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Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

Ivory 2.2.3 is now available for both iOS AND Mac (finally)!

For Mac:

- New customizable navigation design.
- Improved right-click menu for posts and profiles.
- You can now open posts and profiles in their own windows.
- Blueprint app icon.

For iOS:

- Fixed widget colors when using tinted theme.
- Fixed a bug where the share sheet would crash when sharing URLs.

For iOS & Mac:

- Improved widget performance.
- News widget
- Local/Federated/Trending timelines added to the timeline widget.

Ivory 2.2.3 is now available for both iOS AND Mac (finally)!

For Mac:

- New customizable navigation design.
- Improved right-click menu for posts and profiles.
- You can now open posts and profiles in their own windows.
- Blueprint app icon.

For iOS:

- Fixed widget colors when using tinted theme.
- Fixed a bug where the share sheet would crash when sharing URLs.

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Paul McGrane

@ivory It still doesn’t support Mac OS keyboard replacement thingie dings. You said you would do that! I know Catalyst is rough but come on.

AndyHat

@ivory Oh, no! Did you intentionally drop support for iOS 15 on iPhone? I'm still happily using my 7 Plus, so I can't upgrade past 15.8.4.

jake (he/him) 🇵🇸

@ivory any plans to make it so i can sign in to ivory with my threads account?

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

:appicon_ivory: 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.

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

2.2 for Mac is a bit behind schedule and will release in the near future. Appreciate your patience on this one!

Ivory 2.2 Release Notes:

- Brand new navigation design.
- Added the option to translate hashtags (by holding down on a hashtag).
- Long posts that are truncated with the “read more” button now display associated media, cards, and quotes in the timeline.
- When in the post detail view of a “read more” post, all other posts in that thread are automatically expanded.
- Updated so you no longer see quoted posts from people you have blocked.
- Improvements to quoting Threads posts (Threads user account must be federated). 
- New Blueprint app Icon
- Various bug fixes.
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Niklas Jordan 🌍 🛰🔥🌊

@ivory Any progress on the feature to browse other instances?

Joseph Leedy :magento:

@ivory “Various bug fixes” is such an asinine statement to read in release notes, especially after you did such a good job of describing the new features. 😞

Paweł Orzech

@ivory did you get rid of the icons? I lost mine! And I love it. Can't find them in settings now.

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

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!

Completely Redesigned Navigation System
Coming Soon to Ivory 2.2

New navigation menu to quickly choose tabs that aren’t visible.

Move the compose button to the navigation bar and place more buttons on the bar.

Or place less buttons on the bar if less is more. Labels are also now optional.

Configure Ivory’s navigation your way.
The navigation bar from the original Tweetbot 1.0 back in 2011. While the design has changed over the years, the core concept of switching tabs has been the same until now.
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Mr 🥑-man

@ivory it would also be great if there was an option to disable swipe gestures on posts as I always try to navigate back with the side swipe and most of the times I accidentally actiave the reply on a random post.

Tek say vote

@ivory This looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it! But I do so wish Home, Local, and Federated could also be on separate tabs. I’m on an instance where the local timeline is an active community and it’s kind of a pain to switch between Home and Local.

Francesco Ambrosini :woem:

@ivory previous layout preferred by far.
three dots icon is so ugly compared with everything else in this stylish app.
Sorry 🖖

@paul

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

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

(Release notes are in the ALT text and App Store page.)

Release notes for Ivory 2.1:

- Support for Mastodon’s new author bylines for enabled accounts. (This feature requires your server to be running Mastodon 4.3 which is currently in beta).
- Updated URL/OpenGraph Cards to provide more content.
- Added Apple’s language translation to iOS/iPadOS. If you prefer your server translations, you can enable them in the Behavior settings. (Currently no support for Mac Catalyst apps)
- Added the ability to translate Alt Text by holding down on the Alt Text and choosing Translate (iOS/iPadOS)
- Added Translate to the “Short Right Swipe” quick action (Selectable in Behavior Settings).
- Deleted posts are now clearly noted when you view the post detail and are automatically removed after you return to the timeline.
- Filtered Keywords applied to Lists now also get filtered out of Hashtag Lists.
- Active account removed from Account Select Menu to reduce confusion and clutter.
- Fixed a crasher when hitting the compose button while in a hashtag list.
- Fixed the issue when trying to reach some servers that use WEB_DOMAIN.
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@ivory I hope you and your family are well and in good health😃. I am writing to ask for your support in reblogging my pinned post on my page❤🙏. We talk about our story in Gaza and the difficult life we ​​live 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

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@ivory Hello, I hope you and your family are well and 😃. I ask for your support in reblogging my pinned post on my page❤🙏. We talk about our story in Gaza and the difficult life we ​​live, 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 awareness💚. I sincerely appreciate your help and look forward

Julia Evans

@ivory do you know why I get an error when I click on the link to a Mastodon post in this post? dair-community.social/@KimCray

links in other posts work (like this one hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112, 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 ("twitter”) muted, once I unmuted that word it worked

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

A few new things to check out in TestFlight for our beta testers. The iOS/iPadOS TestFlight update is out now. Still waiting for Apple to approve the version for Mac (hopefully by the end of the day).

