November 2011
1 post
Crème 2.2.23 changelog
BUGFIX: showing correct links in messages, instead of always showing t.co shortened URLs.
July 2011
2 posts
Crème 2.1.21 changelog
BUGFIX: fixed a problem where pulling down to refresh before adding any pages to Crème resulted in an endless “Refreshing…” prompt.
BUGFIX: fixed a memory management problem when switching user accounts, which resulted in too much memory use and possibly crashes.
BUGFIX: fixed the crash when trying to open a Direct Message.
BUGFIX: when bookmarking statuses, the Bookmarks page is now...
Crème 2.0 changelog
FEATURE: “Send to Instapaper”. You can send any browser page to Instapaper.
FEATURE: better learning for first-time users with clear big instructions.
FEATURE: no more blocking spinners when updating or doing any other activity. All notifications happen in a non-intrusive bottom bar.
CHANGE: simplified navigation. No more swiping pages left/right, you select everything from the Crème view.
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October 2010
3 posts
Crème URLs
From version 1.7, you can start Crème with URLs that directly open various parts of the app. This lets you connect Crème with providers like Boxcar. Since only the full version of Crème can load custom pages, this functionality is not available in Crème Light.
For all of these URLs, Crème will simply open the relevant page. If the corresponding page is not already in your Crème home view, it is...
Crème 1.7 live-changelog
Let’s start work on the new version.
FEATURE: Crème URLs. Among other things, this enables integration with Boxcar and other providers. (Full version only, not available in Light.)
FEATURE: if a tweet links to another tweet, say with a link like http://twitter.com/#!/cremeapp/status/27886435353, Crème correctly intercepts this and displays the tweet inline. Links without #! also work.
FEATURE:...
Crème 1.6 changelog
Crème 1.6 and Crème Light 1.6 are now available in App Store.
Here’s what’s changed.
CHANGE: Retina graphics.
CHANGE: now using Twitter Entities instead of homebrew parsing for inline links to #hashtags, @users and URLs.
BUGFIX: major performance improvement when loading and saving new tweets. Not all improvements could fit in this version, but it’s very noticeable, the app is much...
September 2010
2 posts
Why Crème doesn’t show pictures of retweeted users
Other Twitter apps and twitter.com show you pictures of users whom others have retweeted inline. Thus, you are seeing random people in your timeline simply because they got retweeted by someone you follow.
It’s a conscious design decision in Crème not to do that. We only show the people you follow. If they retweeted someone, you see a simple “RT: something something” notice. If you...
Crème and Crème Light 1.5 available in App Store
New versions of Crème and Crème Light are now available in App Store. Here’s the change log.
FEATURE: picture uploading from camera or photo library to Twitpic or yFrog.
FEATURE: limited support for iOS 4 multitasking.
CHANGE: now using iAd instead of AdMob for ads (Crème Light only.)
BUGFIX: layout is better in titles of the composer view and list view (positioning, text shadow), now...
August 2010
1 post
my.cremeapp.com and Crème cloud sync: what you...
Crème 1.5 is nearing completion and will hit App Store some time in the next few weeks. Cloud Sync will be an important feature in this version. In short, Crème will sync its configuration to the cloud, so that if you happen to run Crème on multiple devices, they stay in sync.
Please read this information to understand what Cloud Sync means for your privacy and security.
Why this is necessary
...
May 2010
1 post
Live-changelog for next version
Since version 1.4 is available, it’s time to start working on the next version.
FEATURE: picture uploading from camera or photo library to Twitpic or yFrog.
FEATURE: limited support for iOS 4 multitasking.
CHANGE: now using iAd instead of AdMob for ads (Crème Light only.)
BUGFIX: layout is better in titles of the composer view and list view (positioning, text shadow), now consistent...
April 2010
7 posts
Crème and Crème Light 1.4 available in App Store
Crème and Crème Light version 1.4 are now available in App Store.
The biggest visible change is a new setup interface. There is no more app settings in the iPhone Settings section, and there is no more “pinch to zoom” which, frankly, never worked well. Instead, you have a “Turn me” system to access setup. Anywhere in Crème, just put two fingers on the screen and twist to...
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Chasing pixels with a custom iPhone title view
Can you spot the difference between these two layouts?
No? OK, let me zoom in to 200% and go to the area I’m talking about.
See it now? Nothing? Or yes? OK, let me make it really obvious.
In the first instance, the text is positioned in a way that does not feel aligned well with the button on the left. You can see that between the top of the 1st line text ascenders...
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Designing an improved embedded browser
Embedded browsing is an important part of Crème experience. People often post links to Twitter, and you want to see the pages behind the links right then and there. So, in Crème and in many other apps, you can tap on a link and a nice browser window opens, showing you the web page.
