Hey everyone, this is the first update in 2 months and I have a lot to tell you about. This isn't going to be as long as the previous post, but please bear with me for a while.
First things first: what about v3?
Things haven't been looking good on that front, unfortunately. I was way too confident in how much time I would have in these two months and life happened: I had to move because the costs of ...
2025-05-22 21:53:09 +0000 UTC
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As you may know, I was laid off 4 months ago and have been, since then, looking for a Mobile Developer job at any place that used Flutter for Android or iOS. After a few unsuccessful tries and being ghosted by the last place I was interviewed, I decided to not look for a job anymore and instead make deck.blue my full-time job.
I was already kind of working on it full-time since the layoff, but I was still looking for something else and didn't actually commit to spending...
2025-03-08 14:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone, the February update is here! I was hoping to add video upload in this update but I unfortunately encountered way more issues than I was expecting, so it's a smaller update overall compared to the previous one (though Chat columns are going to be tough to beat until the rewrite).
Interaction settings! You already could add reply rules before posting, but now deck.blue finally supports editing them after you've already posted
2025-02-25 16:15:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello, everyone! The December update is finally upon us and with it the most requested feature ever: Chat columns!
Before we get into what's in the update, an actual update about the future of deck.blue: this should be the last feature-rich update for deck.blue v2. Starting next year, while I don't get a new job, I'll work on deck.blue's v3 full-time. Which means I'll be rewriting the ...
2024-12-20 19:43:22 +0000 UTC
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It is finally here. This update finally changes how scheduling works in the background.
Notice: if you had previously set up a scheduling account before 2.10.4, you'll need to do it again as the new infrastructure works quite differently and all data regarding the old one has been discarded. Sorry about the inconvenience but it'll work much better and you won't need to set it up as often!
For the past f...
2024-11-28 01:41:34 +0000 UTC
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So sorry this took so long to fix, but I'm also glad it's finally done. You can finally manage lists from all your accounts instead of just the main one!
"Add/remove from list" in any profile's ... menu now supports all lists from all accounts, each list now shows which account it's from
Add List column window gained a redesign, "Add column" is now the primary action inside it and there's a new ... menu that shows the other options: Share, Edit (change name, descr...
2024-11-13 21:49:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello, everyone!
Been a while since the last update which had some sad news, this one kind of has one too that you might already be familiar with: I was laid off three weeks ago and am now looking for a job (please check out my 2024-11-11 22:39:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Been a while since the last update and general news about deck.blue. Hope you all have been well and thank you so much for all your support throughout this last year!
Today marks one year since I've started developing this project. You can check what the first versions had here and see a rough timeline before I added the Patreon integration and multi-acc...
2024-08-08 15:39:17 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, the monthly update is quite late but here nonetheless. This month has a huge feature that you won't be able to see that much, hopefully: the moderation update!
As you know, Bluesky recently added the composable moderation feature to the app and protocol and I'm happy to let you know that the labels are now working in deck.blue! It's an automatic proces...
2024-05-30 00:43:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! Been a while since the last update. This one has two features that I've been delaying for way too long!
Bookmarks! You can now bookmark any post and they're separated by your accounts. You're able to add a Bookmarks column to keep track of what's saved, and each account has its own list of bookmarks. They're deck.blue-only and synced across sessions!
Disable reposts! You can finally disable reposts for sp...
2024-04-14 21:59:58 +0000 UTC
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This one has actually been up for a while, but I was experimenting with some changes and I believe now it's stable enough to post about it.
From this version onwards, I've reimplemented how deck.blue refreshes its columns. You should see a big improvement in standby operation if you have many columns and many accounts. Please let me know if you have any issues with this new update!
Before the update itself, a few changes regarding the Patreon tiers: everyone can now schedule up to 3 months ahead. Previously, the initial tiers could only schedule a week ahead. Also, the tier benefits were changed as follows:
- Added the new Booster tier at $1/month, it retains the same stuff as the Initial tier, which got an upgrade. Booster patrons can use up to 3 accounts and schedule up to 1...
2024-03-05 01:25:26 +0000 UTC
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- Added Blur images toggle! You can now choose between blurring or hiding restricted images instead of just hiding them by default. Just turn it on in the toggles page in the settings to try it out!
- Gallery Mode improvements: posts are now right-clickable to open in another tab, clicking on the image will open it and clicking on the username will open the post inside the column
- Top-right post timestamp now properly behaves as a link and ...
2024-02-24 16:14:17 +0000 UTC
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- Updated how Gallery Mode works: clicking the image itself will open the image in the fullscreen mode, but clicking the user preview will open the post in the column.
- Added a new toggle in the settings: you can now hide the replies/reposts/likes counters in the posts!
- Fixed missing redirect button to when you don't have a scheduling account setup, but your Patreon account is linked correctly. You'll now be redirected to the 2024-02-15 23:46:22 +0000 UTC
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First big update in a while, I finally had a bit of time to work on these things you all have been requesting!
- Gallery mode! You can now toggle a grid only containing posts with images for any given column (except Notifications and Scheduled); images with content warnings are blurred!
- Custom column name and icon! This has been a long time coming, you can finally rename a column's name or change its icon! For now, no upload of custom icons...
2024-02-11 22:05:55 +0000 UTC
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This is a pretty minor update with bug fixes! I planned to add the YouTube embed in this update but it didn't work as I expected, seems like you can only have one embed per video, and that was breaking if the post was appearing across many columns.
