Kiwi Changelog

What's new in Kiwi 3.2.0 Build 1529

Feb 11, 2014
  • Choose fonts.
  • Disable unused timelines.
  • Improved handling of embedded links
  • Improved timeline marker support
  • Many bug fixes and UI improvements

New in Kiwi 3.1.0 Build 1492 (Jul 1, 2013)

  • Services:
  • New - Support for Instapaper and Readability.
  • IMPROVED - Many more image types display inline including Instagram and YouTube.
  • Links:
  • New - You can now create custom links using Markdown.
  • IMPROVED - Links display without a bracketed domain name. The entire URL is always displayed in a tooltip.
  • IMPROVED - Long links display shortened with an ellipsis. The entire URL is always shown in a tooltip.
  • Stream Markers:
  • New - The current stream marker is displayed in the Home and Mentions timelines.
  • IMPROVED - Stream markers now write before your Mac sleeps and read a little while after it wakes.
  • IMPROVED - "Sticks to Top" preference stops sticking when the timeline is not visible.
  • IMPROVED - Private message timelines scroll to new messages.
  • FIXED - Your own private messages are no longer marked as unread.
  • User Interface:
  • New - The client that created a post is displayed in the detail view.
  • New - More post copying options are now in the Edit menu.
  • IMPROVED - The New Post menu is now active even when the main window is closed.
  • IMPROVED - The Timeline menus (Cmd-1 - Cmd-5) now open the main window first.
  • IMPROVED - Spacebar now opens the QuickLook window on posts with embedded media.
  • IMPROVED - Inline images display on reposts.
  • IMPROVED - Inline images display on private messages.
  • And More:
  • IMPROVED - Improved support for Mavericks.
  • FIXED - You can drag and drop text into the post window.
  • FIXED - Long user names no longer sometimes overlap with the post date.
  • FIXED - Pasting images now uploads them as PNGs.

New in Kiwi 3.0.2 Build 1308 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • New - Cross posting can now be enabled per post.
  • New - Cross posting controls show the tweet length.
  • New - Image attachments default to ADN file storage.
  • New - You can now drag images into the post window to upload.
  • New - You can now paste images into the post window to upload.
  • New - You can now reverse the direction of swipe gestures.
  • New - Marker log window for developers. Ask @isaiah if you're interested.
  • Improvement - Youtube, Instagram, and Img.ly links show inline previews.
  • Improvement - Links to ADN posts are handled by Kiwi rather than opening the browser.
  • Improvement - Bigger sign-in window to accommodate long errors from ADN's two factor auth system.
  • Improvement - Image viewer is more zoomeriffic.
  • Improvement - Clarus says moof.
  • Improvement - Background timelines use fewer memory and bandwidth resources.
  • Improvement - Kiwi displays a few more posts in the Home timeline.
  • Fix - Link entities with single quote characters are no longer truncated.
  • Fix - When reposting an already reposted post, the ribbon is no longer missing.
  • Fix - Private messages will display attached images.
  • Fix - You can now star and reply to your own posts using menu items.
  • Fix - Avoid locking Twitter accounts db. Work around locks that already exist.
  • Fix - Fixed a crash that occurred after using the QuickLook preview window.
  • Fix - Fixed a crash that occurred when a stream marker write fails.
  • Fix - Many stability improvements.

New in Kiwi 3.0.1 Build 1125 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • Hashtag Search added to the Post menu.
  • Kiwi now registers the kiwi:// URL scheme with Mac OS X.
  • Kiwi attempts to use the integrated graphics chips in certain MBPs.
  • User image cache improvements.
  • Many stability improvements.
  • User images are less flashy.
  • Turned down the update rate on Global.
  • Timeline again prunes posts from the bottom rather than randomly creating gaps.

New in Kiwi 3.0.0 Build 1072 (Feb 28, 2013)

  • Wandering post windows have been fenced in and should now stay where they're put.
  • Kiwi will no longer read markers that are older than the one that it wrote.

New in Kiwi 3.0.0 Build 1063 RC2 (Feb 26, 2013)

  • Sending messages to an existing private message channel will switch to that channel after the message is sent.
  • Reply menu option works as expected again.
  • Signing out and signing in no longer confuses the signin window.
  • Kiwi no longer crashes when the menu options in the status menu are used away from the users timelines.
  • Many typos and crashes fixed.