As we continue working on Crème, it makes sense to go back and revisit parts of the interface and scrutinize each...
Live-changelog for next version
FEATURE: send tweet by email.
FEATURE: configurable tweet actions. Turn them on and off as you like. For example, if you never reply with Direct Messages or you never favorite or retweet, you can turn these off.
FEATURE: a new configuration interface. New ways to change text and picture sizes in lists that actually work now. Just put two fingers on the screen to get there.
CHANGE: improved...
The future of Crème, in light of Twitter buying...
Today, Twitter announced that they are buying Tweetie and making it the official client for iPhone. What does this mean for Crème?
Many other app makers are probably worried, especially if their livelihood depends on it. Crème is different: we have always said that it is an off-hours project, meaning that we are not concerned about commercial success in the short term. It would of course be nice...
Free Crème Light released earlier this week
Maybe you noticed that free Crème Light was released earlier this week. Get it here.
Crème Light looks and works very much like the full version of Crème, and will follow the same release schedule.
Some things that are missing from the Light version are multiple accounts, adding and rearranging pages, and Direct Messages. If you wish to get these features, there’s an easy way to buy...
Crème 1.3 released on April 5 with ♥ Bookmarks,...
Perhaps you noticed that Crème update, version 1.3, became available in the App Store on April 5. If you don’t have Crème yet, get it here.
Here is the change log once again.
FEATURE: ♥ Bookmarks. Part of our “NYC Subway Mode,” that is, making Crème more useful for offline reading. Bookmarks are simply tweets that you mark for later reading, and that will appear in your Crème view. You...
March 2010
9 posts
Conversations, replies, and context
Ryan asks:
The problem with twitter replies is that they aren’t contextual. Anyone know how to ‘thread’ tweets?
Actually, there is a way in Twitter to weave replies into threads, which you may or may not have noticed.
When you post a tweet on Twitter.com or many apps including Crème, and it is a reply to another tweet, the site or app quietly captures this information in the tweet...
Up in next version
Our live changelog for the next version.
FEATURE: ♥ Bookmarks. Part of our “NYC Subway Mode,” that is, making Crème more useful for offline reading. Bookmarks are simply tweets that you mark for later reading, and that will appear in your Crème view. You can bookmark/unbookmark any tweet and it works well when offline.
FEATURE: when looking at “Retweets of me” view, you will now see...
Crème 1.2 with Direct Messages, lists now...
Crème 1.2 is out on the App Store. Here is the complete list of changes.
FEATURE: lists reading. Read more about lists in Crème.
FEATURE: Direct Message sending, reading.
FEATURE: “Reply” functions as “Reply All”, including all @mentioned people in a response tweet.
FEATURE: “Compose” button in Conversation view prefills tweet with @mentions of everyone participating in the conversation.
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Lists in Crème
The next version of Crème will have lists. You will add them with the “Add Page” function similarly to how you add everything else, and reading also works the same way. Here is what it will be like.
We believe that this is truly among the best Twitter list reading experiences on iPhone, combined with Crème’s powerful read/unread handling and touch-based navigation.
Just...
Why Crème doesn't have image uploading today
Crème does currently not have image posting/upload feature. You cannot post images to Twitter with Crème today. Several of you have asked for it, so we wanted to explain why we didn’t add it in the first version, and when we will add it.
We chose not to add the image feature in Crème because it is not possible today to have a good, seamless, stable user experience around invisibly...
Version 1.2 changelog work-in-progress
Version 1.2 will be the next version of Crème. Here’s our working document for the changes that we have already implemented in the codebase. We’ll keep updating this until release.
FEATURE: lists reading.
FEATURE: Direct Message sending, reading.
FEATURE: “Reply” functions as “Reply All”, including all @mentioned people in a response tweet.
FEATURE:...
Direct Messages and Crème
The first version of Crème does not support Direct Messages. Here’s why we chose not to include this feature initially.
Crème thinks of Twitter as a public channel. Everything that happens there is public. This is true for most of the Twitter ecology, but there are two exceptions: protected users (which work mostly fine in Crème) and DM.
We make things very clear by only having the public...
Acknowledgements of external libraries and...
Crème was built in a few weeks as an off-hours project, and would not have been possible without using these great tools, libraries and ideas.
ASIHTTPRequest by Ben Copsey. (Check out his Space Harvest too.)
PlainOAuth by Jaanus.
SFHFKeychainUtils by Buzz Andersen.
Three20., originally by Joe Hewitt, now by many others.
RegexKitLite by John Engelhart.
Tweetero — not using any code from...
Internet, meet Crème.
Whew.
The app is not live yet, it’s in App Store review as of March 3. (We actually got a reject and had to replace an icon, which is a good thing for User Experience.)
Follow other Crème news at @cremeapp, and of course, cremeapp.com.
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