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Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

Ivory v1.8.1 is now available (tap the link to update right away):

apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

* Completely revamped polls (including multiple choice polls)
* New “Mono” accent color
* New option in Settings to turn off haptics feedback
* Can now copy more text from a user’s profile (by holding down on their display name, username, or bio)
* Various bug fixes

Do you like the poll improvements?

Anonymous poll

Poll

Nope…
78
2.8%
Obviously!
1,865
66.5%
BRB, I have to go download it now.
862
30.7%
2,805 people voted.
Voting ended 11 January at 7:47.
10 January at 19:47 | Open on tapbots.social
92 comments
lampsofgold
Expert Plus 🍀

@ivory I wish you guys had an Android version. I am Android user only. And a Linux Mint user too.

#linuxmint #android #linux #ivory #ivoryapp

10 January at 19:50 | Open on attractive.space
Mira Mechtley

@ivory Way improved look especially for wordy options. Thanks!

10 January at 19:50 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
cassian

@ivory Odd bug on the poll - I voted but it says only 1 vote, and not for what I voted for.
10 January at 19:51 | Open on aus.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@xeyr It can be a bit delayed to update sometimes. Try going to the timeline and back to the post detail to see if it updates again.

10 January at 19:52 | Open on tapbots.social
cassian

@ivory A few minutes later and there are many more votes … but now I can't tell if I'm one of them 🧐

(seems fine)

10 January at 19:54 | Open on aus.social
John M. Wright

@ivory looks like there’s a bug in the polls logic to calculate the bars. Note in this screenshot that *I* voted for the third option, but it shows 100% (of 2 votes) on the second option. Should be at least some percentage on the option I voted for.
10 January at 19:51 | Open on hachyderm.io
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@wrightfully Might just be some sort of server lag. But we are keeping an eye on it. Going back to the timeline and then to post detail again should refresh the data.

10 January at 19:56 | Open on tapbots.social
sayrer

@ivory the app is really nice, I just want syncing (for whatever is synced, maybe just @ mentions) between macOS and iOS, by far the biggest paper cut

10 January at 19:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@sayrer We know there have been some issues with the mentions and notifications tabs syncing between mac and iOS. We plan to dig deeper into that issue next.

10 January at 19:53 | Open on tapbots.social
Craig Siemens

@ivory Missed opportunity to use a multiple choice poll 😆.

So far looks good!

10 January at 19:53 | Open on mastodon.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@craigsiemens It was intentional. Did think about it for a moment. 😁

10 January at 19:54 | Open on tapbots.social
brown ☕🍵

@ivory “New option in Settings to turn off haptics feedback”, yes thank you.

10 January at 19:54 | Open on infosec.exchange
Diego
Rick

@ivory I’m still hoping for filtering tools to reduce seeing duplicate posts. Eg if I’ve seen a post, and someone I follow boosts it, or worst of all if I boost it, I see it again (and again).

10 January at 19:57 | Open on geekstodon.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@JetForMe That should not be an issue anymore. Are you running the latest version?

10 January at 20:00 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick

@ivory 1.8.1 (from TestFlight) but I think it just updated today. I’ll let you know if I still see dupes.

10 January at 21:08 | Open on geekstodon.com
Rick

@ivory running 1.8.1 I still see my own boosts, etc.

11 January at 18:57 | Open on geekstodon.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@JetForMe If you are boosting from another timeline, it's going to appear at the top of your home timeline no matter what. My original response was because I was under the impression you were boosting a post and it was appearing again at the top of the same timeline.

11 January at 19:51 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick

@ivory yes it’s my timeline. I’m not sure how to boost from another timeline.

In any case, that’s the feature I want: to not see the same post twice.

11 January at 20:11 | Open on geekstodon.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@JetForMe That's the confusing part. We've tested this hundreds of times and when you boost a post in your timeline, it doesn't appear on top for us. The post you boosted just gets a badge. Feel free to send us a recording of what you see.

11 January at 20:15 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick

@ivory I’ve emailed a video demonstrating what I see to your support.

12 January at 21:42 | Open on geekstodon.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@JetForMe alright check these 2 things. Make sure “hide duplicate boosts” is on in your ivory account settings. And then check your mastodon website settings to make sure this setting is on.
12 January at 22:29 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@JetForMe assuming they were already checked?

13 January at 4:47 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick replied to Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink: replied to Rick

@JetForMe so we are thinking it might just be the way your particular instance is working. When you boost a post lower on your timeline on the website, is the behavior the same? What about if you do it from the official mastodon app?

