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Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

Ivory v2.0 is now available on the App Store! If you don't see it in your updates list right away, you can download the update here: apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

More detailed change list is in the ALT text and on our App Store page.

Image showing the major new features of Ivory 2.0.

2.0 Release Notes:

- Hashtag Lists! You can now add up to 4 hashtags to a list to create custom hashtag-based timelines. 
- Redesigned Hashtags Tab. Better organization so it’s easier to find what you are looking for.
- Brand new Share Sheet Extension! We know it wasn’t a very high bar to improve it.
- New media view in post details.
- New Behavior to change context menu order. You know those menus that pop up in reverse order depending on where the button is on screen? Well now you can set it the way you prefer and can stop yelling at us in frustration!
- Added subtle shadow to media overlay buttons for better visibility on light images.
- Added option (hold down on link) to force open URL in Ivory if you know it is an ActivityPub URL, but Ivory can’t detect it.
- Fixed the disappearing drafts bug (we hope!)
- Fixed the issue with uploading vertical video.
- Improvements to video uploads.
- Fixed the bug where searching for certain strings would cause a crash.
- Bug fixes related to opening links in Ivory or in Safari instead.
- Various other bug fixes
83 comments
Jiri R.

@ivory Thanks for the update! “Browse other instances” soon please 🙏

Daniel :nixos:

@ivory Since it’s a new major release, I have to ask: Does it handle non-numeric status IDs?

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@daniel No. We aren't going to tackle that until we are done with all the major features/improvements that affect all users. That will be a huge undertaking.

Dominic Hopton

@ivory @daniel what’s the context on why/when non-numeric ids will be impactful?

Daniel :nixos:

@grork @ivory Short version: It doesn’t affect Mastodon itself, but other server implementations (one ex. being all the Misskey forks) provide a Mastodon-compatible API that uses alphanumeric status IDs, which is the main reason why Ivory doesn’t work with non-Mastodon servers.

The Mastodon spec states that status IDs are not guaranteed to be numeric, they just are in practice: docs.joinmastodon.org/entities

Jiri R.

@ivory @daniel What’s weird (actually good) is that accounts from those instances can be followed and display properly in the timeline. Could we use accounts in those instances maybe in read-only mode? I’m just curious what’s the issue there.

Mike Lapidakis

@ivory @daniel Would love to see this as well! Hoping for support for @gotosocial in the future.

MDonaldson →

@ivory

thank you so much for making it easier to boost from another account on MacOS! 🚀

Spooky-Scary Weston 💀

@ivory should hashtag lists sync? I don’t see them syncing at the moment.

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@weston They do not at the moment. We wanted to make sure there aren't any issues with it first as well as hear customer feedback overall.

Elliot Shank

@ivory @weston Ouch. 😞

Still, I understand development takes time.

Thinking I should include the Apple platform in the list name to avoid issues when synchronization does get implemented…

Machiel

@ivory subscription is really paying off, cheers guys.

David N

@ivory Thanks! I love your attention to details.

Jay

@ivory pretty darn good! As always: Premium Quality

David Collantes 🪷

@ivory the fact that only, and exclusively, works with Mastodon servers limits the usage spectrum. Many other servers implement, and adhere to, Mastodon’s APIs.

さよなら皆さん

@ivory thank goodness for the share sheet update!!

Sven Kietzke

@ivory Thanks! Is there a way to restrict hashtag lists to specific languages?

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@cinekie I don't think so at this time. Eventually we want to have language filters in our timeline filters and that’s probably the route you'd be able to take to accomplish this in the future.

Jae Bloom

@ivory Awesome job as always! Continues to be the favourite Mastodon client for @jsbilsbrough and me. I though sometimes say “have you seen my Ivory post?” Or “Just posted our Ivory”.

Jay Holler

@ivory one thing I notice is the new share sheet doesn’t seem to autocomplete mentions anymore. Is that coming back? I often tag friends when using the share sheet. I also noticed a weird thing going on with spelling suggestions popping up above and outside the text entry field.

A screenshot of the new share sheet extension in Ivory 2.0 for iOS, showing spelling suggestions popping up g up way outside the text entry field, almost off the screen at the top edge.
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@jay It could come back in the future. We wanted to get a solid base out and hear feedback from users. Thanks for that bug. Will look into it.

Jay Holler

@ivory I can send email through the support account if it helps with more details.

Michael Flanagan

@ivory love the mobile app but was very close to deleting this when I saw no option or mention of multi-column support.

Figured I *must* have gotten that wrong so went back and searched and found there is a disabled option in the 'View' menu to add a column (I'd already searched through Settings for it), so I guess that just requires a subscription?

TBH I'm still apprehensive about subscribing without trying that first. Seems strange that you'd hide that away.

Just fyi, I suppose :-).

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@michaelflanagan There's only support for columns on the iPad and it's a single column. iPadOS has the ability to run multiple instances of an app side by side which works. There's no multi-column support on iOS as phones are way too small for that and we don't support landscape mode in Ivory.

Michael Flanagan

@ivory oh, I see. Maybe I'm confusing iPad/iOS/MacOS apps then. It was the MacOS app I was referring to (I already use and like the iOS app very much, no need for multi-column there).

Is there not multi-column on the MacOS app? The option to add a column seems to be there (greyed-out) in the View menu but I don't see mention of it anywhere else. I'm only guessing that it's a subscriber only feature.

