Arrow version history
With Arrow, we're trying to push the boundaries of what web-based Twitter clients can do. We've offered realtime tweets since launch — before Twitter even had a realtime API — and we were one of the first partners to help Twitter test their site streams API beta. The list of innovations goes on: Foursquare integration with HTML5 geolocation, threading of direct messages before Twitter had it, even inline Instagram photos before Instagram had an API.
Read on for a closer look at the goodness we've added over time.
series L
2.0 shove it, #newtwitter — introduced December 2010
- Spruced up the UI a bit
- Added follow button & follow-back status indicator to user profile cards
- Added support for inline viewing of Instagram and imgur photos (Instagram, Y U NO HAVE API?)
- Vastly improved support for short URL expansion: from 7 supported services to 355!
- Improved readability of lengthy expanded URLs in popups
- Improved Justin Bieber filter for trending topics: now blocks Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers trends
- Search panel now shows trending/popular tweets on initial page load
- Fixed bug where trending topic description popups would sometimes fail to appear
- Fixed bug where search results for old queries would incorrectly appear on reload
- Fixed bug where inline media viewer wasn't being centered in middle of screen
- Minor load time improvements
series C
1.10 dalhousie — introduced November 2010
- Added user profile cards — click on your avatar in the tweet publisher, or on someone else's name
- Hopefully addressing the issue where Arrow would report over a trillion unread DMs (...woops)
1.9 altadore — introduced October 2010
- Added direct messages
Don't forget to pick a notification sound for new DMs in the Arrow settings panel - List names are now linkified in tweets (i.e. "@accord5/team")
- Fixed bug where some URLs in tweets weren't being linkified properly
- Fixed bug where "in reply to..." conversation backtrace feature didn't work for mentions
- Fixed bug where the Arrow settings panel and the Foursquare check-in panel would render incorrectly
- Fixed bug where the Tab key didn't cycle through certain fields in the Arrow settings panel
1.8 point mckay — introduced September 2010
- Added quick edit feature — just click one of your tweets to edit and republish it
- Added drafts — write a tweet, save it, and publish it later
- Search results now update in real-time
- Added maps to geotagged tweets in friends timeline — click location name to view map (example)
- Added 6 new notification sounds
- Short URL expand-on-mouseover feature now works in mentions and search results
- Fixed bug where trending topic descriptions were being truncated
- Fixed bug where images would sometimes fail to upload to TwitPic
- Fixed bug where search results pagination broke when searching for hashtags
- Fixed bug where friends timeline pagination would skip over periods of time
1.7 millrise — introduced September 2010
- Streamlined tweet publisher design
- Improved support & handling for inline media viewing
- Fixed bug with inline viewing of YouTube videos where the movie would fail to initialize
- Fixed bug where trending topic descriptions would sometimes fail to appear
- Fixed bug where old tweets were sometimes re-appearing in friends timeline as if they were new
1.6 varsity — introduced August 2010
- Added drag-and-drop TwitPic image uploads — just drop an image file onto the tweet publisher
- Added tweet filters — specify filter criteria in the Arrow settings panel
- Added trending topic descriptions that appear when you mouseover a trend
- Fixed bug where new mentions would sometimes fail to load
- Added confirmation prompt before deleting a tweet
- Minor load time improvements
1.5 crescent heights — introduced June 2010
- Added geolocation support to tweet publisher — attach a location to your status update
Enable location sharing in your Twitter account settings to see this feature - Fixed bug with inline viewing of yFrog photos
- Fixed bug where character count did not immediately update upon clicking reply
- Fixed bug where cursor would reset to beginning of text box when clicking reply in Safari & Chrome
1.4 parkdale — introduced May 2010
- Significantly faster load time: optimized code, reduced application CSS and JS size by 70%
- Added short URL expand-on-mouseover feature
- Added Instapaper "read later" support
- Unread tweets now have a faint yellow background for a few seconds
- Improved accuracy of Bieber filter
- Fixed bug where latest tweet above publisher box did not update after a tweet was sent
- Fixed bug where clicking a trending topic would sometimes show incorrect search results
1.3 chaparral — introduced April 2010
- Added optional notification sounds for new tweets & mentions
- Added "in reply to..." conversation backtrace feature
- Added Foursquare home check-in button
- Added new settings panel
- Fixed bug where update button would become disabled and unusable after a tweet was sent
- Fixed bug where some timestamps would become wildly inaccurate after a few minutes
- Fixed bug where loading spinner got stuck when a search returned zero results
1.2 sunnyside — introduced March 2010
- Added retweet feature
- Added unread tweet indicator in page title
- Added Bieber filter for trending topics
- Added brief instructional blurb when you click to clear the search box
- Trending topics now automatically stay up-to-date
- Page layout / width is no longer specifically fixed to suit a 15.4" display, now has some wiggle room
- Improved Twitter and Foursquare OAuth sign-on flow
- Improved error handling when Twitter is down or fail-whaling
1.1 falconridge — introduced February 2010
- Added support for inline viewing of TwitPic, yFrog, and YouTube media
- Added link to delete a tweet (if it's yours)
- Added option to hide all search results containing links (less spam)
- Hashtag trending topics now hidden by default
- Fixed bug with manual refresh of friends timeline or mentions
- Fixed some cross-browser UI display issues
1.0 castleridge — introduced January 2010
- First public release
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