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Socialite Changelog

What's new in Socialite 1.5.4 Build 7848

Jun 22, 2013
  • Fixes Twitter search following Twitter API 1.1 changes
  • Removes support for adding new Google Reader accounts. Old account still work, probably until Google shuts down the service on July 1st. We're currently waiting to see if other RSS services will support Google Reader API for subscription and syncing. One such candidate is Feedly.com. It's a good service and they're working on a Google Reader-compatible API. They can migrate your Google Reader account to their service, too.

New in Socialite 1.5.3 Build 7844 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • Switched to Twitter API version 1.1.
  • Removed Retweets container (may slow down first launch)
  • Improvements to Flickr logins

New in Socialite 1.5.2 Build 7834 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • This release should fix Facebook authentication loop problem that some customers experience.

New in Socialite 1.5.1 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Fixes problems with RSS service, caused by sandboxing.

New in Socialite 1.5 Build 7820 (Oct 2, 2012)

  • Socialite is now a 64-bit application. Previous versions were only 32-bit. This means it's more adapted for the future and also that it won't run on the 32-bit Macs (first generation Intel machines).
  • Text is now sharp on the Retina display. Also updated the application icon for the larger size required for Retina display.
  • Flickr authentication update. Flickr is deprecating its old application authentication mechanism in favor of the more standard OAuth authentication. For you it means future support for Flickr. It also means that Socialite will ask you to authenticate your account again. Only once per a Flickr account.
  • Removed Digg service. The old Digg service was sold and discontinued. The new site is a completely different service. Most of you probably did't care about Digg by now anyway.
  • Allow increasing and descreasing font size in web view (RSS articles). This avaialble with Ctrl–+, Ctrl–- and Ctrl–0. The commands are also avaialble in the right-click menu or in the View menu. The zoom setting is remembered between relaunches of Socialite.
  • Updated Growl SDK to version 2.0. If you're using Growl 2.0, you'll now be able to forward Socialite's notifications to Mountain Lion's Notification Center. Hopefully there also should be less crashes related to the buggy Growl SDK in the previous version.
  • Add menu item "Reveal Database File" in the Help menu.
  • Security enhancements and minor bug fixes

New in Socialite 1.4.2 Build 7786 (Jun 21, 2012)

  • This version fixes several important bugs and improves Mountain Lion support:
  • Fixed constantly spinning Facebook account when sessions expire. Facebook has changed its policy and now applications get only 60 days of access to Facebook before their access tokens expire and the user has to authenticate the application again.
  • Fixed displaying of RSS and Google Reader articles on Mountain Lion
  • Embedded content (such as YouTube videos) now shows in RSS/Google Reader articles.
  • Socialite is now signed with Developer ID signature for being compatible with Mountain Lion. This also means that on the first launch of the new version the system will ask you to grant Socialite access to keychain entries. It may ask once for each separate account you have in Socialite.
  • Fixed the incorrect drawing of rows in the sidebar when rows are expanded. Previously the unread badges could be drawn too far to the right.

New in Socialite 1.4.1 Build 7781 (May 30, 2012)

  • Show full links in Twitter instead of short t.co ones
  • Restored showing of twitpic and yfrog images in the built-in image viewer for Twitter.
  • Fix font smoothing issues for some users.
  • Many important stability fixes, including ones related to Growl notification, Facebook service and more.

New in Socialite 1.4.0 Build 7766 (Feb 16, 2012)

  • Better memory management, especially when using Socialite for a long time.
  • Always show events in favorites/starred containers.
  • Fix loading in RSS URLs with "|" in URLs.
  • If there's an active filter (search), "Mark All as Read" will only mark read the filtered events.
  • Delay start of search (filtering) by about half a second to allow fast typing of search terms.
  • Twitter: user's newly posted tweets are now initially unread.
  • Facebook: user's own status updates become unread if there are new comments for them.
  • Lots of bug fixes and stability improvements
  • Updated Growl framework to version 1.3.1 SDK.

New in Socialite 1.3.9 Build 7722 (Oct 19, 2011)

  • Fix Facebook image uploading.
  • Fix Growl 1.3 support for some customers who were unable to activate the notifications.
  • Fix double Growl notification which appeared in some cases.

New in Socialite 1.3.8 Build 7719 (Oct 7, 2011)

  • Brings compatibility with Growl 1.3 (available from the Mac App Store only).
  • It also fixes an issue that some customers had which manifested itself like Google Reader and possibly other accounts weren’t saved between launches.
  • Last, it increases the number of unread articles that Socialite will fetch for each Google Reader feed from 100 to 1000. This is needed if your feeds generate more than 100 new articles between the times that you check the feeds.

