Alien Blue, a popular Reddit client for the iPad, has received a huge update bringing numerous new features including a new canvas, TV-out support, optimal album view, moderation tools, and more.
Alien Blue for iPad is the natural evolution of Reddit for a large touchscreen device. It is feature packed, and designed to let you interact with Reddit like never before.
Features:
* Retina Graphics for the New iPad
* Sliding navigation to quickly browse posts and subreddits.
* Discover subreddits by topic & interest
* Thumbnail previews for links inside comments
* Night mode option for very low backlight and reduced contrast.
* Four color themes
* Ability to search Reddit’s archive of posts
* Manage your subreddits (including Subscribing and Grouping)
* Add / Create Posts (and Self Threads)
* Multiple / Novelty Account Support
* One-Tap Imgur Integration when posting (and when commenting)
* One-Tap Quoting
* One-Tap to “View All Images” in comments
* Large buttons for embedded links
* “Orange Envelope” notifications from your Reddit inbox while you browse.
* Post, and edit your comments
* Exclude posts based on keywords
* Easily identify which comments are made from the Post creator. This is especially developed for AMA and AskReddit style threads.
* Collapsable comments
* Hide-All feature. Get fresh results every time. (syncs automatically with your hidden posts on the Reddit server).
What’s New In This Version:
New Features:
– Brand new Canvas/Image galleries
– Optimal Album view
– Canvas support for GIFs and Videos
– Slideshow with Autoplay (also supports GIFs & Videos)
– Canvas now supports TV-Out/Apple TV and takes full advantage of your TV’s viewing area
– Support for Canvas inside comment threads
– Clipboard detection for Reddit links
Moderation Tools:
– Ability to approve/remove posts
– Ability to approve/remove comments
– Template-based messages & comments to notify posters of moderation activity
– Full iCloud backup & sync of moderator templates across iOS devices
– Access to Mod Queue, Removed and Reported posts
– Subject line is now available in Mod Mail
– Tapping on a Mod-mail notification will now take you straight to your Mod inbox
Improvements:
– Ability to view high-resolution images on older devices
– Ability to view large GIFs in optimal mode
– YouTube videos now load with zero clutter and play automatically
– Improved stability for albums with multiple GIFs
– Improved performance and memory handling for YouTube playback
– Canvas now supports top/new/controversial sorting
– Canvas now supports searching
– Canvas images will require a tap to protect from spoilers
– Tapping an Image/GIF in Optimal allows full dimension TV/Out
– Optimal switch now remembers your preference based on content type (gifs, videos, articles etc.)
– Ability to choose Instapaper Mobilizer, Readability, or Alien Blue’s native layout for reformatting articles
– Added ability to save/share individual album photos
– Triple-tap header bars to switch between day/night mode
– Added support for sharing via Tumblr
– UI improvements to comments header bar
– Revised UI for switching post order
– Revised UI for searching posts
– Ability to order search results by number of comments
– Minor UI improvements to Inbox screen (major revisions coming soon)
– Faster launch times
– /u/ links are now displayed natively inside Alien Blue
– Added highlight and confirmation around comment deletion
– Subreddit sidebar now presents links to threads and other subreddits natively
– Added ability to copy a permalink for a comment to clipboard
Fixes:
– Fixed: Comments occasionally displaying an empty space where the text should be
– Fixed “Image not found” errors on some Imgur links
– Fixed: Posts/comments not scrolling to the top when tapping status bar
– Fixed: Link to another comment inside the same post/thread not working
– Fixed: Rotation quirks (causing stretched text in comments)
– Fixed: Duplicate items appearing in Canvas
– Fixed: Typing a subreddit manually attempts to autocorrect
– Fixed: API cookie issue when switching accounts
– Fixed: Browser times out while loading large albums
– Fixed: Photos/GIF occasionally causing optimal switch to rapidly move backward and forward
– Fixed: Occasional crashes when manually clearing cache
– Fixed: Image cache not routinely clearing
– Fixed: HTML characters rendering incorrectly in canvas titles
– Fixed: Potential crash when rendering posts on non-retina devices
– Fixed: Switching to Night/day mode occasionally causes some comments to be in the wrong color
– Fixed: Facebook sharing
– Fixed: Evernote sharing
Optimal Browser Additions:
– DeviantArt
– SoundCloud
– Memedad
– Livememe
– Popular comic sites (XKCD, SMBC, C&H, Dilbert etc)
– Flickr
– Instagram
You can purchase Alien Blue for iPad from the App Store for $3.99.
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