New in Kiwi 3.0.0 Build 1047 RC1 (Feb 26, 2013)

  • Removed: Patter room support. Sorry, it was causing some difficulty for some users. It will return later as an indipendant feature.
  • Kiwi now remembers unfinished posts from your last session and restores the windows and their contents.
  • After posting a message to an open channel, the channel will scroll to the just posted message.
  • Links are now copied as plain text.
  • Message windows no longer sometimes look like you're replying to yourself.

New in Kiwi 2.0.2 Build 835 (Dec 4, 2010)

  • Autocorrection no longer prevents composing multi-character-glyphs.
  • Fix for a rare rendering race conditon.
  • Removed a source of extranious growl notifications.

New in Kiwi 2.0.1 Build 834 (Dec 4, 2010)

  • Kiwi no longer sends Growl notifications for new temporary tabs.
  • Kiwi remembers its scroll position between launches.
  • The Post window now has better support for 2-byte characters.
  • The post window no longer forces "smart" quotes.
  • Several refinements were made to the Pure and Kiwi themes.
  • Some cosmetic UI errors were fixed.
  • Deleted temporary accounts are deleted from the account window as expected.
  • Click behavior of the Gear menu in the user profile was corrected.
  • URLs no longer omits the anchor portion of the URL.
  • Cmd-Shift-F now moves the focus to the search field.

New in Kiwi 2.0.0 Build 817 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • Feature: Tabs - Drag to organize. Drag them to new windows too. Create new tabs with the + button.
  • Feature: Free - with ads.
  • Feature: Profiles - Click on a user image or name.
  • Feature: Auto-Completion - @name completion while composing new tweets.
  • Feature: Hotkeys - you can modify the global hotkeys in the preferences.
  • Feature: Reply to all - reply to all is now the default.
  • Feature: Merged Timelines - You can now choose a merged home timeline. In the account prefs, click Display.
  • Feature: Shortcuts - There are lots of new shortcuts, check the prefs for a quick reference.
  • Feature: Gestures - Trackpad swipe (three-finger on a MacBook two-figers on a Magic Trackpad) now change the account and timeline.
  • Feature: Big Avatar - Clicking on the image in the profile will now show the user image in the preview pane.
  • Feature: Fonts - The font size is now adjustable.
  • Feature: Delete tweets - check the Tweet menu or the contextual menu item.
  • Feature: Growl - Clicking on Growl notifications will select that tweet inside Kiwi.
  • Feature: Light - New, ultra basic theme: Light (the new default theme).
  • Feature: Pure - New, ultra basic theme: Pure.
  • Feature: Cmd-Click - in mentions and hash tags open a tab in the background.
  • Feature: Cmd-Click - on a user name or user image opens the user's timelines instead of the profile.
  • Feature: j.mp - Support for bit.ly's shorter short url: j.mp .
  • Improvement: Lots More - about 4X the number of tweets are loaded into the timeline than in Kiwi 1.

New in Kiwi 1.2.3 Build 646 (Jul 28, 2010)

  • Now use OAuth Echo to post images.
  • Removed Posterou and yFrog. Their authentication is not well matched for OAuth Echo requirements of Twitter.
  • Added TwitrPix and TwitGoo support.

New in Kiwi 1.2.2 Build 637 (Apr 2, 2010)

  • Correct for new search result format of Twitter API.

New in Kiwi 1.2.1 Build 636 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Perfomance improvements for scrolling and rules.
  • UX improvement when installing themes.
  • Replying to a retweet, now replies to the original author.
  • Window positioning improvements.
  • Several cosmetic fixes.

New in Kiwi 1.2.0 Build 617 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • xAuth authentication, improved rate limits, and robust connections.
  • Retweets now show original author info and images.
  • A new timeline for displaying just the retweets you've sent and received.
  • Choose to show real names, user names, or both.
  • Drag and drop images into the post view.
  • Inline image support for Ember, Brizzley, and TwitrPix.
  • Client attribution shows you which client posted each tweet.
  • Improvements:
  • No more truncated retweets.
  • Many perfomance enhancements.
  • Smoother animation.
  • Tons of other small tweaks and improvements
  • Theme API:
  • %source% template for client attribution.
  • "retweet" class for API retweets.
  • %retweet-image% template for the image of the retweet-author.
  • "direct" class direct messages.
  • Favorite button and class allow adding favorites to any theme.
  • Plus lots more, see the API reference for more info.