Tweetbot for Mac alpha 3 now available

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop, Software

Tapbots is iterating quickly on its Tweetbot for Mac alpha software. The original alpha was released just 13 days ago, and the second update (Alpha 3) is already available for download. Tweetbot for Mac alpha 3 addresses the new tweet window/hashtag popover bug that's been causing crashes, while alpha 2 addressed many more issues that were present in the initial release. You can find the full alpha 2 changelog after the break.

Tweetbot Alpha 2 Changes:

• Notifications for mentions, follows, retweets, favorites (10.8 only)
• Go to User (command-u)
• Option to open links in background (see preferences)
• Less intrusive tweet action overlay icons
• Double-click tweets in timeline now takes you to status detail
• Fixed some contextual menu issues in direct message conversations
• Fixed pull-to-refresh and scrolling to top issue when loading new results
• Tweetmarker will now set your timeline position on app startup always
• Fixed bugs and crashers related to composing tweets.
• Made large and huge fonts bigger
• Can swipe the empty space in a conversation to go back to previous view
• Can close image window with command-w (also space and esc)
• Menu shortcuts added to profile view: Command-d (direct message) and command-r (reply)