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Alien Blue Reddit Client is Refreshed for iOS 7, Gets Inbox Notifications, GIF Support, More

Posted September 18, 2013 at 6:42pm by iClarified · 37828 views
Alien Blue, a popular Reddit client app, has been updated with a refreshed design for iOS 7, inbox notifications, Retina thumbnails for all, comment link previews for all, canvas support for GIFs and video, and more.

Alien Blue is a feature packed client for browsing Reddit. It has been developed from the ground-up for an intuitive touch-screen experience.

Features:
* Inline image viewing in comments
* Ability to search Reddit's archive of posts
* Add / Create Posts (and Self Threads) (PRO)
* Multiple / Novelty Account Support
* One-Tap Imgur Integration when posting (and when commenting)
* One-Tap Quoting
* Support for Casual Subreddits
* Integrated "Readability" from Arc90 for in-built browser
* One-Tap to "View All Images" in comments (PRO)
* Large buttons for embedded links
* Save State (when reading posts/comments) on Exit
* Automatic notification of new messages from your Reddit inbox while you browse.
* Post, and *edit* your comments
* Interface optimised and tested for easy single handed browsing.
* Fullscreen mode
* Ability to exclude posts based on keywords (PRO)
* Easily identify which comments are made from the Post creator. This is especially developed for AMA and AskReddit style threads.
* Collapsable comments
* (PRO) Tilt Scroll
* (PRO) "Hide All" feature. Get fresh results every time. (syncs automatically with your hidden posts on the Reddit server).
* Night mode option for very low backlight and reduced contrast.

PRO Features
* Canvas View and Image Galleries
* Comment Link previews (retina device required)
* Retina Thumbnails (retina device required)
* Create Posts / Self Threads
* Exclude Posts by Keywords
* One-Tap Imgur Integration
* One-Tap Quoting
* Multiple / Novelty Account support
* "Hide All" displayed posts (syncs automatically with your Reddit account)
* Subscribe & Unsubscribe to Reddits via Alien Blue
* Tilt Scroll

What's New In This Version:
- Design refresh for iOS 7
- Inbox notifications (requires iOS 7)
- Retina thumbnails are now available to all users
- Comment link previews are now available to all users
- Canvas support for GIFs and Videos
- Slideshow with Autoplay (also supports GIFs & Videos)
- Canvas now supports TV-Out/Apple TV

Improvements:
- Ability to view large GIFs in optimal mode
- Added visual indicator for Stickied posts
- YouTube videos now load with zero clutter and can play automatically (optional)
- Improved stability for albums with multiple GIFs
- Improved performance and memory handling for YouTube playback
- Canvas now supports top/new/controversial sorting
- Canvas now supports searching
- Canvas images will require a tap to protect from spoilers
- Ability to choose Instapaper Mobilizer, Readability, or Alien Blue's native layout for reformatting articles
- Added support for sharing via Tumblr
- Ability to order search results by number of comments
- Minor UI improvements to Inbox screen (major revisions coming shortly)
- Faster launch times
- /u/ links are now displayed natively inside Alien Blue
- Added highlight and confirmation around comment deletion
- Subreddit sidebar now presents links to threads and other subreddits natively
- Added ability to copy a permalink for a comment to clipboard
- Decimalised karma count under Reddits screen to be more granular

Fixes:
- Fixed: Numerous iOS 7 compatibility issues
- Fixed: Dragging from left or right edge shows background only
- Fixed: Some GIFs showing only first frame
- Fixed: Moderation: Some removed posts are incorrectly flagged as spam
- Fixed "Image not found" errors on some Imgur links
- Fixed: Duplicate items appearing in Canvas
- Fixed: Typing a subreddit manually attempts to autocorrect
- Fixed: HTML characters rendering incorrectly in canvas titles
- Fixed: Switching to Night/day mode occasionally causes some comments to be in the wrong color
- Fixed: Facebook sharing
- Fixed: Evernote sharing

You can download Alien Blue - Reddit Client from the App Store for free.

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