13 January at 15:28 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick replied to Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@ivory As far as I can tell, no, my instance is not showing posts I boost (via the web UI) again in my timeline. I boosted a post, then refreshed the page to see if it would appear; it did not. It's a stock v4.2.3 install from source (not Docker).

18 January at 6:40 | Open on geekstodon.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink: replied to Rick

@JetForMe next time you experience this with a post, check that post to see if it’s coming from a non-mastodon instance. Feel free to send us a link to that post as well. The only thing we can think of at this point is you happen to be boosting a post from a non-mastodon instance and sometimes they do things a bit differently.

18 January at 14:28 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick replied to Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@ivory it’s 100% of the posts I boost, pretty sure they’re all mastodon instances, but I’ll check.

18 January at 19:03 | Open on geekstodon.com
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink: replied to Rick

@JetForMe ok. At this point it seems like you are the only user we are aware of with this issue. It’s definitely not ivory. But still no idea what is causing it.

18 January at 21:00 | Open on tapbots.social
Rick replied to Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:
Rick replied to Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@ivory okay this is weird. I’ve just boosted two posts that are behaving correctly. The only thing that’s different is the original posts were very recent in my timeline (less than five or six from present).

18 January at 22:06 | Open on geekstodon.com
Pierre

@ivory I love release notes.

Thanks for all your hard work. Very much appreciated

10 January at 19:58 | Open on infosec.exchange
CM Skellington

@ivory Huzzah! I can see the actual text of polls now!!

10 January at 20:11 | Open on mastodon.online
Matthew Janssen :mastodon:

@ivory please allow me to put the ‘Browse…’ section back above the ‘Popular & Trending…’ section on the Explore tab. Please and thank you!

10 January at 20:14 | Open on stranger.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@mttjj We have other plans for those sections. Just be patient with us. 🙂

10 January at 20:17 | Open on tapbots.social
David Johnson :prami_pride:

@ivory A request (already!) - an option to greyscale the avatars when in "Mono" mode.

10 January at 20:16 | Open on social.lol
Mike

@ivory this is huge! Great work. Next up: Remote local timelines and quote post views! 😅

10 January at 20:17 | Open on mastodon.social
Chancerubbage

@ivory

Why do these updates never seem to automatically show up in the list of updates in the App Store?

Is it something to do with the timing of when my phone checks on updates, and your announcements being out of sync?

Or is it some weird thing about apps with subscriptions that you have to seek out the update on your own?

10 January at 20:17 | Open on mastodon.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@Chancerubbage We always set updates to roll out slowly over a week. That way if there's a huge bug we don't want everyone to get, we can stop the release, fix it, and then release again. But users who follow us probably want to get updates ASAP so we like to announce them here if you want to download right away. 🙂

10 January at 20:19 | Open on tapbots.social
Chancerubbage

@ivory okay, so it’s a rolling roll out thing. That makes sense.

And if I missed this announcement, it would show up in the automatically loaded update queue in a few days anyway.

Thanks.

10 January at 20:22 | Open on mastodon.social
St. Chris

@ivory Well, heck, I forgot to take a screenshot for comparison.

10 January at 20:19 | Open on mas.to
The Animal and the Machine
Brad Weitz

@ivory Thanks for a great app and improvements.

Not sure if this is where you want suggestions but I would love the option to force confirmation on opening a link. My fingers are constantly hitting the links unintentionally when scrolling taking me out of the app.

10 January at 20:27 | Open on mstdn.party
Kevin Herrera

@ivory Wow, the poll changes are a huge improvement!

10 January at 20:34 | Open on mastodon.social
Manfred :verified_breze:

@ivory nice 👍🤩

When can we finally expect the quote feature?

10 January at 20:36 | Open on sueden.social
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@Breznsoiza we are getting close to the end of our public roadmap so sooner than later? 🙂

10 January at 20:49 | Open on tapbots.social
Ryan

@ivory looks great and I love the pace of updates rolling out lately

10 January at 20:39 | Open on mastodon.social
Michael Cook
Theodore 🌳 🌲

@ivory amazing as always. Literally one of the best designed iOS apps out there. Keep it up!

10 January at 20:43 | Open on masto.ai
Jason Petersen (he)

@ivory vote should be on the right hand side

10 January at 21:09 | Open on logoff.website
waferbaby

@ivory For some reason I thought the Vote button would be on the right. They look super snazzy!

10 January at 21:16 | Open on wafer.baby
DELETED

@ivory Thank you. The ability to compose and post a thread, similar to how the Toot! app allows, would be really nice.