New in Socialite 1.3.7 Build 7714 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • Facebook authentication converted to OAuth2. Older version of Socialite probably won’t work with Facebook from Oct 1.
  • Facebook authentication now improved, in that it now correctly handles authorization of multiple Facebook accounts from within Socialite, without the need to log out of Facebook in Safari, when adding a second account.
  • REPLY ALL: In Twitter, the “Reply” function now serves as combined “Reply All”. If other users’ accounts are mentioned in the tweet you reply to, they’ll be added to the reply and selected. You can then press right arrow to deselect the text and reply to all of them or start typing your text if you only wanted to answer to the author of the tweet.
  • Fixed some bugs with detection of URLs in tweets and status updates. Including quotes of various types and other common characters.
  • Improved the behaviour of the splitter used for quick-input and preview pane.
  • Possible workaround of a common crash case

New in Socialite 1.3.6 Build 7704 (Aug 11, 2011)

  • Facebook constantly spinning refresh indicator fix.
  • Lion Full-Screen mode support
  • Fix for unread count badges display in Lion
  • Fix for a lock-up that could sometimes occur when loading avatars
  • Fix a crash that could occur when swiping with 3 fingers for conversation view.

New in Socialite 1.3.5 Build 7693 (Jun 21, 2011)

  • Update for upcoming Twitter changes. Users who won’t see their Direct Messages or will get errors about them after June 30 will have to remove their Twitter service account from Socialite and authorize Socialite again. This is all because of a policy change at Twitter which now forces all the applications to specifically show to users that they will have read access to direct messages.
  • Fixed Twitter PIN auto-detection following Twitter’s layout changes.
  • Improved performance of Socialite at the end of refreshes, where it could beachball.
  • Allow creating Smart folders in any service, not only in Twitter.
  • Bug fix related to handling of removed feeds in RSS.
  • Increased database robustness. Handled some cases where database wasn’t saved between launches.
  • Added swipe (3 fingers) gestures support.
  • Swipe Right/Left to toggle conversation on selected status update.
  • Swipe Up for next unread, like hitting Space.
  • Swipe Down for previous unread, like hitting Shift-Space.
  • Major database cleanup is now done when Socialite quits. Users with big database should feel increased speed in the new version, after they quit it the first time.

New in Socialite 1.3.4 Build 7673 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Reverted handling of marking articles as read as it was before version 1.3.3. Now they are again marked read when selected and not when deselected.
  • Fixed authentication of Facebook pages. If you couldn’t post to your Facebook pages previously, this should fix this.
  • It’s now possible to copy selected event(s) text with Cmd-C (Copy). It will copy to clipboard the whole text of the status updates. No need to select the text with the mouse anymore.
  • Added support for Services! Services menu is now working when events or specific text in events are selected. The selected text or text of selected events (even multiple) can now be sent to Services. Services menu is available both in the Socialite menu and on right-clicking the events. Personally, I downloaded the free Translator app: http://translatorapp.tumblr.com/ and it use it now through services to translate events in foreign languages. I just right-click it and from services menu select Translate Selection.
  • Fixed clipping of refresh button. Refresh all button state (when Alt is pressed) was causing the button to loose its right edge.
  • Pressing Cmd-Enter while on event will open events in built-in web browser, separate windows. Works great for RSS articles. Also available through Event menu.
  • Added shortcut and a menu item to toggle ‘only show unread events’ button. Cmd-Alt-U will now toggle this state. Also available from View menu.
  • Added shortcut (Cmd-Y) to open currently selected photo in photo viewer window. Similar to clicking on the “enlarge” button on a photo event.
  • Added Registration… menu item in Socialite menu to show your license or access registration dialog
  • Fixed JSON decoding bug which showed {} as pp in Twitter.
  • Fix dates for Digg updates. Previously was using original article submission date. Now use the more appropriate article’s “promotion to top news” date.
  • Favorites container in Twitter accounts is now not limited by any date so you’ll be able to see them forever. Note, this will not redownload your previous favorites. You’ll need to remove and add again your twitter account for this.
  • Fix bug where tweet it! wouldn’t work in some cases on first use.

