Bluebird 1.0 Beta 1.1 Release Notes
Bluebird 1.0 Beta 1.1 is a maintenance release, and not an official beta release. It is for use by people not afraid of software that may have a few bugs in it. The download link is at the end of this document.
Bugs Fixed
- In beta 1, there was an issue where tweets that were posted between the most recent refresh and your last status update would be lost. This has been fixed, and Bluebird now displays every tweet you receive.
- Memory usage has been decreased slightly.
Features Added
- The tweet order has been inverted; newest tweets now appear towards the bottom of the list, nearest the text entry field. This graphic should summarize our rationale for changing this. As a note, Bluebird now follows the "standard behavior" for scrolling: if you're scrolled to the bottom already, it continues to stay scrolled to the bottom as new tweets arrive; if you aren't, however, it will keep your scroll position for you, even as new tweets are added to the list.
- Bluebird now supports the new theme format outlined about a week ago. It's really pretty awesome.
- Bluebird now supports updates via Sparkle. Yay!
Caveats and Known Issues
- IMPORTANT! This build of Bluebird REQUIRES that all themes be updated to use the new theme format. The three included themes have already been updated, but most third-party themes will not have been. It is recommended that you not install this build until your favorite themes have been updated per the conversion guide.
- Some themes will not scroll all the way to the bottom when they're supposed to; it seems to be somewhat hit or miss. For now I'm afraid you'll have to live with it, but after initial load it shouldn't be a problem (ie, it will scroll to the bottom as new tweets arrive). Seems to have to do with the page length changing after the scroll to bottom occurs (ie, images take a few seconds to load, reflections are added later, etc.).
- Filters/searching does not play well with scrolling. You'll have to scroll yourself back down to the bottom occasionally after switching filters or search text. Will be fixed soon!
- There is a bug where the badge of unread DMs (in DM view) is sometimes displayed under the corner of the author's avatar instead of on top of it. We're working on this one, never fear!