
Solid upgrades are coming to Writer and Presenter, this week.
As a teaser, first, the new icons.
The i and A are distributed as easter eggs on both apps. The shapes also combine into W and P. iA Writer is calmer, communicating the focus of the app. Presenter night mode is default and shows the speaker on stage. Day mode is a light switch.
They are more consistent and align with the evolving platform standards. Both have been in the works behind the scenes, for a long time.
Ivory 2.2 for iOS/iPadOS is now available on the App Store! Release notes in the ALT text of the image or on the App Store.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274
2.2 for Mac is a bit behind schedule and will release in the near future. Appreciate your patience on this one!
Ivory's upcoming new navigation design is currently available to test on TestFlight!
While the design of the navigation bar has changed over the years, the core concept of how it functioned has been the same since Tweetbot v1.0 way back in 2011! We've redesigned and rebuilt Ivory’s navigation system from the ground up to be faster, easier to use, and more configurable.
This will ship in Ivory v2.2 along with some other great new features!
Happy 10th Birthday to Relay
This company is everything I ever wanted. I so desperately wanted to be a professional podcasters. Thank you so much for giving me this incredible career over the last 10 years, allowing me to live out every dream I’ve ever had
I am deeply thankful for every listener, every one of our incredibly talented hosts, and all the people who help us run this business — it amazes me that there are too many to name individually. We’re truly fortunate
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-zzrI5Cf0I/?igsh=MXRscGRmN2hxNXE3eQ==
82 likes, 1 comments - imyke on August 18, 2024: "Today, Relay turns 10 years old. I don’t think I have the right words to fully express how I feel about this milestone. I know I’m proud, I know I’m happy — and perhaps a little relieved — that we’ve reached this point. I’d like to share with you some (of the many) highlights from each of the past 10 years. 1 - My Service Award for completing my 10 years at Relay 2 - (2014) Apple features us on the front page of the Podcast Directory. We had just launched the network, so this was incredibly meaningful. 3 - (2016) Our first WWDC live show. This was the only one we held at WWDC. We called it ‘RelayCon’ as we tried to fit in as many shows as we could in to 90 minutes. 4 - (2017) WWDC had now moved to San Jose, so for this year we held a meet up at the Textiles Museum. Stephen hates this photo. I love it 😂 5 - (2018) Our first live show from the Hammer Theatre in San Jose 6 - (2019) We celebrated Relay’s 5th anniversary with a show in San Francisco. 7 - (2019) Our partnership with St. Jude began that year, as did the first ever Podcastathon. 8 - (2021) Doing the best we could for Podcastathon 3 9 - (2023) This game of Jenga may be my biggest accomplishment. IYKYK. 10 - (2024) We celebrated Relay’s 10 with our largest live show ever at the Hackney Empire in London. Thank you all for your support over this past decade. You’ve made all my dreams a reality.".

Someone recently asked if I could make a blueprint-style icon for Ivory to use for TestFlight versions of the app. Figured that's probably useful in some cases so this is what I have so far. Will continue to iterate on it a bit until the next update.
*I should note that this icon will be available for anyone to use. It's just going to be another alternate icon.