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Marton Jul 18, 2024

Ivory by Tapbots

And like that, Ivory 2.1 is available on the App Store! Automatic updates roll out slowly over a week so if you want to grab it now, just head to the app store page and download:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274

(Release notes are in the ALT text and App Store page.)

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Tim Johnsen Jul 18, 2024

@ivory whoa that was fast

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@ivory nice @johnvoorhees cameo

Albert Kinng Jul 18, 2024

@ivory How things going after the ‘end of Twitter’ roller coaster event? Did Ivory could position itself at the top as we all envisioned? I hope you answer yes, I just don’t know the internal reports. Your app rocks.

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@Albertkinng We are surviving. 🙂 Times are definitely different, but glad we can continue to do what we love to do.

Albert Kinng Jul 18, 2024

@ivory Same here. Cruise control mode with food on our tables and a roof over our heads. Can’t complaint either, but I miss the good old days, I tell you that. Hope to build something to move a little more from the ‘surviving mode’ and keep doing what I love. Life’s good.

Tim Chambers Jul 18, 2024

@ivory Woo hoo!

David Collantes Jul 18, 2024

@ivory could you tell us why we can't use you with other Mastodon API (I can't stress this enough: I am talking about servers that adhere to Mastodon API specifications, precisely to take advantage of clients that only work with Mastodon APIs) alike ActivityPub servers? That truly limits your user base.

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@david Because our app is based on Twitter and the whole system is designed around numeric post ID's. We were able to quickly pivot to Mastodon because it also only uses numeric post ID's. Some other ActivityPub services use AlphaNumeric ID's which completely fail in our app because it wasn't designed for them. We plan to look into what it's going to take to redo our low level systems to support them when we have more time.

David Collantes Jul 18, 2024

@ivory thank you so much for the explanation. Each time I've reached out in the past you have not let me down (customer service wise), and I truly appreciate that.

"We plan to look into what it's going to take to redo our low level systems to support them when we have more time.

I look forward for that time to come; you have a certain, latent, waiting customer in me.

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@david We would absolutely love to get more customers and we know this issue prohibits many from using our app. It's just going to require a lot of dedicated time to do and right now we have to get new features out to our current subscribers. There will be a time when Ivory is feeling much more mature and we'll have more time to take on these issues. 🙂

@ivory how much for an IAP to get all posts to render like this wonderful bento box with the rounded corners and drop shadows

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@ivory I can give you $5

Garrett Jul 18, 2024

Robert Jan Schutten Jul 18, 2024

@b3ll @ivory 3.50

@ivory
wish I had an iOS so I can try this one 🙂.

Rachel Greenham Jul 18, 2024

@stu @ivory macOS has the same update 😇

@StrangeNoises I know but I don't have any Mac's with new macOS 😬

Rachel Greenham Jul 18, 2024

@stu @ivory well, you see, that would be designated: an error. 😁

@ivory Ice Cubes is working so badly that I think I might break down and come back to you 😂

@ivory ech. It was quick; I didn't have to wait long. Hello again!

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@maotsu Can we ask what the primary reason for leaving was in the first place? 🙂 Hopefully it's been solved or on our list to solve.

@ivory There wasn't any major reason. My annual subscription ended, and I was simply using Mastodon less frequently at the time. Hence, Ice Cubes. But I'm back here again and also returning to Ivory 😁

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@ivory ❤️

teachpaperless Jul 18, 2024

@ivory any plans for a Android version?

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@Cstnskld Unfortunately we only develop for Apple's hardware. It's what we know best.

teachpaperless Jul 18, 2024

@ivory gotcha. Too bad, there's literally billions of us missing out 🙃

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@Cstnskld Oh we know. I think we saw some stats that there are far more Android users on Mastodon than iOS. 🫣 But we are a very small team and just want to focus on doing what we do best.

🌧️ Jay Holler 🌧️Jul 18, 2024

@ivory love the native translation support!! So slick!

Marc Etienne Jul 18, 2024

@ivory thanks for still supporting my iPad Air 2! The battery may no longer have any oomph, but it's still my bedside reader.

Matthias Ott Jul 18, 2024

@ivory Author bylines! 💚👏🔥

Aegir Jul 18, 2024

@ivory Apple translation! 🥰

DaveP Jul 18, 2024

@ivory Any new icons on the roadmap?

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@Davepbass Not yet. We actually have to go through all the current ones and optimize each one for iOS18's dark/tinted modes. That will be a little project on it's own. But if we do find inspiration along the way, it's possible? 🙂

DaveP Jul 18, 2024

@ivory Gotcha! Thanks for all the hard work.

Mario Jul 18, 2024

@ivory bylines are amazing! Thanks!

derekheld Jul 18, 2024

@ivory language translation!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Kornel Jul 18, 2024

@ivory I'm on roaming, and I appreciate the update size!

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@kornel well that just makes it seem like we didn’t do much. 😅

Gabriel N Jul 19, 2024

@ivory @kornel don't say that, 640 kB is half a 1.44 floppy, you can fit a lot on that

StarTracker Jul 18, 2024

@ivory I’ve been hoping for native translation support for so long, thank you! (Genuinely!)

justforfun Jul 19, 2024

@ivory
I’ve resisted getting any kind of 3rd party app and have been using web since day one, but this is sooooo much better.

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@justforfun We appreciate it! Still lots of work to be done though so expect great things to come. 🙂

David G. Smith Jul 19, 2024

@ivory YMMV, and just FYI, for me, iOS and macOS updated to 2.1, no problem. But, for reasons unknown, my iPadOS update hung. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Good news: Reboot/retry and it worked! 🎉

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@iDGS Going to blame that one on the App Store. 😝 Glad all it needed was a reboot.

@ivory beautiful thank you guys for your hardworking efforts to keep this app great! #ivoryapp

मानस Mānas مانس Jul 19, 2024

@ivory still hoping to see ability to compose and draft threads in the app

Ivory by Tapbots

@manas it’s planned eventually. Just not now as it’s going to be a big project.

John Siracusa Jul 19, 2024

@ivory I think I liked it better when the account switcher showed all accounts (including the active one) because then the account positions in the menu were stable.

Ivory by Tapbots

@siracusa yea that’s one slight drawback. But we received far too many support inquiries as to why the active button didn’t do anything and it made the menu feel unnecessarily busy. We’ve been living with the change for a bit now and feel like it’s an improvement overall. But will definitely keep an eye on feedback over time and can re-evaluate in the future.

Ehler Jul 19, 2024

@ivory @siracusa Unlike Twitter, I have a few accounts I'm 'sitting on' logged in that look pretty similar at a glance. Not saying that my ‘user story’ (am I using that right?) is the 'right' one though.

Lex Friedman Jul 19, 2024

@ivory @siracusa co signing John’s take

Mutesplash Jul 19, 2024

@ivory @siracusa The active button cooooould take you to the account page and free up toolbar spot...

Steven Jackson Jul 19, 2024

@siracusa @ivory I agree with John.

𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔 Jul 19, 2024

@siracusa @ivory May I chip in my 2c: maybe the animation could be a bit faster?

@siracusa @ivory +1 for returning to the old behavior or adding a switch to settings!