We’re always working on improvements to Micro.blog. Here are some of the features and bugs we’re working on:
- More hosted microblog themes.
- Better accessibility on the web.
We’ve recently finished these changes:
- Redesigned the web interface and native apps with new navigation and icons.
- Renamed favorites to bookmarks, expanding how they work with support for archiving web pages and making highlights.
- Added multiple account support without signing out on iOS.
- Added editing pages and managing uploads on iOS and macOS.
- Launched Sunlit 3.0, an Instagram-like photo sharing app built on Micro.blog. It’s open source.
- Added new books search and book covers interface.
- Added following Tumblr blogs and IndieWeb sites by domain name. Improved the username search.
- Performance improvements to publishing new blog posts.
- Added plug-ins system for extending your blog with new features.
- Improved the custom theme editing interface.
- Added support for ActivityPub with replies to and from Mastodon and your blog. Get your own Mastodon-compatible username using your own domain name.
- Added a Markdown preview button when writing a new post in Micro.blog on the web.
- Added “Show More” button to the timeline and mentions on the web.
- Added user muting under Account → Edit Muted Users, and mute and block commands in the macOS app.
- Added reading view for articles saved via Indiepaper.
- Fixed typing and pasting issues in the new post field on Android.
- Increased MP3 file upload for podcasts to 35 MB.
- Added podcast settings for email address and using your “about me” text as the podcast description.
- Added support for cross-posting to Facebook pages after Facebook turned off previous posting API.
- Updated web following list to show who you aren’t following yet.
- Added support for IndieBookClub.
- Added ability to set custom footer HTML in any theme.
- Improved authorization so Micro.blog is an IndieAuth provider.
- Improved reliability of photo uploads.
- Added timeline option (under Account on the web) to hide replies from people you aren’t following.
- Added Medium.com support for cross-posting.
- Improved speed of hosted sites showing up in the Micro.blog timeline.
- Added toggle for posting non-square photos in iOS app.
- Added new blog theme Marfa.
- Released companion microcast app Wavelength for iPhone.
- Added microcast hosting and podcast feeds, plus general support for audio tags.
- Added multiple account and multiple blog support to Micro.blog for Mac.
- Added custom site titles for people with more than one blog.
- Fixed media upload to make files available more quickly on published blogs.
- Fixed several issues with feed refresh and performance.
- Fixed connectivity problems (blank screens) on some cellular networks.
- Fixed appending the first link in a post to Facebook cross-post.
- Updated source of built-in themes on GitHub.
- Released new companion photos app Sunlit for iOS.
- Added swipe on iOS to view the conversation.
- Added settings icon on iOS to quickly disable cross-posting.
- Added discover topics based on emoji included in a post, such as
. - Improved @-mention support to be more consistent across blogs.
- Fixed sharing photos from other iOS apps.
- Added Posts link to the navbar and improved access to editing posts.
- Added support for scrolling back further in the timeline on iOS and macOS.
- Added an official Mac app, plus updates to the iOS version for the iPhone X.
- Fixed some pins not getting automatically unlocked.
- Improved Discover screens to show a timeline of a selection of posts from the community.
- Added export in WordPress’s WXR file format.
- Added a link from
your-username.micro.blogto your profile page. - Added better post browsing, editing, and deleting under Account → Posts.
- Added SSL for custom domains. Email help@micro.blog and we’ll enable it for you.
- Added Markdown highlighting for web replies.
- Added Facebook cross-posting.
- Added repost support from Micropub clients such as Micropublish.
- Improved Micropub API with support for OwnYourGram.
- Improved published blog filenames and removed unnecessarily titles in Hyde theme.
- Added iPad support to the iOS app and made it available in the App Store.
- Added user search from the iOS app.
- Improved @-mentions from regular, non-reply microblog posts to auto-link usernames. If the post starts with an @-mention, it will be stored separately and not cross-posted to Twitter.
- Improved cross-posting to extract inline links and append them at the end of the tweet.
- Updated links and Twitter cross-posts to use custom domain names.
- Added Markdown and auto-linking URLs in mentions.
- Added showing conversation view in iPhone from push notifications.
- Added a Discover page on the web and in the iPhone app to find users.
- Fixed uploading large photos from the iPhone app.
- Fixed slow publishing of new posts.
- Fixed feeds refresh not working for some sites.
- Fixed escaping HTML in new posts and replies on the web.
- Fixed invites not showing the correct Kickstarter reward.
- Fixed dates on timeline not reflecting current timezone.
- Fixed custom CSS being cleared and not included in Primrose theme.
We’ll keep this help page updated as Micro.blog improves. The full bug list will be maintained in GitHub.