Gregory's ServerHello people of the Fediverse! Some of you may have heard that a new Mastodon client, Ivory, is in development for iOS (and Mac!). This is true! Tapbots is going all in on Mastodon and we hope this place continues to grow and thrive. Tweetbot will continue to be developed alongside Ivory as a lot of code is shared. A new Mac version of Tweetbot and Ivory are also currently in development and we are working hard on getting those towards a public beta state.
   We're currently testing an alpha version of Ivory for iOS. As we continue to make progress we will expand access to it. Just follow this account and @tapbots to hear about it first! We truly appreciate all the love and support in this community! Here’s an XDR-sized desktop background (wallpaper) to hold you over. 🐘  @ivory @ivory @tapbots Hopefully NO Subscription. There you do not have the excuse of the ongoing cost of the api like twitter due its free of charge on mastodon. So I rather want one time payment and hate apps with subscriptions. For tweetbot I made a excuse and understood it with the reason twitter API usage costs. If you will add subscription to Ivory I won't consider it...      @steve it would be a complete rewrite as they use all the native iOS and macOS frameworks to build their apps. And they're a small team so I can't imagine an Android version ever being a thing. I wouldn't hold my breath. @tapforms That's what I thought the answer would be. I'm still sad though. I used TweetBot back in the day when I was still an Apple user. It was the best of the bunch. @ivory Looking forward to this. The only reason I'd moved away from Tweetbot recently was that the Mac version seemed to be falling behind, so this is good news all round. Haven't found a Macstodon client I've liked so far, but Ivory looks very cute. @ivory I think the name is going to be problematic as ivory now represents a rare beauty that can only be acquired through illegal killing. What about Tusk? @ivory This is great news! I can't wait to try it. I'll also happily beta test. @ivory I knew that elephant before he was famous! https://tapbots.social/@mark/109425364957964284  @markkilborn #Hive doesn't really work like that. It's a proprietary silo without an open API, not intended for third-party clients. @ivory That little blue bird in the top right looks a tad nervous. And with good reason too.  @ivory BTW don't forget to implement the captioning images feature, is vital for sight-impaired users in here who need screen readers. @danvpeterson @ivory @mark @paul I Agree but name it original is not easy like : Social Instance, TheNetwork, TootBoost, ElephantRooms …..  @ivory This is great. As a long time tweet bot user, I'd love to get my hands on Ivory. You guys do epic work. @mattmarenic still working on it until the day the public api shuts down, Twitter goes down, or everyone leaves twitter. 🙃 @mark haha. Well that ain’t happen so soon. I guess. Lool. I just hope mastodon will be better than app.net. I’m one of old user that know that you have app for that too 😎 @ivory just in time when I was letting my Tweetbot subscription happily expire at the end of the year :) @ivory as subscriber of Tweetbot I welcome this news. But does there is way to build an app who integrates the two timeline: Mastodon + Twitter?  @ivory The name really is thoughtless and insensitive, y'all... I love the idea of the app and would use it EXCEPT for the name! You all KNOW what that conjures up! @ivory as a long time user of Tweetbot, I’d love to be included in the beta testing process for Ivory. Glad to see you working on a Mastodon client.👍🏼 @ivory@tapbots.social Just Mastodon? Or will it be able to authenticate other platforms as well? @ivory @metabolist can the Mac/iPad/iPhone app be one app so we just buy once please? iPad version for apple silicon Mac is fine. We don’t need a dedicated Mac app.  @ivory Could you make sure that #accessibility best practices are observed and that the new app is fully accessible to disabled people? Amazing work has been done by apps like Twitteriffic and Spring. I'd like to see similar work done on this new app. @ivory I'm really glad to hear that this is coming for both iOS and Mac! Tweetbot *is* Twitter for me.  @ivory I'm not an iOS user so I have no horse in the race, but are you limiting your app to interact only with Mastodon or do you have sights on other extremely similar open projects like Akkoma, Calckey, etc? @ivory soooooooo... ivory is pretty problematic -- it is literally a term invented to objectify the dentine material of animal teeth and tusks for commerce, and represents a lot of bad stuff in colonized spaces (ivory trade, ivory tower, etc.). I would take some time and seriously think about if this is something you want to stick with. @ivory A list of feature I think most people would like to see... Load last position in timeline. Split Notifications between "All" and "Mentions" A dedicated DM panel. The ability to change font size. ( big one for me ) The ability to use all of the features native to the web client such as "edit". The ability to copy text to allow for the Iphones translation menu. I'm sure there are more but I think this is a good list to start with.  @ivory I’m really excited for the app, but to me that name first brings elephant poaching to mind, which is upsetting…  @ivory I was already looking forward to your app since @paul made his first oblique posts. Now I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. Contrary to the popular expression, I *can* wait – because I understand what it means to make something to your own high standards. But I’m enjoying the journey and look forward to the stories that you’ll share along the way! @ivory I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a piece of software since… well probably since Tweetbot 😜 @ivory So wonderful to see this! I'll be very excited to try it out in the future. :) (Also what a delightful desktop background!!) 
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 @ivory Very looking forward to this. Seeing a highly polished Mastodon client will make me very happy!  @ivory I would happily pay $20 to get onto the TestFlight for Ivory. I can't be the only one! @ivory I would love it if I could control the scrolling direction for new roots in my home feed (I.e., down, not up… so that later toots appear below earlier ones). @ivory Pretty excited to see this! Looking forward to seeing this on iOS and macOS! @ivory Delighted to hear this. Tweetbot was the reason I was always a bit bewildered by complaints about twitter’s behavior, since Tweetbot was 99% of my interaction and didn’t have the same issues. Looking forward to having the same great user experience for Mastodon!  |
@ivory Tweetbot, Netbot and now Tootbot! 😃