New in Socialite 1.3.3 Build 7652 (Mar 4, 2011)

  • NEW: Show user’s message to Facebook’s link status before the link description.
  • NEW: Added subscription to Socialite newsletter from within the app. Access from Socialite menu, below ‘About Socialite’.
  • CHANGE: bit.ly and j.mp URL shorteners have changed the API. If you used these services with login, you’ll need to enter your account name instead of email and API key instead of password in Socialite’s preferences for them to work. These can be found using the following link: http://bit.ly/a/your_api_key
  • FIX: Don’t loose currently read event what new events arrive and the container is set to show only unread statuses.
  • FIX: Don’t remove read events from view when the status was in more than one container (for example, in retweets and twitter timeline). This caused annoyance when reading with Space key (next unread).
  • FIX: URLs that had the # character in them couldn’t be shorted using is.gd and possibly other services.
  • CHANGE: is.gd URL shortener updated to newer API for future compatibility.
  • CHANGE: Increased text contrast in status updates.
  • FIX: Fixed Google Reader folder synchronization bug.
  • FIX: Fixed numerous data-related bugs
  • Performance improvements

New in Socialite 1.3.2 Build 7615 (Feb 7, 2011)

  • Fixed a case when database wouldn’t save Twitter account or other database changes because of seemingly bad data coming from Twitter.
  • Fixed a case where Facebook refresh wouldn’t complete. Was related to photo handling so more users might have experienced this in 1.3.1 update. If you had issues with Facebook always refreshing in 1.3.1 (but maybe not in previous versions), this should fix it.
  • Fixed another case where database wouldn’t be saved
  • Allow setting QuickSend window position. QuickSend window can now be dragged anywhere on your screen(s) and its location will be saved for future invocations. Especially useful for people with 2 displays.
  • Reduced minimum width of left sidebar to 165px.
  • Added the ability to close sidebar. On the bottom of the main window, there’s now a new button (the leftmost, near the button that toggles quick input window and the refresh button). This button will close or open the sidebar. This was a commonly asked feature.

New in Socialite 1.3 Build 7582 (Jan 6, 2011)

  • Fixes Digg integration and another bug, among several UI changes, like removing of ads and dropping HUD UI support.

New in Socialite 1.2.2 Build 7157 (Aug 25, 2010)

  • Improved error handling to work around Twitter API output issues.
  • Limited Direct Messages to 140 characters to match API behaviour (which no longer accepts DMs over 140 characters).

New in Socialite 1.2.1 Build 7154 (Jul 9, 2010)

  • Stability improvements to RSS previews when browsing Flash content, working around a known bug with Adobe Flash.

New in Socialite 1.2 Build 7151 (Jun 2, 2010)

  • Re-implemented Twitpic and Mobypicture uploading to account for changes coming to the Twitter API this month.
  • Remove yFrog + Posterous image uploading.
  • Demo mode now features unlimited accounts with Fusion Ads shown when in demo mode.
  • Minor other tweaks and improvements.

New in Socialite 1.2 Beta 2 Build 7147 (May 29, 2010)

  • When signing into a Twitter account, Twitter now always prompts you for your username and password to avoid account confusion through the ‘Stay Signed In’ option on Twitter.com
  • OAuth Echo support for TwitPic / Mobypicture
  • Remove yFrog + Posterous image uploading.
  • Demo mode now features unlimited accounts with Fusion Ads shown when in demo mode.
  • Minor other tweaks and improvements.

New in Socialite 1.1 Build 1189 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • Fixed up Twitter refresh timings, weighting the number of refreshes in favour of timelines. Some timelines such as Lists are refreshed every 3rd refresh to preserve API calls (and list syncing is done just twice an hour instead of every refresh). You may need to re-add your Twitter account to resolve authentication issues relating to this.
  • Fixed an issue with Google Reader Starred items.
  • Follow and Block options in Twitter are now condensed to the appropriate action.
  • Reworked Google Reader and RSS UI.
  • Facebook now separates (and shows) Links in the sidebar.
  • Facebook now shows wall-to-wall posts in status updates, and identified appropriately.
  • Cleanup for the content limit has moved to quit, so termination will take longer.
  • Under the hood performance tweaks when refreshing to improve UI responsiveness.
  • Users can now post to Facebook Pages they administrate.
  • Fixed an issue with Twitter authentication relating to Profile Peeks.
  • Fixed up a number of crashes relating to Direct Messages.
  • Lots of minor tweaks and enhancements.

New in Socialite 1.0.6 Build 1090 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed issues with Google Reader not updating (some users may need to re-add their Reader accounts).

