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The Comeback Tour: v1.2.0.1

Emergency hotfix. P.S. Not really coming back.

Release notes:

  • Fixed Twitter API issue due to POODLE SSL vulnerability

All hail Lord Helix: v1.2.0.0

This is the final update upon the MetroTwit for Desktop end-of-life. For more information, read the announcement on our blog.

Release notes:

  • Added support for custom Twitter API tokens
  • Added cross-account retweeting
  • Fixed mentions not loading when there are no new mentions
  • Fixed crashes with keyboard navigation
  • Fixed scrolling performance with lots of images
  • Fixed other rare crashes
  • Fixed unfollowing users
  • Whole new window-ing system that should reduce the bugs related to moving/resizing the window
  • Removed yFrog image service and defaulted Twitter Pic
  • Added scrolling buttons to accounts list
  • Fixed activity popup crashing on double click
  • Fixed DMs with links not showing
  • Added user app filtering: use with @username:appname (ex. @JohnDoe:Spotify)
  • Tweaked menu button placement in small windows
  • Tweaked popup column positioning
  • Fixed “view conversation” link disappearing after clicking
  • Fixed Twitter photo thumbnail quality
  • Added support for narrow window sizes
  • Fixed TwitPic previews
  • Tweaked theme style
  • Fixed TwitPic and yFrog uploads failing
  • Changed media previews to be bigger size
  • Fixed some Twitter streaming issues
  • Fixed manual refresh

The Australian tax: v1.1.0.3076

Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.

Version 1.1.0.3076 release notes:

  • Fixed tweet counter not counting image upload

The Twitter apocalypse: v1.1.0.3075

Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.

Version 1.1.0.3075 release notes:

  • Updated to utilize Twitter API 1.1
  • Added retweet blocking in searches
  • Refreshed user interface style
  • Many performance improvements
  • Fixed crash when displaying some Unicode tweets with usernames, hashtags or links
  • Changed layout for consistency with Twitter’s new display guidelines
  • Changed default notifications to only mentions and direct messages
  • Added native Twitter picture, YouTube, Instagram, SkyDrive previews
  • Added support for native Twitter Pic upload (existing users must change their Services setting)
  • Added support for SHIFT+mouse for horizontal scroll
  • Added support for Microsoft .NET 4.5 – read additional explanation here
  • Added checkbox option for pressing ENTER to send tweet
  • Added user avatar to notifications
  • Added “unsubscribe” to followed lists
  • Changed all API endpoints to SSL
  • Removed hover-to-expand shortened URLs
  • Removed “public tweets” and “retweets by me” columns as they are no longer supported by Twitter
  • Fixed tweet counter for new URL length
  • Fixed deleting direct messages
  • Fixed possible crash when resuming app from extended idle
  • Fixed issue when typing and pressing ENTER to quickly submitting incomplete tweet
  • Improved handling of Twitter rate limit and Twitter API errors
  • Fixed report tweet as spam error
  • Fixed filtering text in URLs
  • Fixed showing blocked users in lists
  • Fixed geotagged Tweet map not displaying correct location
  • Fixed more clicking unread marker that caused app to crash
  • Fixed significant performance and memory issues
  • Removed support for Windows XP
  • Fixed update changelog not displaying
  • Fixed not being to add or remove accounts in certain scenarios
  • Fixed sent DMs show as unread
  • Fixed Windows 8 Aero coloring
  • Added window border to Windows 8
  • Fixed crash if Twitter entities not returning properly
  • Fixed notifications grouping if notification already showing
  • Fixed ads not displaying properly
  • Fixed sometimes clicking links in notifications opening two browser windows
  • Fixed crashing when scrolling with unread marker or PageUp/PageDown
  • Fixed “added to list” grammar in activities
  • Fixed long “my list” names
  • Fixed “Worldwide” trend to top of trends list dropdown

No easter eggs included: v1.0.1.0

Use the in-app updater to receive this MetroTwit update.

Version 1.0.1.0 release notes:

  • Added CTRL+D keyboard shortcut for tweet favoriting
  • Added show retweets option for list columns
  • Added color accent previews
  • Fixed user profile long bios to fixed size
  • Fixed daily and weekly trends
  • Fixed favoriting own tweets not showing star
  • Fixed rare crash on application close
  • Fixed some columns incorrectly adding to taskbar count
  • Fixed filtering not accepting multiple words
  • Fixed “My retweets” column not showing clickable links
  • Fixed ads refresh rate for multiple account users
  • Attempted fix for crashing when blocking users
  • Fixed crashing when Twitter application access revoked for any application
  • Attempted fix for media previews to fit in very small displays
  • Fixed left/right arrow crashing when switching to empty column
  • Fixed rare crash on removing accounts
  • Fixed “open in browser” opening blank tabs
  • Fixed multiple Twitter activities duplication after multiple streams running
  • Fixed backlog flushing crash
  • Fixed rare inline error crash
  • Fixed rare media preview crash
  • Fixed block user tweets showing in search
  • Fixed removing corrupted cache items
  • Fixed blocked users retweets showing up in columns
  • Attempted fix for aggregate exceptions crashes
  • Attempted fix null twitter stream event
  • Fixed ad “share tweet” not working
  • Fixed changing themes causes new tweets to not be rendered
  • Attempted fix for crash with status deleted collection
  • Fixed settings multi-account horizontal scrolling overflow
  • Fixed combobox dark theme color for Windows 8 Aero Basic
  • Fixed Aero theme changing
  • Fixed TwitLonger setting not saving
  • Fixed infinite loop CPU/API usage when viewing conversation of protected account
  • Fixed random white pixels in UI caused by planets aligning and WPF
  • Fixed settings screen hiding sidebar preview when no image selected