Corebird, the GTK+ desktop Twitter app for linux, has been updated.
The appmade our list of must-have apps for Ubuntu ― and it’s easy to see why. It’s a well made, well designed app, and offers all the features Twitter users need,but inside a native desktop frame with tight systemintegration.
Corebird 1.4Bug fixes make up the bulk of the Corebird 1.4 release, with notable fixes addressing the way images inquote-retweets appear, using the app on Wayland, and ensuring that the retweet/likecount updates correctlywhen viewing a tweet.
Images in quoted tweets now look better,like they belong to the quot ed tweet and not the quot ing tweet.
And as someone who regularlysends before re-reading them for glaringly obvious typos, I appreciate that it’snow possible to delete tweets from the tweet info page as well as the timeline.
Elsewhere,GTK + dependency has been bumped from 3.16 to 3.18, meaning that some users runningolder Ubuntu versions willnot be able to upgrade to the latest release. This won’t affect you if you’r running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as this includes GNOME 3.18.
Other changes in Corebird 1.4 include:
Username autocomplete shows more results Hit ‘q’ shortcut on a focused tweet to quote-tweet it Progress bar on videos Profile view now showlarger user avatars Profile view now show full profile banner How To Install Corebird 1.4 on UbuntuOlder versions of Corebird are available to install from the Ubuntu Software app on both Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10.
The latest release, Corebird 1.4, is availableto download as source from Github .
If you don’t fancy compiling it from source (neither do I) you canupgrade to the latest version of Corebird on Ubuntu by using one ofthe installers below, or by adding the unofficial Corebird PPA maintained by ~pandajim to your aptlist.
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