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@michaelflanagan Ah yes. On Mac you can set up to 6 columns per window and yes it's disabled when not subscribed. If you haven't already, we highly recommend going through the trial period. If that's available to you, subscribe, and then immediately go into your subscription settings and unsubscribe. That way you won't forget later. You'll get to use the app completely during the trial period and it will just expire after 7 days.

Abhishek Meena

Weird question but do you mind me asking what is Ivory? What does it do? Is it available on play store?

hmelman

@ivory Do filters (muting) work with hashtag lists? They don't seem to for me on a quick check. I have a user muted and they appear in a hashtag list, same for a muted hashtag (I see exclude hashtags in the hashtag list dialog).

My test case is following the #NYGiants and #Giants but not the #SFGiants in the #MLB.

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@hmelman They may not. Will make note to look into this. Also don't have an answer yet if it's something overlooked on the server side of things or if we need to somehow implement it on our end. Thanks!

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@Warlock Nope. That's a huge project and we aren't there yet.

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@ivory hi! Really nice update!

Was wondering 2 things:
-Will we ever be able to add more than 4 (tags & exlucding tags) to lists
-Can these lists be synced with iCloud? Just spent a few minutes setting 3 lists up on my iPhone but on my iPad I can’t see them (from latest app version) & I assume it’s the same for the Mac app.

Thanks!

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@ivory also can we filter it to be only certain languages? Or is that a limitation from Mastodon?

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@jglypt Mastodon limitation. But eventually we want to add language filters to our Timeline filters which then you could apply to a list.

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@ivory thanks! That would be very useful :)

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@jglypt 4 is the limit. Not our limit, but Mastodon's. They will most likely get iCloud sync in the future.

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@ivory oh I didn’t even know you could make tag lists on Mastodon? Unless there an API thing that’s not on the main page.

Ah ok cool 👌
Would make it much easier and nicer to us!

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@jglypt Yes it's an extremely hard feature to find on the website. You need to be in the advanced interface and even then there's a process which is very confusing.

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@ivory oh isn’t that the TweetDeck thing? Pretty sure I tried it once. Weird that you can’t just make it like user lists 🤔

Jay

@ivory Wow I thought this was your own implementation, didn’t realize it was a native Mastodon thing. Cool!

Timekeeper :blobPikaFacepaw:

@ivory well, the share sheet is now better for adding ALT that the post UI in the app 😍

Can we hope a box like that, to add ALT text to attachment as fast as in the share sheet?

Daron Brewood 🇬🇧

@ivory Are these changes on iOS only as I’m not seeing them on the Mac?

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@tekguru They are on both. Make sure you are updated to 2.0.

Daron Brewood 🇬🇧

@ivory Definitely both on 2, but I can't see any option on the Mac for altering the icons below the posts.

Daron Brewood 🇬🇧

@ivory On iOS you can change the icons below the post window, Home Faves, etc. I was hoping you could do the same on the Mac.
That is reorder / changeout the sidebar icons.

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@tekguru Oh no. We didn't make any changes to how that stuff works yet. But our primary navigation bar is going to get a completely overhaul in one of the next few updates and you'll be able to configure them all on Mac and iOS.

Daron Brewood 🇬🇧

@ivory Ah ha fairy nuff, I'll keep on trying to get on the beta :)

roz

@ivory Congratulations on the milestone guys!! I personally use Ice Cubes but that doesn’t mean I don’t love seeing the development of other apps, and yours is one of my favorites. Keep up the good work and I’m excited to see what the future holds

thvv

@ivory
neither this post, nor the app store
page, say what Ivory does.
if you google it, you get info on
grand pianos.

Justin Kopepasah

@ivory 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

hmelman

@ivory Does the share sheet work on Ventura 13.6.7? It doesn't seem to from Safari. I see Open in Ivory and a dialog flashes and immediately disappears and that's it.

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@hmelman that would be a question for @todd. He has officially been tagged.

Todd Thomas :ivory_logo:

@ivory @hmelman It should work on Ventura but will do some testing and see what's going on.

zıəs uɐɟəʇs ✪

@ivory is there a help page available for how the hashtag list works? I can’t figure out how to add a hashtag to a list (am using the TestFlight 2.0).

Zac

@ivory Solid update, loving hashtag lists! Quick question re: the #MacOS version, why does the app lose its custom icon when you quit it?

Anselm Schumacher :beerfied:

@ivory Hashtag lists are 👌🏼 Great job

I wish there was an option to set all replies as unlisted (I always forget that)

Klumpmeister

@ivory Congrats on the launch! My main timeline looks much leaner now that hashtag lists are here!

vaempyr

@ivory thanks for v2!

Love the deeper purple of your avatar. Could that be an icon choice at some point?

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@vaempyr Honestly it's a bit too similar to the one we already have. But who knows. Maybe someday.

Andrew Briscoe

@ivory I’m very happy for a potential fix for disappearing drafts. Thank you!

Richard Buckle

@ivory Thank you! A suggestion: it would be nice to be able to set a different accent color for each account.

Colin Devroe

@ivory I read through the replies and I didn't see anyone else ask this (so, it is likely just me). Is the primary purpose of a hashtag list so that I can unfollow tags and clean up my home feed? Do they sync across devices? (It doesn't appear they do.)

Thank you!

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@cdevroe Yup. Following a hashtag is to see them in your main timeline. Creating hashtag lists are for unique hashtag timelines that don't clutter your home feed.

They don't sync yet, but probably will in the future.

Fish

@ivory do the new hashtag lists sync across iCloud?

Or do I need to duplicate them across devices manually?

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