New in Socialite 1.0.3 Build 1081 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • New Retweets sidebar group (note: we're not currently able to display stats such as the number of retweets on Retweets)
  • Fixed an issue with incorrect Flickr links.
  • All-new Google Reader authentication method in advance of Google's changes due in April.
  • Other small tweaks and improvements to the Reader authentication.
  • Tweaked Facebook status feed to include status updates posted via third-party clients [FB for iPhone, Tweetdeck etc]
  • Removed refresh limits on Twitter lists as the Twitter API rate limit has been increased.
  • Re-arranged the 'Retweet' and 'Quote' options on the Twitter module's More Actions menu.
  • Other small fixes and enhancements.

New in Socialite 1.0.2 Build 1013 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • Entirely re-worked Twitter, Flickr and Facebook connection system. If you were experiencing issues where you would be locked out of your account, re-adding the account to Socialite in 1.0.2 will fix this.
  • Added a new Twitter ‘My Timeline’ option, so that users can easily view just tweets from people they follow (and exclude Lists).
  • New “Quote Tweet” feature that allows users to repost (with additions) existing tweets. Please use the old-style retweet responsibly.
  • Fixed an issue which showed Profile Peek avatars upside-down.
  • Minor typo and name improvements in the application.
  • Increased character limit for Direct Messages in the Twitter plugin.
  • Bound Cmd + Return to Send DMs in the DM HUD.
  • Lots of other small fixes and enhancements.
  • Changed demo limitation to ‘2 services’. Customers who currently use the demo with three services can, however, keep using Socialite for free with three services. This limitation only applies to new libraries created.

New in Socialite 1.0.1 Build 987 (Dec 2, 2009)

  • New API key and some performance improvements to help reduce the number of Flickr calls.
  • Update to Socialite 1.0.1 and reauthorise the account in order to use Flickr.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 580 (Jul 8, 2009)

  • TwitPic support. Just drag and drop a picture into the main view.
  • Ability to like Facebook status updates.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 579 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • Changes summary: Facebook comments, stability improvements, performance improvements.
  • Bug Fixes: Fix a crasher related to Facebook comments.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 575 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Identi.ca service.
  • Digg plugin / service is now available.
  • Refresh all services when waking up from sleep.
  • TweaK shortening service.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 572 (May 13, 2009)

  • Improvements - Rename aggregation options to make it clearer.
  • Bug Fixes - Fix a performance regression related to Smart Folders.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 563 (Mar 15, 2009)

  • Fixed a networking bug.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 558 (Jan 14, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Google Reader plugin.
  • Heads-Up Display. You can find it in the Window menu in the menu bar or assign a hotkey for it in the Shortcuts pane. There are a few options which can be adjusted in the HUD preference pane.
  • Ability to deactive EventBox after you've closed the last window.
  • Ability to use custom sounds. Just put them in ~/Library/Sounds (create the folder if it does not exist) and restart EventBox. You can now choose them from the drop-down lists.
  • Ability to use the swipe gesture on new MacBook(Pro) trackpads to advance to the next or previous photo.
  • Ability to flag events for later reading.
  • Ability to automatically mark events as read as you scroll through them.
  • Ability to choose whether to display full names or usernames in Twitter.
  • Ability to close the main window when Mark All as Read is pressed.
  • Ability to follow / unfollow Twitter users from within EventBox.
  • Ability to block / unblock Twitter users from within EventBox.
  • Ability to shrink long messages using tweetshrink.com. Use Cmd-Shift-S in a text box.
  • Username auto-completion for Twitter. Just start typing a username (including the @) and press Escape to get a list of completions.
  • A manual is now included.
  • Improvements:
  • URL shortening now works when composing Direct Messages.
  • Show a warning when trying to Profile Peek a protected user.
  • An option to refresh the Unread container when Mark All as Read is pressed.
  • The Go To menu now shows the titles of the enabled items.
  • Improve the visual feedback for Direct Messages.
  • You can now re-order sidebar items within the plugins.
  • @username and #search are now handled within the application.
  • Text box input now has a clear button.
  • Use a pressed down icon for the menu bar item.
  • Tweak the Direct Message window.
  • The feedback reporter now remembers the email used so you don't have to retype it.
  • Ability to have custom sounds. Bug Fixes
  • Facebook service now asks whether you want to have the option to remember your password.
  • Fix a bug with Twitter searches not getting refreshed if they contained a space. You will need to delete your old searches and re-create them for them to start refreshing properly.
  • Fix memory leaks.
  • Fix a bug with favorites in Profile Peeks (Twitter).
  • Re-enable crash report generation.
  • Fix a bug with the hand mouse cursor not being shown in certain cases.
  • Fix Unicode decoding bugs which affected mostly Japanese and other high Unicode characters.
  • Fix a crasher bug which would randomly crash EventBox.
  • Fix a bug where the dock unread badge was not updated when enabling / disabling plugins.
  • Retweet in Unread container has been fixed.
  • Fix a bug when Profile Peek-ing a user with a protected profile.
  • Fix a bug when trying to refresh a container which is not associated with a plugin.
  • Fix a an issue with loading many avatars and beachballing.
  • Fix a bug with re-arranging plugins and disabling a moved one.
  • Fix URL parser in the cases when the URL ended in a bracket.
  • Fix the Twitter username parser to not include the punctuation after the username.
  • Fix a bug when pressing "Mark All as Read" when no container is selected.
  • Fix a bug where some RSS/Atom feeds were not detected.
  • Fix a single @ being detected as a username.
  • Fix a bug related to Twitter reply links.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 557 (Dec 15, 2008)

