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Why does your itch desktop client look different? We shipped a major update! itch is faster and cleaner than ever before and we talked to the mind behind on these updates to find out what this means for you. https://itch.io/blog/48365/meet-the-new-and-improved-itch-app
Meet the new and improved itch app!

In case you hadn't heard: our desktop client, is new, improved, and lightning fast! Our engineer Amos has been working on this update for what feels like forever and the results are incredible. The ap

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Show threadMike T 🌈🔫🕺⚔Sep 13, 2018
@itchio WHoa! I just tooted this. 
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@viTekiM you win this one mike!
Show threadMike T 🌈🔫🕺⚔Sep 13, 2018

@itchio Yes! Front page feature all my games from now on.

(That's how this works right?)

Show threadMike T 🌈🔫🕺⚔Sep 13, 2018
@itchio In all seriousness. I love the app and butler! So happy to know it's getting even better. Great work @fasterthanlime !
Show thread🛄 chitter.xyzSep 13, 2018
@itchio that on linux too?
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@Efi yes! https://itch.io/docs/itch/installing/linux/
Installing on Linux · The itch.io app book

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Show threadFlorianSep 13, 2018
@Efi @itchio I've been using the beta for a week or so now so certainly!
Show threadChris (moving to jade.moe)Sep 13, 2018
@itchio Will there be a flatpak release?
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@brainblasted I'm not planning on it. I've been following the various "app container" formats, and I just don't have the resources to support them right now. The app ships with its own updater, its own sandboxing, it's sorta hard to retrofit into what flatpak/snap/appimage expect. ^amos
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@brainblasted I'm sure this isn't the last time this will get asked, tbf. And since everything is open-source, there's nothing preventing people from making their own builds, packaged however they want. They just won't be officially supported, because we need to know that we're able to push updates swiftly to all platforms we support. ^amos
Show threadChris (moving to jade.moe)Sep 13, 2018
@itchio Is there a way to turn off the updater during the build process? I might be able to put together a flapak manifest
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@brainblasted you'll probably want to look at:
https://github.com/itchio/itch/blob/40c54ab82d16d33996ebd55f0ac7eb7ac8db8159/src/main/broth/manager.ts#L21
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Show threadArthur LutzSep 13, 2018
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Congrats to all the devs and kudos for being on mastodon
Show threadjosh g.Sep 13, 2018
@itchio Will the old app update itself to this eventually?
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@joshg @itchio nope, the installer changed completely. Gotta download from https://itch.io/app this time
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Show threadjosh g.Sep 13, 2018
@itchio k, will do. Looks great!
Show threadjosh g.Sep 13, 2018
@itchio do I need to uninstall games too? Or will it find previous installed stuff?
Show threaditch.ioSep 13, 2018
@joshg it is designed to import game installs performed on previous versions of the app. They may take a little while to show up.
Show threadjosh g.Sep 13, 2018
@itchio awesome, thanks!