- Added Close button for when you're navigating within a thread, you can now go back to the column in one click instead of pressing the back arrow forever (you could already do this by clicking and holding the back arrow for a bit)
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2024-02-08 21:59:26 +0000 UTC
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- Added one of the most requested features since I started developing deck.blue: the emoji picker! You can now select emojis directly in the post composer by clicking the first action, right next to the hashtag button. The previous Slack/Discord like input is still available!
- Added "Hide post" feature! You can now use the new "Hide" button in any post's ... menu to get rid of that post. Hidden posts are per account, so if you have columns from different accounts, a hidden post wi...
2024-01-31 16:02:39 +0000 UTC
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- Added Hide button on columns, you can now hide a column and it'll take less space horizontally until you unhide it again; it'll still update normally but it displays the "Load more" button once you unhide it!
- Redesigned Scheduled posts list, you can now add a column instead! The old list was removed and you can only add one Scheduled column, it updates live compared to the other columns
- Added GIPHY tab on GIF selector! You can now search GIFs from GIPHY
- Added ...
2024-01-22 21:46:01 +0000 UTC
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- Added Retry option on scheduled posts; you can now manually retry a failed scheduled post. Be sure to refresh/relink your schedule account before retrying! If even then your scheduled post isn't sending, please send an email to hello@deck.blue
- Added Refresh/relink scheduling account option; you can now login again with the same scheduling account to refresh its token in case your posts have been failing. Removing a scheduling account will delet...
2024-01-15 19:42:57 +0000 UTC
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First update of the year! Hope you all had a great holiday season! Just a few features this time:
- More notification sounds! You can now select a specific notification sound instead of the default one (which is my cat meowing, reversed!), there's quite a few options available thanks to @welbot.com.au
- Moderation section in the settings! This is just a quick reorg...
2024-01-04 18:11:55 +0000 UTC
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This one took a bit longer than I expected because I just didn't have enough time this month to work on deck.blue, but alas, the last update of the year is finally here. Thank you all once again for all those amazing months since I started developing deck.blue, it's an amazing experience to be doing this project and maintaining it with this many users and patrons, I never thought I would have a project like this. Onto the update!
- Reply rules! Or threadgate, ...
2023-12-22 17:42:07 +0000 UTC
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After almost two months of development, scheduling is here! How does it work? How can you schedule something? Please check the scheduling FAQ!
My posts suddenly aren't sending anymore, what to do?
Your scheduling account probably got disconnected for some reason. Unfortunately, the refresh tokens provided by Bluesky are quite volatile and can expire for random reasons and because of that you need to refresh your scheduling account
Head into the Accounts window by clicking the icon above the settings in the lower left corner
Click the account you're having issues wit...
2023-12-03 19:01:53 +0000 UTC
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- New Settings panel! You can now choose between categories to see each settings page
- Added "Disable spellcheck", the current version is a bit buggy so if you want to turn it off, you now can
- Added "Disable Esc while typing", if you enable this the Esc key won't close the post composer anymore
- Fixes regarding replies by muted/blocked showing
- Added "Copy text" option in each post's ... menu
- Added "Filter own posts" in Home, List and Feed columns...
2023-11-18 16:29:47 +0000 UTC
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- Search update! The search popup and all search columns are now using the new Search API which allows for up to 100 results, plus modifiers like "from:deck.blue"!
- Added "Subscribed lists" to settings, you can now unsubscribe from moderation lists directly from deck.blue. This was added as a workaround for an issue caused by the list conversion (mute list -> user list): if you convert a list, the people who were subscribed to it won't be unsubscribed automatically (at le...
2023-11-16 03:06:28 +0000 UTC
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All changelogs before 2.0.0 are below if you want to see how the app progressed since 08/08!
1.0.0 ~ 1.0.1 (2023/08/08 until 2023/08/19)
- Added caching, your column order is now saved
- Light/dark mode toggle in the sidebar now saves your preference
- Added column settings: embed types and media sizes
- Fullscreen image view, click any image to show it in full screen and again to show it in a new tab
- Added support for all quote variants (images, ...
2023-11-14 19:47:52 +0000 UTC
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- Added "Muted words" to settings! Words added there will be muted across all columns at once
- Added absolute timestamp display when you open a post
- The title for any Notification column will now adapt if you only allowed one type of notification
2023-11-14 16:34:21 +0000 UTC
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- Added Sponsors menu in the settings!
- Thanks to each and every Patreon subscriber!
- If you donated more than $10 on Ko-fi, please contact me on hello@deck.blue so I can add you too!
2.1.3
- Added 15s timer option to columns
- Fixed the issue where using deck.blue in multiple browsers or devices would desync them and columns would get stuck on either of the instances
- Removed Ko-fi and Patreon buttons from the sidebar ...
2023-10-30 22:05:13 +0000 UTC
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- GIFs are here!
- You can now see and posts GIFs from deck.blue! They're fully compatible with @graysky.app and @skeets-app.bsky.social
- You can disable autoplay in the settings and also pause them by clicking!
- Added "Disable GIFs" option in the settings,...
2023-10-27 16:56:21 +0000 UTC
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- Added the "Thread Viewer" feature! Any post with at least 1 reply will have a new Thread button that displays the full thread, with collapsable replies!
- You can also click any reply to load the thread from that post instead!
- The Preview window can now be closed with the Esc key
- Your new posts and reposts now finally appear immediately on relevant columns
- Fixed muted/blocked authors appearing in threads
New keyboard shortcuts! Press '/' to ...
2023-10-24 19:36:10 +0000 UTC
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