Alien Blue Reddit Client for iPhone Gets a Big Update

The popular Alien Blue Reddit client for iPhone has received a big update.

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
* Support for iOS4 Multitasking
* Add / Create Posts (and Self Threads) (PRO)
* Multiple / Novelty Account Support
* Instapaper and Instapaper Mobiliser Support
* Read It Later 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:
- Discover Subreddits by category and interest (PRO)
- Subreddit Grouping & Organisation (PRO) (Synced via iCloud)
- Revised Canvas UI
- Custom Retina Subreddit Icons
- Visited Links are synced to iCloud between devices
- Random Subreddits (in Explore Reddit group)
- Flair (Settings -> Comment Settings to enable)
- Revised UI for Send PM screen (presents captcha only when required)
- Optimal Browsing: Renders web articles to fit nicely
- Optimal: Image links are presented without clutter
- Optimal: Youtube videos are presented without clutter
- Optimal: Native Animated GIF player (with loading progress)

Improvements:
- Specify order of Search results
- View subreddit icons and sidebar info for non-subscribed reddits
- Message Moderators
- Ability to subscribe (or add to group) directly from within a subreddit
- Exclusion filter can now be used to filter out domains
- Added link to create an account for new Reddit users
- Added Setting: Show Voting Icons (Posts)
- Added Setting: Show Voting Icons (Comments)
- Added "Readability" to sharing options
- Improved scroll performance in comments
- Support for double-tapping image to zoom-to-fit in browser
- Minimalist display of QuickMeme links (Optimal)
- Improved handling of spoiler tags
- Drastic improvements to animated gif load times (Optimal View)
- Disabled comment graying on touch (distracting when resting/scrolling)
- Revised Login screen UI

Gestures:
- Canvas Gesture: 2-finger tap to upvote items
- Canvas Gesture: 3-finger tap to downvote items
- Canvas Gesture: Drag Up / Down to rapidly switch between grid/full view
- Posts: Drag Posts list up to load more
- Navigation Bar: Swipe right to jump directly to any previous screen


Fixes:
- Fixed: Navigation bar glitch after watching YouTube videos
- Fixed: Occasional crashing from unsubscribing from subreddits
- Fixed: Occasional crash when Reddit returns an error when loading comment threads
- Fixed: Post links to subreddits opening in web browser rather than natively
- Fixed: Small memory leak when "Autoload inline images" is disabled
- Fixed: Occasional crashes in web browser under low memory conditions
- Fixed: Particular YouTube videos causing crash
- Fixed: Brief flash of white when loading images in night mode
- Fixed: Last line of Self Text clipping in Compact mode
- Fixed: Renamed "Read It Later" sharing to "Pocket"


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

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