- Support for Mastodon’s new author bylines for enabled accounts. (This feature requires your server to be running Mastodon 4.3 which is currently in beta).
- Updated URL/OpenGraph Cards to provide more content.
- Added Apple’s language translation to iOS/iPadOS. (Currently no support for Mac Catalyst apps)
- Added the ability to translate Alt Text by holding down on the Alt Text and choosing Translate (iOS/iPadOS)
- Filtered Keywords applied to Lists now also get filtered out of Hashtag Lists.
- Active account removed from Account Select Menu to reduce confusion and clutter.
- Fixed a crasher when hitting the compose button while in a hashtag list.
- Fixed the issue when trying to reach some servers that use WEB_DOMAIN.
Screenshot of Ivory showing 2 posts from @macstories@macstories.net with OpenGraph Cards showing the updated layout and new byline feature in the upcoming Mastodon 4.3.
Screenshot of Ivory showing the new Apple Translate sheet.
A screenshot of a media preview in Ivory with the option to translate ALT text when holding down on it.
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vaempyr

@ivory could you please let me know if you need more iOS beta testers?

kaiserkiwi :kiwibird:

@ivory Any chance we will get additional fonts? Especially a font where a lower case L looks like an L instead of an I.

Some apps on iOS use the font "Seravek" which I really enjoy. It's also available in Reader Mode in Safari.

Maybe this would be an option for better readability?

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
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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!

Fish

@ivory do the new hashtag lists sync across iCloud?

Or do I need to duplicate them across devices manually?

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

The hashtags tab has received a makeover and now includes the ability to create Hashtag Lists! Curate multiple hashtags into a single timeline that you can access the same way you can access regular Lists. Currently available to try on Mac and iOS over on TestFlight.

The last beta featured our new share sheet extension and we know it’s been a long wait for the App Store release, but we are almost there! Trying to finish up a few more tasks so we can get this big update out ASAP.

iOS Screenshot showing the new Hashtag Lists section of the Hashtags tab.
Screenshot of iOS showing the home timeline with the “Swift” Hashtag List selected as well as how to access it from the Title menu.
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DELETED

@ivory btw when will this come to the main app? Tried the TestFlight and I couldn’t see anything wrong with it from my end.

Drea

@ivory Hashtag lists are a wonderful feature. It’s been in @IceCubesApp for some time and it makes using Mastodon so much more enjoyable. Really glad you’re adding it in. Hope other Mastodon apps follow as well.

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If you are on Ivory’s TestFlight, you should be able to try out our brand new share sheet on iOS and Mac. It's not perfect, but should be a huge improvement! Give it a try and let us know what you think.

You can access it by going to a page in your browser (or an image in your photo library), hitting the share icon, and then choosing Ivory's icon from the list.

Screenshot of Ivory’s upcoming share sheet on Mac, showing a URL share.
Screenshot of Ivory’s upcoming share sheet on Mac, showing an image share.
Screenshot of Ivory’s upcoming share sheet on iOS, showing a URL share.
Screenshot of Ivory’s upcoming share sheet on iOS, showing an image share.
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Michael Foster

@ivory this is cool! Checking in on the roadmap and just wondered if browse other instances is in the plan for 2024? Hope so!

DELETED

@ivory looks great! Ik I’m late lol

How do we get access to the TestFlight?

Malaoshi.190️⃣4️⃣ :verified:

@ivory First of all: Thanks 🙏🏽 for the greatest Mastodon client on iOS :awesome:

There is however one problem that effects my user experience: I often loose all my drafts 🥲 not immediately, but after a day or so. And sometimes I’m loosing just the alt-text for pictures.

Is there something I can try to fix this or is this known?

Thanks for your help and keep on your superb work ✌🏽

Screenshot of Ivory client iOS without drafts, that have been saved yesterday
Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8.4 is now available on the app store. Here's the link to download: apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

Have you been receiving a bunch of spam? This is an emergency release with a custom filter added to the Filters tab (scroll to the bottom of that tab) to mute spam mentions. Turn this filter on and it should catch most of them. This will not stop spam push notifications.

We are still finishing up the big Quote Posts update so appreciate your patience on that one! 🙏

:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8.4 is now available on the app store. Here's the link to download: apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

Have you been receiving a bunch of spam? This is an emergency release with a custom filter added to the Filters tab (scroll to the bottom of that tab) to mute spam mentions. Turn this filter on and it should catch most of them. This will not stop spam push notifications.

