May 7, 2011 3:00 am AEST
Since we launched MetroTwit those months ago, one of the most common feedback we’ve heard is “MetroTwit is great on Windows, do you have a Windows Phone 7 app?”. Of course, we share the same need with our users to access Twitter on a range of platforms which is why we’re proud to announce “The Nest” partnership with Rowi.
Not long ago, many of us fell in love with Rowi for Windows Phone 7. In many ways, it reminded us of MetroTwit and our own design goals. Soon after opening a dialog with Rowi’s developers, we knew it would be far more beneficial for us and our users to enjoy full-featured applications on each platform, with the synergy often found in cross-platform applications.
Over the past few days, we’ve been designing “The Nest“, a cloud-based backend that will support the syncing of configuration and state data across clients (the first of its kind we believe). In the first version we’ll be focusing on column configurations and the unread tweet state.
An additional feature of the system is that it can also work as a backup service for individual clients, saving the state if the user should use multiple installations or reinstall the software.
We hope to deliver “The Nest” support very soon with the next updates of both MetroTwit and Rowi making it easier to keep up with Twitter at the PC and on the go.
April 30, 2011 12:46 am AEST
Since the in-app updater is broken, please use the workaround to receive this MetroTwit update.
Version 0.7.1.0 release notes:
- Fixed in-app updater not automatically checking for updates and applying updates
- Fixed not able to copy direct messages and tweets in search columns
- Fixed favourites column not displaying any tweets
- Fixed username autocomplete not properly populated
- Fixed autocomplete not automatically scrolling to selected item
- Fixed user avatars randomly failing to display
- Fixed “Follow” button appearing on own profile
- Fixed crash when viewing conversations from search columns
April 29, 2011 1:08 am AEST
Between adding media previews and polishing pixels, it’s now apparent we accidentally broke the automatic update functionality in the latest versions of MetroTwit. We need your help.
- The application now will not check for updates when starting up.
- The application now will not update on-demand.
- If you are using version 0.7.0.0 or 0.7.0.1, please follow the following instructions to upgrade to 0.7.1.0.
Luckily, there is a workaround.
- Start MetroTwit.
- Open the “Settings” panel.
- Click “Check for updates”. Wait a few seconds (you will not see any prompts).
- Close and restart MetroTwit.
- You should be notified of an update by “ClickOnce”, install the update.
If these steps do not work, please kindly uninstall and install MetroTwit again. Your login and settings will not be lost.
We are hoping to push out an update (tentatively v0.7.1.0) as soon as possible (we hope within days) to restore the update functionality. We have released the update.
We recommend you follow our Twitter account @metrotwitapp to be notified of it when it is available, since you won’t receive any notifications in-app. You will need to use this workaround to apply that update.
We sincerely apologize for this issue and hope you’ll be able to enjoy all the features we plan to deliver in the future.
– David Golden, Winston Pang, Long Zheng
April 28, 2011 3:54 am AEST
Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.
Version 0.7.0.1 release notes:
- Fixed crashing when displaying video media previews (ex. YouTube)
Known issues:
- Favourites column does not display any tweets. We are looking into this for the next update.
April 28, 2011 12:44 am AEST
Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.
Version 0.7.0.0 release notes:
- Added previews for third-party media services (ex. YouTube, TwitPic)
- Added inline popup UI elements for non-modal workflow
- Added icon to timeline to indicate tweet from protected account
- Added ability to block/report user when viewing tweets
- Changed styling of various controls to be more consistent with Metro design style
- Changed styling of retweet label to be less distracting
- Changed copying tweet text to include author username
- Fixed memory leaks after displaying notifications
- Fixed removing tweets from blocked/reported users
- Fixed losing keyboard focus when writing new tweet
- Fixed saving tweet read state across sessions
- Fixed pinning not immediately displaying the column
- Fixed autocomplete not selecting the optimal result
- Fixed styling of popup columns to stand out more
- Fixed adding/editing trends not displayed correctly
- Fixed popup columns not aligned correctly under high DPI
- Fixed various elements not displaying correctly under high DPI
- Fixed mark tweet as read not working if selected tweet was a retweet
- Fixed being able to pin a conversation column
- Fixed touch panning support in settings
- Fixed some scenarios where direct messages would not send
- Fixed bug consuming excessive Twitter API calls when composing direct messages
- Fixed “Find API key” link for URL shorteners not working
Known issues:
- Opening video media previews (ex. YouTube) may crash MetroTwit. We’re aware of this issue and trying to fix it as soon as possible.