10 January at 21:21 | Open on mstdn.ca
Bill Taroli :neurodiversity:
Carlos
Ahleworschttoupet (😵‍💫)

@ivory this looks and feels really great!

10 January at 21:40 | Open on mastodon.social
maxfenton

@ivory Feature request: some kind of setting to control the default post visibility for an account. Some way to set a default to "Followers Only"

10 January at 22:11 | Open on mastodon.cloud
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@maxfenton you set that on your instance website settings and it will be reflected in Ivory. Might take half a day for ivory to check that setting though. If you want it to update right away, just go to your account settings within ivory and hit the “clear account cache” button.

10 January at 22:21 | Open on tapbots.social
Alex MacK

@ivory love the new features @mark. Visually the new polls take some getting used to. They feel like a screenshot, not something I can interact with natively.

10 January at 22:13 | Open on mastodon.social
Wu Evar 🇺🇦

@ivory Yes! Support for multiple choice polls! Thank you! 🥳

10 January at 22:38 | Open on mastodon.green
Philip Mallegol-Hansen
Audiodump

@ivory KINDOF like it, why is the a little unnecessary circle in front of the options?

Very nice that you can see the results without having to tap first!

10 January at 23:28 | Open on podcasts.social
tekphloyd :neobread_laptop:
shana
Markmaster

@ivory The only thing that frustrates me about the app is the themes. Previously, the Twitter app had really cool themes, and they were a pleasure to use. Now I'm not satisfied with the fact that I can't choose one accent for the daytime theme and another for the nighttime theme, because almost any combination of day and night is uncomfortable to read.
I use the basic setting for OLED screens on the iPhone 15 Pro.

11 January at 0:07 | Open on mastodon.social
@martlund 🌲🐶🇸🇪🇨🇱

@ivory I HATE POLLS, not going to use this

11 January at 3:19 | Open on mastodon.online
Anthony Bosio

@ivory I love the visual fix so we can read poll option text with more than 4 short words visible, but wish I could still vote in 1 click.

11 January at 3:36 | Open on fosstodon.org
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@abosio you are definitely in the minority. We received constant complaints about the single tap to vote. It worked better on Twitter, but there’s more options here. 🙂

11 January at 4:30 | Open on tapbots.social
Anthony Bosio

@ivory What are the complaints? The only thing I can imagine could be accidental clicks.

11 January at 4:41 | Open on fosstodon.org
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@abosio that’s the biggest complaint. That and multiple choice polls don’t work with that system.

11 January at 5:11 | Open on tapbots.social
Gik :prami:

@ivory thank you for bringing back Browse -> Trending. I like both methods, but missed browse between these updates.

11 January at 5:04 | Open on social.lol
Marc Etienne

@ivory looks a lot better on the iPhone 13 mini. Will look on the iPadOS and the macOS versions later today. Thanks!

11 January at 6:32 | Open on muenchen.social
Bernd Kilga

@ivory macOS Version: IMO the black lines through the text isn't ideal to read. Also, the monk in me screams at the squished border-radius at the 3% example.

As for polling itself, love it. The word-wrap was really important.
11 January at 8:05 | Open on dosgame.club
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@console That's a slightly unfortunate result of using the high contrast theme. We have a very limited and specific set of color variables to power the whole app and this is one of the edge cases. Can see if we can improve that slightly, but adjusting colors in one area affects them everywhere else in the app.

11 January at 13:59 | Open on tapbots.social
Bernd Kilga

@ivory hm, that’s strange. I wasn't aware I had the high contrast theme enabled. I never need to do that in any app. I must have mis-clicked at some point. My apologies.

Just turned it off, wow: Everything is so much nicer to look at. Also the polls are easier to read! I think the high contrast doesn't help in this case.

11 January at 14:03 | Open on dosgame.club
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

@console Yea we will have to see if we can make slight adjustments to the high contrast colors, but as I mentioned it's tough because changing a color affects the same color everywhere in the app. 🙂

11 January at 14:11 | Open on tapbots.social
DELETED

@ivory Download of videos is a reason I still use toot! instead of Ivory. Is there anything planned?

11 January at 8:18 | Open on hintertupf.ing
Stephen Coles

@ivory Is there a way to reveal counts (rather than percentages), perhaps on tap? Or is that not supported by Mastodon?

11 January at 17:46 | Open on mstdn.party
Danny Whitt

@ivory loving the polls revamp! Nice job.

12 January at 4:46 | Open on mastodon.social
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