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.