Screenshot of the custom filter labeled, “Potential Spam” shown in the Filters tab in Ivory.
Screenshot of the detail view of the “Potential Spam” custom filter. Shows the options to enable it, mask with a warning, as well as a way to see current matching posts for this filter.
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Bramus

@ivory Thanks!

Suggestion: you might want to exclude figma (and possibly other ones à la Dropbox) URLs.

Last post is marked as potential spam. The code in the figma URL is the culprit.
🌊 Gary Goosey 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🗽🌊 🧵

@ivory fyi, I had to click on your link in order to see the actual update page on the App Store.
I did check beforehand if the app was listed as available for update and was not shown as such. You may want to look into it and see why the App Store is not notifying Ivory app users of the recent update availability.

DELETED

@ivory Are there any plans to build an Android application?

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

We are closer to shipping Ivory v1.9! The big feature for this release is the ability to quote posts. If you'd like to test it out, jump back on the TestFlight version of Ivory. We've opened up some more TestFlight beta slots here as well:

testflight.apple.com/join/AOOy

Important Note!
The TestFlight version of Ivory doesn't use your active App Store subscription. You have to subscribe again in TestFlight. You do not get charged real money in TestFlight. It's for testing purposes only.

Photo of Ivory for Mac on a MacBook Pro. Ivory is showing an example of a quoted post in the timeline.
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macfixer

@ivory

cAn sOmEOnE PLeAsE lEaVe ThE TESTfLiGhT So i cAN GeT In, PlEaSe? ThAnK YOu.

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8.3(iOS) is now available on the App Store! This is a tiny release that fixes a couple bugs and fixes some issues we've found when running on VisionOS in compatibility mode. Those of you lucky enough to get a VisionPro in a few days, please let us know if you spot any big issues.

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

Also, here's a high resolution render of Ivory the elephant for you to enjoy as a desktop background or iOS/iPadOS wallpaper:
d.pr/i/1bEPJS

:emoji_angel:

:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8.3(iOS) is now available on the App Store! This is a tiny release that fixes a couple bugs and fixes some issues we've found when running on VisionOS in compatibility mode. Those of you lucky enough to get a VisionPro in a few days, please let us know if you spot any big issues.

A 3D Render of Ivory the elephant floating in space trying reach an iPhone with John Mastodon calling. A crescent moon is in the background with many stars.
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Den Talalá

@ivory The latest update for macOS has introduced a bug where all columns become the same as the last selected in a dropdown (in titlebar).

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?

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

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.
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DELETED

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

Stephen Coles

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

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

If you are part of our TestFlight Beta, we pushed update 1.8.1 which features completely revamped polls and a few other things. Give it a shot and let us know your thoughts!

No new TestFlight openings, but we are working hard to get this release finished and out to everyone!

*Note about TestFlight Subs: TestFlight doesn't read your app store sub and so you must subscribe in TestFlight if it asks. No real money is transferred as it's just a test environment.

Photo of an iPhone running Ivory and showing some of the latest Poll designs.
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⟦ˈmartiːn ˈʃtaɪ̯n⟧ :tblogo:

@ivory The multiple choice polls are working quite nice. 😊
For the mono theme I first thought: Cool, I like the Threads theme. But within Ivory it doesn't really work nice for me. Maybe because of the optical expectations. But I feel like I can't distinguish between links/hashtags and normal text.

Oh and I still miss those beautiful digital icons that were available only in one 1.8 beta. 😁

Jason Stoff

@ivory I've noticed a UI issue on iPad Mini (iOS 17.3b2) using the latest Ivory 1.8.1 build — the "Search" field on the Explore tab has a weird color treatment in both light and dark modes.

Sean C.

@ivory loving the new polls format -- A LOT!

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8 is now available to download on the App Store! It features the brand new Explore Tab (which replaces the Search Tab) with much improved search and a new Popular & Trending section. There's also a few new app Icons and some bug fixes.

Download the update here:
apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

Photo of an iPhone with the new Explore tab shown on screen. Shows Search, Browse (Local/Federated), and Popular & Trending Posts, News, Hashtags, and People.
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Dean Amiridis :clubtwit:

@ivory Very nice update! The one thing Ivory desperately needs is proper thread support.

Sesame Squirrel

@ivory disliking your new Explore feature intensely -- among other changes -- and will NOT be renewing Ivory in June.

Each update has left me more dissatisfied than the prior version.

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

We just want to say thank you so much to MacStories and their readers/members who provided such an honorable award. It definitely came as a shock! Also thanks to all of our customers who stuck with us through this tough year. We have a lot of great things coming up in the pipeline and wanted to share a quick teaser image of what's coming soon.

