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Flint Changelog

1.5.3 March 2, 2014

  • New Link tweet author to tweet
  • Fixed Fix bug where the window can't refocus while paste window is open
  • Fixed Fix loading of Dropbox share images
  • Fixed Improve handling of long urls

1.5.2 August 29, 2013

  • Fixed Fixed app version showing in window title bar

1.5.1 August 23, 2013

  • Fixed Fixed crash when trying to loading non http/https links
  • Fixed Fixed crash when opening images on 10.7
  • Fixed Fixed issue where leave room didn't actually leave the room in some cases
  • Fixed Fixed control-click not working on images
  • Fixed Fixed some window activation issues
  • Fixed Fixed some timezone issues when searching and opening transcript
  • Fixed Fixed find next/previous shortcuts not working
  • Fixed Fixed mentions not working for paste messages
  • Changed Disabled click-through on inline images
  • Changed Changed how notification sounds are played so they can be controlled through System Preferences > Sound Effects
  • Changed Simplified context menus

1.5 June 4, 2013

  • New Users sidebar for showing who's in the room (avatar or avatar + name)
  • New Tabs on bottom
  • New Full emoji support and new visual emoji autocomplete
  • New Improved autocomplete for usernames
  • New Support for all Campfire sounds and now will auto-update
  • New Better animated gif support and option to play animated gifs on hover
  • New Mute room (Room > Mute), will silence all notifications except mentions
  • New Copy conversation by selecting and copying multiple messages
  • New Toggle enter/leave messages per room (View > Hide Enter/Leave Messages)
  • New Toggle inline images per room (View > Hide Inline Images)
  • New Basic AppleScript support (details)
  • New Improved pasting support, including pasting from Photoshop
  • New Lobby will show currently joined rooms in blue and focus that room when clicked
  • New Option to clear chat backlog (Room > Clear)
  • New Option to load earlier messages without scrolling (Room > Load Earlier Messages)
  • New Command+enter will send message as a paste
  • New Faster embed support (YouTube, Vimeo, CloudApp, Instagram, Dribbble, Flickr, Droplr, Rdio)
  • New Support for custom CloudApp domains
  • New Show source link for inline images that were automatically embedded
  • New Option+clicking an image will hide it, and command+click will open in browser
  • New Activating Flint via menubar icon or dock icon will focus room with most recent unread message
  • New Option to hide window instead of close (Preferences > Advanced)
  • New Added support for Chrome & Safari's tab-switching shortcuts
  • Fixed Page up and page down will now work even when text box has focus
  • Fixed You can play sounds manually even if sounds are disabled
  • Fixed HTML entities in tweets are now properly decoded
  • Fixed Better support for OS X services on messages
  • Fixed Clicking an inline image multiple times will only open it once
  • Fixed Double-clicking an avatar will insert name at current cursor position
  • Fixed Search will default to account of currently selected room
  • Fixed Session will be cleared every time you authenticate
  • Fixed Fixed crash when navigating through transcripts
  • Fixed Improved handling of large images in preview window
  • Fixed A few search bugs
  • Fixed Other bug fixes and crashes

1.2.2 December 6, 2012

  • New added support for new emoji added in Mountain Lion (10.8 only)
  • New added sounds: bezos, clowntown, deeper, heygirl, inconceivable, sexyback, trololo, what, whoomp
  • Fixed crash when loading the lobby
  • Fixed rooms no longer reconnect/disconnect during Power Nap

1.2.1 August 15, 2012

  • New notification center support for Mountain Lion
  • New support for retina displays
  • Fixed bug fixes

1.2 May 30, 2012

  • New search and transcript support
  • New new icon!
  • New star/unstar messages and show starred messages
  • New lock/unlock room, and show if room is locked
  • New improved Room menu with more options
  • New can load earlier messages into room with pull to refresh mechanism
  • New now showing images and text for /play messages and added support for new sounds: 56k, dangerzone, horn, horror, loggins, sax, yodel
  • New hide/show image item added to context menu for inline images
  • New recently uploaded files now available (Room > Recent Uploads)
  • New can upload file from file dialog in addition to drag and drop
  • New uploads can now be download directly within the app
  • New added scroll to bottom/top shortcuts and menu item
  • New type to select and keyboard navigation for Lobby
  • New will show if guest access is turned on
  • New options to disable animated gifs and inline images
  • New double-click user avatar or user in popover to insert name
  • New can see if message will be sent as paste and manually toggle paste mode
  • Changed a bunch UI improvements
  • Changed text size can be increased/decreased directly with ⌘+/⌘- instead of through Preferences
  • Changed the text input box is no longer shared between rooms
  • Changed improved find, now highlights the word
  • Fixed emoji codes in room name and topic will now be rendered properly
  • Fixed improved streaming connection reliability
  • Fixed can now paste text even if input box doesn't have focus
  • Fixed a few image loading/encoding bugs
  • Fixed other bugs and performance improvements

1.1.1 February 20, 2012

  • Fixed clicking dock icon wouldn't restore minimized window
  • Fixed emoji may display incorrectly if there were multiple of a single emoji in a message
  • Fixed lobby wouldn't display room correctly if the topic had a newline in it
  • Fixed bug where a sound notification may play erroneously

1.1 January 31, 2012

  • New tab completion for usernames, choose full name, first name or initials (in preferences)
  • New emoji support
  • New unread counts are persisted between app launches
  • New support for multiple 37signals accounts
  • New support for changing the room topic
  • New text field automatically focuses when you start typing
  • New support for /me
  • New paste image from clipboard to upload
  • New clicking dock icon will open a window if there are none
  • New option for disabling Campfire sounds (/play trombone, etc)
  • New added new sounds (secret, tada, nyan, ohmy)
  • Changed notifications are enabled now for background tabs even when app has focus (can disable in preferences)
  • Changed Improved handling of network connection/server errors
  • Fixed user count/list could sometimes be inaccurate
  • Fixed images dragged from browser to input field will now upload correctly
  • Fixed won't update unread count for enter/leave messages if set to ignore for all notifications
  • Fixed improved image url detection for inline previews (images with extensions specified in query string or after hash will now work properly)
  • Fixed intermittent duplication of messages user posted
  • Fixed clicking Growl notification will activate correct window and tab
  • Fixed bug with random disappearing of user posted messages

1.0.1 October 27, 2011

  • New now truncating paste messages longer than 50 lines with link to open full paste in separate window
  • Fixed bug where room could show jumbled visual artifacts
  • Fixed issue with entering accented characters
  • Fixed issue where long room name could overflow tab
  • Fixed bug where non-image links with image extension could break the room
  • Fixed issue where 37signals authentication session would persist between app launches so you couldn't change your account
  • Fixed bug where some images would be displayed with the wrong aspect ratio
  • Fixed bug where really long paste messages wouldn't come through

1.0 October 18, 2011

  • Initial Release!