  • New Features:
  • Displaying of Emoji.
  • Twitter favorites.
  • Twitter search.
  • Twitter profile peek.
  • Ability to open links in events using a keyboard shortcut (Cmd-Right Arrow). You can customize it in the Shortcuts pane in Preferences.
  • Ability to disable automatic mark as read when you select an event (under Shortcuts in Preferences).
  • Ability to send crash reports. You can manually trigger a check by using Send Crash Reports in the menu bar (under EventBox). Alternatively, EventBox automatically checks every 10 minutes.
  • Ability to expand shortened URLs. Right-click on an Event and select Expand URLs.
  • Improvements:
  • Avatars can be shown in Growl notifications (option in the Growl preference pane).
  • The ability to disable automatic insertion of @username in Twitter.
  • The ability to disable dock icon bounces on an application level.
  • Remove the redundant second top bar. The unread count has been moved to the bottom bar.
  • More intelligent Twitter API usage. If you set the refresh rate to a short interval only your friends timeline will be refreshed each time and DMs/searches/global replies will be refreshed less often.
  • You can now submit all of the text inputs in the input area using Cmd-Return. (Some of them are submittable by just using Return, e.g. Twitter).
  • Ability to open the comments page for Reddit events.
  • Cmd-Up Arrow and Cmd-Down Arrow now focus the first and last event respectively.
  • Dates are displayed as relative.
  • Increase Twitter fetch limit to 200.
  • Switching to a sidebar item using the keyboard shortcuts will display the main window if it's hidden.
  • Using the "Show EventBox" hotkey will hide the main window if it's focused.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix spacing issues in Twitter events.
  • HTML entities in Flickr are now decoded.
  • HTTPS links are now highlighted.
  • Fix a problem with big user avatars.
  • Fix a problem with the ability to assign Cmd-E.
  • Fix a problem with the ability to re-assign Cmd-L.
  • Remember the RSS preview length.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 553 (Dec 1, 2008)

  • New Features:
  • Ability to customize almost all keyboard shortcuts (access via Shortcuts pane in Preferences).
  • Improvements:
  • Show a spinner while shortening a URL.

New in Socialite 1.0 Beta Build 546 (Nov 15, 2008)

  • New features:
  • Right-clicking on a event reveals a "Copy Link" menu item which will copy the event's permalink to the clipboard.
  • Shift-Space now goes to the previous unread item (while the events view is focused).
  • Toggle the input area by pressing Cmd-Shift-I.
  • You can know refresh all services by right-clicking the dock icon.
  • An unread sidebar item which only contains unread events.
  • Ability to set the refresh interval on a per service level.
  • You can navigate use Cmd-1 to Cmd-9 to directly change the currently selected sidebar item.
  • Improvements:
  • The name of the feed for a post is now shown at the bottom (old posts will still have the title with the feed name but -any new events will not).
  • Change the selection color for status events (Twitter, Pownce).
  • An improved text field for Twitter, Pownce, etc. It now allows you to enter as much text as you want and shows a warning if you have gone over the limit. No more beeping.
  • Raise the limit of the public Twitter container to 250.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Pressing the reply button now correctly focuses the text input field.
  • Entity decode Twitter messages (i.e., you can now see characters like < and > etc).