Today we are releasing a public beta of our new Windows Twitter client. Now windows users can enjoy Echofon's simple and clean desktop Twitter experience.
Give the beta a try, and let us know what you think!
Now in the app store, Echofon 5 has several new features and enhancements.
The compose view has gotten an update with a cleaner look, and a draft manager. Whenever you exit out of the this view you’ll be asked if you want to save your tweet as a draft. You can save as many as you like and access them later. Also new is the ability to upload multiple photos.
We've put great effort into optimizing the most important aspects of Echofon – scrolling through the timeline. We think you’ll agree, it's snappier!
Back by popular demand, a true black theme. Great for late night tweeting. To turn it on, just go to Menu > Settings > Theme.
We’ve made other small enhancements throughout the app, here are a few:
To comply with Twitter's new OAuth requirement, all of the Echofon applications will ask users to re-authenticate their accounts.
This is Twitter's new security measure for all third party applications, and you have to re-authenticate to read or delete DMs via Echofon after July 1st, 2011.
Re-authenticating is easy - Update your Echofon to the latest version (see below), you will be prompted to do so when needed.
To learn more about Twitter's requirements and OAuth, please visit Twitter's blog post.
UPDATE 12:00PM 6/30/2011: The new permission level is now in effect. There are few minor issues regarding re-authenticating. If you get into re-authentication loop, here's some workaround:
Firefox: Please update to version 2.0.9, or re-start Firefox after you re-authorized Echofon.
iPhone/iPad/Mac: Deleting account then re-adding it will solve the issue.
Thank you for a lot of feedback about new Echofon Firefox beta! Since many of you asked us to bring back old UI, we added "Panel Mode" which works like Echofon 1.x. This is how it looks:
Since Panel/Sidebar mode doesn't have a menubar, here's some tricks that you might want to use.
Here's complete changes in version 2.0 beta2:
Today we are releasing a beta of the next major version of Echofon for Firefox. This update includes a redesigned interface, full Firefox 4 support, user streams support (coming soon, pending approval from Twitter) and many other features.
Echofon for Firefox is a Firefox extension that lets you easily browse Twitter while using your browser. This update brings it up to speed as a fully featured Twitter client.
This version has a newly design interface that can be used as a sidebar integrated into your browser window or in window mode which puts the app in a standalone window. In addition there are countless UI enhancements including inline photo preview and subtle unread tweet indicators.
We've added many of the great features present in Echofon for Mac and iOS to this version of Echofon for Firefox. You can mute clients, users and hashtags (mute settings sync between devices). Photo previews and photo popups make browsing media a joy. This version includes tabs for search (with trends, and saved search support) as well as lists. There is also a new conversation view and user view. View a user's tweets, lists, favorites, followers etc.
We've built in support for user streams which allows you to view tweets immediately when they are posted without reloading. (Note: This feature is disabled for now, pending approval from Twitter)
Remember, this is a beta so things might not work or look perfectly, if you find a problem or have a suggestion, please let us know on Twitter (@echofon)!
We've just released version 1.4 of Echofon for Mac. This version brings the same inline photo/video preview that you've been enjoying on Echofon for iPad and iPhone to the Mac version.
We've also added support for Echofon's new mute feature to this version of Echofon for Mac. You can mute users, clients and hashtags. These items will be hidden from your timeline and you can add or remove them at any time.
Muted items are synced through the Echofon Push/Sync server so you'll have the same items available on any device where Echofon supports mute.
Notification settings have been simplified and the ability to disable unread counts has been added. Echofon still tracks and syncs unread tweets, but you can choose not to display the number.
Download directly from our website.
This entry explains recent issues regarding Echofon Japanese version.
[お知らせとお詫び]
日本時間3月6日より、コカ・コーラ パーク様とのタイアップキャンペーンを実施中ですが、その運用につき、以下２点問題があったことをお詫び申し上げます。
キャンペーンの内容ですが、これは、起動時の選択により背景色（テーマ）の変更および同社アカウントをフォローする、というもので、具体的には、起動時に
コカ・コーラ パーク1000万人会員達成記念！背景をコカ・コーラ パークのテーマに変更して、@CocaColaParkをフォローしますか
というメッセージを表示、「はい」を選択した方が対象となるというものでした。
問題は以下の２点です。
有料版でも「いいえ」を選択することでアド・フリーとなると考えたのですが、メッセージを表示すること自体が広告であるとのご指摘を受け、日本時間６日にメッセージが表示されないバージョンをApp Storeに提出しました。
ただし、App Storeから新しいバージョンのダウンロードが可能になるのは、アップル社に承認された後となり、それには数日〜１週間ほどかかると想定されます。その間はご迷惑をおかけすることをご容赦下さい。
［メニュー］→［アカウントオプション］→［テーマ］で元の背景色（またはそれ以外）に変更可能です。