Micro.blog 3.2.1 for iOS

We’ve updated Micro.blog for iOS to version 3.2.1 with some additional improvements. One change you’ll notice right away is that the formatting toolbar now has more traditional “b” for bold / “i” for italic buttons. In previous versions I thought that showing the Markdown syntax on the button titles would help educate people on how Micro.blog worked, but it just created more confusion. I like the simpler buttons.

For Micro.blog Premium subscribers, you’ll also see a new audio icon for attaching an MP3 (or any file) to a blog post.

Full release notes:

  • Updated new post toolbar to use b, i, and link icons.
  • Added audio attach icon to new post for Micro.blog Premium subscribers.
  • Added new notifications pane when receiving new mentions.
  • Added link to Indie Microblogging book and Markdown reference in help.
  • Fixed remembering last selected blog when using multiple blogs.
  • Fixed scrolling to allow more room for accessibility text on photos.
  • Improved some minor layout and styles in other parts of the app.

Enjoy!

Manton Reece

@BinaryDigit Thanks!

Numeric Citizen

some really nice tweaks and additions in there! Thanks !

Chris Enns

The change to automatically inserting the clipboard into the link brackets is a huge relief! No more trying to line up the iOS cursor in the right spot and tap to paste the link in. 🎉

Manton Reece

@iChris Thanks! That has been there for a little while but sometimes doesn’t work for reasons I don’t understand. If it’s more reliable now, I’m not sure why, but I’ll take it!

Chris Enns

@vincent Oh maybe it was actually before I updated the app on iOS? It’s the first time it worked for me ever using the iOS app. I think I’m in the Testflight on it as well. Up until that moment, it was always a debate whether it was worth it to try and link. :)

Chris Enns

@pratik Ooh Drafts. I keep forgetting to use that. What’s your workflow? (Or am I having deja vu here and have already talked to you about this when I previously tried to get into Drafts?)

Chris Enns

@pratik Holy poopballs that’s a game changer. I don’t know why I hadn’t tried posting from Drafts before like that. Having the cross-post options right there is great for when I don’t want to send dumb thoughts to LinkedIn. lol Thanks @donnydavis.

Chris Enns

@pratik How are you using tags?

Jim Mitchell

I’ve been experiencing a crash on iOS app for the last few versions when trying to open the posts list. Was hoping latest fixed it, but no joy. Have deleted app and installed fresh twice. What do you need from me to troubleshoot? Cc @help

Manton Reece

@jimmitchell @vincent I think I’ve seen this crash before too. I thought it was something just with my account or build at first, but I guess not. (It doesn’t always happen for me.)

Jon Rozier

probably not the place for it and if not, I’m sorry…but my micro.blog instance appears to be down…or if you go to my main page “Not Found” 😱

Manton Reece

@lostinhaste Sorry, I’m looking into this… Might be a theme error of some kind that is preventing the blog from being fully published.

Andrea Contino

How do I make my posts appear on my Mastodon account? a@contz.com

Manton Reece

@Contz If you want to copy your Micro.blog posts to a separate Mastodon account, click on Account → “Edit Sources & Cross-posting” and add a Mastodon account there. Micro.blog will automatically copy them. If you want people to follow your Micro.blog account directly, that’s set under Account → ActivityPub.

Andrea Contino

Thanks a lot. While, if I want to keep my Micro.blog account as my Mastodon account, is there a way it’s going to be auto populated with what I’m posting on my Micro.blog blog?

Jim Mitchell

@vincent The crash is a little different now. I can load the posts list and start to scroll, but after a few entries of scroll, then the app crashes. Will send another video to @help. Maybe I have a bad character in a post. The only change I’ve made is aliasing Mastodon username to MB ActivityPub username, and made some posts…

Micro.blog

@jimmitchell @vincent I’m not sure if it’s a bad character but it is something similar to that. I can reproduce it on my test blog too. Sorry, we’ll get it fixed.

Andrea Contino

Hi there! I’m using Alpine theme, how did you change colors etc in your mobile version? Is there a different plugin to be installed?

Manton Reece

@Contz Which colors? I’ve tweaked a few things with CSS. Also there’s a “Marfa dark mode” plug-in that should work with Alpine too.

Andrea Contino

Yes, I mean desktop mode you have yellow and white, while on mobile your website is dark and blue :)

Manton Reece @manton
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