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Photo of Ivory the elephant “figurine” standing next to the Mac Stories Reader’s Choice Award Trophy.
Photo of an iPhone showing a preview of the upcoming Explore tab coming soon to Ivory.
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Dwight Silverman

@ivory Congratulations, and well-deserved! I do love Ivory, but don’t use it at the moment because: no quote-post feature. It’s on your published timeline, but how soon are we likely to get it?

Using @MonaApp for now, but likely would switch once quote-posts hits. (And I’m intending on renewing my subscription when it comes up, knowing quote-posts is coming.)

Eye on Marin

@ivory

Ivory makes Mastodon #1 for Mac, iPhone & iPad.

One question: on iPad and only on mastodon. social I get a red window upper center for 5 seconds reading “BOSTS ONLY”. What does this indicate?

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Ivory v1.7 is here! This release is all about hashtags. It's set to slowly roll out over the next few days, but you can force download it now from our App Store page:

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

Ivory v1.7 has a new hashtags tab!
Find and follow hashtags that pique your interest. Feature hashtags so people can find your interesting posts grouped together by categories. See what is trending on the Fediverse at a given moment.
Follow Hashtags.
Search for and follow hashtags to see
posts that are tagged around your
interests. It's a great way to discover like-
minded users across the Fediverse. Posts
with hashtags you follow automatically
show up in your home timeline, but you
can optionally create a filter to hide them.
Feature Hashtags.
Organize interests or projects with featured hashtags and bring them front and center for users to see in your profile. You can also go back and edit old posts to add hashtags and get them featured.

Featured hashtags are only a button tap away when composing a new post so you won't forget to use them.
View Trending Hashtags.
See what's trending right now on the Fediverse!
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Swarming

@ivory Ivory is so far ahead of every other app in terms of user experience it’s insane

Senhor Schlauschlau 🪐

@ivory awesome ❤️‍🔥 quick question: what do you think about adding the schuld to sort followed hashtags by popularity?

J ▵ Y

@ivory please let us add more buttons to the tab bar. Would love to see that before my subscription ends 🥲

Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

Version 1.6.6 for Mac is now available with a bunch of little fixes. We were able to get widgets working in Sonoma as well (unfortunately not in Ventura).

You can download it from the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo

What's New

- Timeline/List positions stored more frequently so there's less chance of losing your place if the app crashes.
- Fixed the issue where closing the main window and then opening a new one via File > New Window would lose all of your columns.
- Widgets now work in Sonoma.
- Added app version number to bottom of the "About Ivory" window.
- Improvements to selected post states when the main window becomes active again.
- Improvements to displaying video controls when moving the mouse over video.
- Added the ability to flip through multiple images by pressing supported mice scroll wheels left/right (or hold shift and use the scroll wheel).
- Fixed an issue where image zoom could be reset when the media window becomes active again.
- When you select a row in the Notifications tab, you can now use the menu items (and their keyboard shortcuts) from the Post and User menus.
- Focus indicators on many textfields have been improved if you have keyboard navigation enabled.
- Pressing 'o' on a post detail view will now open the media viewer.
- Fixed the issue where double-clicking a zoomed in image wouldn't properly zoom back to the original size.
- Double-clicking the titlebar takes you to the top of your timeline and double-clicking again will return you back to your last position.


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Paul McGrane

@ivory hurrah. I would like to complain that choosing "About Ivory” does not show the version number, which it ought to. That is the main reason to look there.

Whoops: guess what's in the release notes!

Fernando Meyer

@ivory can we get the ability to use custom fonts both on ios and mac?

Expert Plus 🍀

@ivory yo folks, you guys are awesome and doing a great job, except, that there's one problem....I can't try your app.

I am an #Android user.

But I want to try your app.

I am a Linux user as well.

I don't have a Mac or iPhone - any.

Soooo....mind do a release for Android and Linux Mint?

Thank you very much. Love your app already only by seeing screenshots and video reviews of it on YouTube.

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Last chance to grab one of these fine shirts! This campaign ends tomorrow. On the bright side, if you already ordered one, they should be getting printed soon!

:tapbots_logo: :ivory_logo: :ivory_boost:

cottonbureau.com/people/tapbot

Screenshot of the Tapbots, Ivory, and Boost logo shirts as seen on the Cotton Bureau website showing them only being live for 1 more day.
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7 days left to order one of these shirts before they are gone! These are screen-printed which means they will last longer than the on-demand shirts, but only have a 2-week ordering period. We also have more shirt colors than just black...which is unusual for us. 🙂

cottonbureau.com/people/tapbot

Tapbots Logo, Ivory Icon, and Boost Icon shirts, all red on black.
Ivory logo shirts shown in different colors.
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Andrew Briscoe

@ivory I had sent the link to my wife for birthday/christmas gift so 🤞🏼

Dustin Savery

@ivory I’d totally get one if they didn’t have the black outline 😬

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