 :ivory_boost: 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: :appicon_ivory: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274 (Release notes are in the ALT text and App Store page.) 82 comments
  @ivory How things going after the āend of Twitterā roller coaster event? Did Ivory could position itself at the top as we all envisioned? I hope you answer yes, I just donāt know the internal reports. Your app rocks. @Albertkinng We are surviving. š Times are definitely different, but glad we can continue to do what we love to do. @ivory Same here. Cruise control mode with food on our tables and a roof over our heads. Canāt complaint either, but I miss the good old days, I tell you that. Hope to build something to move a little more from the āsurviving modeā and keep doing what I love. Lifeās good. @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. @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. @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.
I look forward for that time to come; you have a certain, latent, waiting customer in me. @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. š  @ivory how much for an IAP to get all posts to render like this wonderful bento box with the rounded corners and drop shadows  @ivory Ice Cubes is working so badly that I think I might break down and come back to you š @maotsu Can we ask what the primary reason for leaving was in the first place? š 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 š @Cstnskld Unfortunately we only develop for Apple's hardware. It's what we know best. @Cstnskld Oh we know. I think we saw some stats that there are far more Android users on Mastodon than iOS. š«£ But we are a very small team and just want to focus on doing what we do best. @ivory thanks for still supporting my iPad Air 2! The battery may no longer have any oomph, but it's still my bedside reader.  @bitsnpieces Nowhere do we say it's a free app. And we have no control over how Apple deals with subscription apps. Anyone is free to start a 7-day free trial (you can cancel the sub right after subscribing and still get 7 days use) to see if it's worth your money or not. Thereās no trickery going on here. We want customers who appreciate the value of great software. Not trying to steal anyone's money. š @ivory @bitsnpieces Sorry. We do get some users angry with us because they think we are trying to be misleading. But yes, the way Apple presents sub apps is terrible for users who stumble upon a new app without knowing the background of it.  @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? š  @ivory Excellent job, as always! Not related to this update, but is there any plan to bridge your account with @bsky.brid.gy? Iād really enjoy following your account on Bluesky. @o_simardcasanova didnāt know that was a thing! š But probably not at the moment. Howās the community over at BlueSky feeling compared to Mastodon these days? Havenāt really been over there yet. @ivory Iāve been hoping for native translation support for so long, thank you! (Genuinely!) @ivory @justforfun We appreciate it! Still lots of work to be done though so expect great things to come. š  @ivory YMMV, and just FYI, for me, iOS and macOS updated to 2.1, no problem. But, for reasons unknown, my iPadOS update hung. š¤·š¼āāļø Good news: Reboot/retry and it worked! š @iDGS Going to blame that one on the App Store. š Glad all it needed was a reboot.  @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. @siracusa yea thatās one slight drawback. But we received far too many support inquiries as to why the active button didnāt do anything and it made the menu feel unnecessarily busy. Weāve been living with the change for a bit now and feel like itās an improvement overall. But will definitely keep an eye on feedback over time and can re-evaluate in the future.  @jirirbr Not sure. But not going to mess with that as it's super minor and not a big deal. We plan on redoing that stuff in the future.  @ivory Lots of great stuff! Having deleted posts be removed from the timeline feels bad to me, though; I remember that happening in Twitter clients, and it was always frustrating that a thing you could see, was suddenly gone, taken away. The deleted badge will sure remove confusion, but maybe the posts can stay? @Cykelero No this is how it should work. Actually the website delete is right away so you don't even get a chance to see it unless you read before it's actually deleted. Since our timeline is currently cached, you at least have plenty of time to read and get notified that it was deleted in the post detail. @ivory I get your point! But as the person witnessing the post vanish, like sand escaping between your fingers, itās always a frustrating experience ā¹ļø @Cykelero Have you experienced how it works in Ivory yet? It doesn't just disappear without warning. @ivory No, I havenāt. I understand the post only goes away once you return from the detail view? @Cykelero Totally understand your point. But we don't think that's the way it should work. A deleted post should be deleted. That's how the system is designed to work. Technically this is something you should bring up with Mastodon because we are just trying to match how the system is designed to work. š Iād argue the way we have it currently is the best case scenario for what you want and how it is supposed to work. @ivory Thatās fair! Youāre designing both to satisfy the user, and be a good citizen of the platform.  @ivory thank you for the update of translations š I didnāt grasp about āyour server translationsā. What does it mean? @m_appleseed Mastodon.social has their own translation service which supports more languages than Apple's does. So for some users it's important to be able to use that system over Apple's. @ivory thank you! and am totally loving it alreadyā¦ #language #translation now done using appleās own service PLUS initiating translation by short right swiping!? beyond my dreams! /cc @lwdupont https://mastodon.online/@bjchan/112651881941832199 @hpridham You can go back to the server translation system using the bahavior settings. @ivory Apple translate seems to crash when passed a larger post. E.g. https://pol.social/@Lilim/112909261428162629 @hpridham I think it was actually just down at the time. It's working fine here. @ivory I hope you and your family are well and in good healthš. I am writing to ask for your support in reblogging my pinned post on my pageā¤š. We talk about our story in Gaza and the difficult life we āālive now in light of the absence of the minimum necessities of life and hunger, and also about my father, who suffers from bladder cancer and is in urgent need of treatment, and our house that was destroyed. My wife was killed in the war @ivory Hello, I hope you and your family are well and š. I ask for your support in reblogging my pinned post on my pageā¤š. We talk about our story in Gaza and the difficult life we āālive, and also about my father, who suffers from bladder cancer and needs treatment, and about our house that was destroyed. My wife was killed in the war, and I have 3 children who need safety. Your help spreading this message is crucial to raising awarenessš. I sincerely appreciate your help and look forward  @ivory do you know why I get an error when I click on the link to a Mastodon post in this post? https://dair-community.social/@KimCrayton1/112854600825016604 links in other posts work (like this one https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112860037633719411, which is linking to a different post on the exact same Mastodon instance) screenshot of the error: edit: it was because I had one of the words in the post ("twitterā) muted, once I unmuted that word it worked |
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@ivory whoa that was fast