies using Basic or Integrated Authentication (new Settings for Basic Proxies)
- Fixed corrupted settings or cache files crashing MetroTwit
- Fixed a number of window position and sizing problems on startup and maximise
- Fixed infinite scrolling on profile columns
- Fixed issue with tweets being removed incorrectly from columns
- Fixed issue with saving settings very quickly after opening
- Fixed profile popup when opening from Incoming/Outgoing Friendship request
- Fixed link displays from Twitter without http://
- Fixed issues causing avatars to not download or cache correctly
- Fixed bit.ly URL Shortening with special characters
- Fixed mark all as read and unread marker not updating
- Fixed timestamp to use Windows regional setting
- Fixed update dialog for small screen resolutions
- Fixed rare autocomplete crashing
- Fixed rare notification crashing
- Fixed popup errors stacking if sign in failed
October 17, 2011 1:18 am AEST
Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.
Version 0.9.0.0 release notes:
- Introducing ads and MetroTwit Plus – check blog for more details
- Countless performance improvements and tweaks
- Added backlog feature to collate streaming updates for a single update
- Added support for selectable tweet font sizes
- Added ability to “undo retweets”
- Added loading animation to tweet columns
- Added pause indicator to columns that are paused
- Added support for viewing follow requests for private accounts
- Added ability to disable link shortening
- Added “copy tweet link” to tweet context menu
- Added grouping of retweets
- Added ability to rename columns
- Added verified account icon to tweet columns
- Changed style of tweet metadata and buttons to be more streamline
- Improved “keep scroll when refreshing” behavior
- Reduced tweet duplications in alerts and notifications
- Enhanced secure encryption of OAuth token
- Fixed Unicode text in tweets could exceed boundary of tweet
- Fixed Twitter sign in crashing when user’s computer time is not correct
- Fixed Twitter trends display
- Fixed username autocomplete behavior to be more consistent with non-alphanumeric characters
- Fixed support for Microsoft Mouse back button in popup columns
- Fixed ClearType not displaying for popup columns
- Fixed showing retweets in notifications
- Fixed pasting text from OneNote
- Fixed accidentally sending tweets while “shortening” URLs
- Fixed not being able to send multi-line tweets
- Fixed Twitter usernames not showing on search columns when display set to “full name only”
- Fixed high DPI issues for first-launch and popups
Known issues:
- When “Keep scroll position when refreshing” is enabled, scroll position when initially loading is incorrect
October 16, 2011 11:56 pm AEST
When we found out a couple of months ago Santa Claus wasn’t real, we panicked. Our business model of making a kickass Windows app in anticipation for chimneys of wrapped gifts toppled like the Twitter API under a light breeze.
Working on MetroTwit is challenging, but in a good way. We like going the extra mile (in WPF land that’s usually 1.4 miles) to add the extra layers of polish to the app which not only our users seem to notice but also enjoy. Of course, this usually takes time, a lot of time.
The truth is, we’re introducing ads to MetroTwit because we want to spend more time working on MetroTwit, adding more features and polishing more pixels and squashing more bugs.
We chose 140proof as our advertising provider because they make ads more relevant and contextual for Twitter users. Based on our own trials, most of the ads seem to be targeted to our interests (I sometimes see Microsoft ads) and fresh with new content. We also like their simple privacy policy.
For users who just can’t stand ads, we’re also introducing MetroTwit Plus – a one-off upgrade to remove ads and future access to the planned multiple-accounts support for professional users.
We know it’s been a while since our last update but we hope you will appreciate all the stuff we’ve been working on in version 0.9 (coming tonight). We have much more planned to make Twitter an even better experience on Windows (and across Windows Phone with Nest) and we hope to share them soon.
Long Zheng, David Golden and Winston Pang.
September 20, 2011 10:51 pm AEST
We want to make the best Twitter client for Windows (and Windows 8 ) and we need help developing new features, fixing bugs and porting our application to Windows RunTime (WinRT).
For us and our users, it’s all about the pixels. We are looking for an enthusiastic C# developer with a keen eye for detail who can go the extra mile for that special pixel without compromise.
- .NET 4 WPF experience (and tolerance for WPF) necessary
- XAML experience necessary
- Keen to learn new things – WinRT and .NET 4.5
- User experience design skills favorable
- Silverlight experience favorable
We are geographically diverse in Australia but welcome developers from all hemispheres and timezones as long you’re prepared to chat on IM and talk on Skype at odd hours of the day.
Since we’re just a small bootstrapped group with big ideas, we’re looking for a developer who can code for the love of the code, pixels and a profit-share from the project. Bonus baked treats are available from @winstonpang upon favorable performance.
Please send resume, samples of work and/or bribe money to [email protected].