History

This is a record of official updates to Micro.blog; covering the service, the apps, the community initiatives, and whatever else might be released by the team.

Sources:

• Manton’s blog;
• Jean’s blog;
• Jonathan’s blog;
• Vincent’s blog;
• Micro.blog News;
• @microdotblog on Twitter;
• Micro Monday;
• Film Fest Friday;
• iOS changelog;
• iOS App Store Preview;
• Micro.blog for Mac changelog;
• Sunlit App Store Preview;
• Wavelength App Store Preview;
• the Kickstarter project page.
• The web.

PREVIOUS YEARS

2021

January

• 30th |
  • February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge.
  • Jean’s post

February

• No updates

March

• 11th |
  • Help moved to a Discourse forum.
  • Manton’s post
• 23rd |
  • Cypress theme added to the built-in options.
  • Manton’s post
• 25th |
  • Edits to the “Supporting services” section of the privacy policy.
  • Manton’s post
• 27th |
  • Redirect via URL path.
  • Redirect via Pages performance improved.
  • Manton’s post

April

• 5th |
  • Micro Monday, episode 100.
  • Monday post
• 15th |
  • RSVP reply with Webmention.
  • Manton’s post
• 19th |
  • Red Oak theme added to the built-in options.
  • Manton’s post
  • How does Micro.blog work.
  • Manton’s post
• 27th | multiple iOS updates
  • Save as draft.
  • Edit replies.
  • Full new-post support for bookmark highlights.
  • Add URL from clipboard via link button.
  • PNG uploads do not convert to JPEG or cause prompt for filters.
  • Help screen links to email and new help center.
  • Manton’s post
• 29th |
  • Micro Camp 2021, the first official community-based event.
  • Jean’s post

May

• 5th |
  • Testflight beta for Wavelength.
  • Manton’s post
• 10th | multiple podcast updates
  • Dark Mode in Wavelength.
  • Wavelength now uses the system font.
  • Wavelength open-sourced.
  • Podcast hosting made available for all Hosted accounts for 2 weeks.
  • Manton’s post
• 11th |
  • Bookshelves beta.
  • Add books to shelves.
  • Integrated with existing book-based features.
  • Manton’s post
• 13th |
  • Webmention for external blogs video.
  • Manton’s post
• 19th |
  • Twitter replies.
  • Use Bridgy to host twitter replies on your blog.
  • Manton’s post
• 27th | multiple Mac OS updates
  • Support for new Instagram import file format.
  • Categories pane shows once they are set.
  • Fixes for editing live categories, photo, and video uploading.
  • Manton’s post
• 28th |
  • Bookshelves Help document.
  • Manton’s post
  • Micro Camp site.
  • Manton’s post

June

• 4th |
  • Bookshelves made available for everyone.
  • Add new books not found in search.
  • Manton’s post
• 16th |
  • New Tagmoji added to Discover, for pens and ink.
  • Jean’s post
• 17th |
  • Bookshelves added to the API for Books.
  • Manton’s post
• 18th | multiple iPad OS updates
  • Functional keyboard shortcuts.
  • Fixes to navigation and design.
  • Manton’s post
• 21st |
  • Widgets and multiple fixes for Sulit 3.3.
  • Manton’s post
• 28th | multiple Mac OS updates
  • Better results when searching your posts.
  • Website URL in profiles.
  • Better contrast in the sidebar.
  • Manton’s post
• 30th |
  • The Micro.blog for iOS and Mac OS apps are made available as open source software.
  • Manton’s post

July

• 13th | multiple Micro Camp updates
  • The first batch of presenters.
  • The first two panels.
  • Some details of how exactly the event will proceed.
  • Jean’s post
• 14th |
  • Tagmoji pop-up menu.
  • Export for multiple options.
  • Manton’s post
• 15th |
  • Vincent Ritter joins the team.
  • Manton’s post
  • Vincent’s post
• 19th |
  • Help document for bug reporting.
  • Manton’s post
• 24th |
  • An extra blog added to the Status page for more thorough reporting of issues.
  • Manton’s post
• 27th |
  • Visual and audio work from the community will be featured during Micro Camp.
  • Jean’s post
• 30th |
  • More presenters announced for Micro Camp.
  • A special logo for Micro Camp.
  • Jean’s post

August

• 2nd |
  • Micro Monday returns.
  • Jean’s post
• 4th |
  • An additional presenter added to Micro Camp.
  • Jean’s post
• 7th |
  • Smaller meet-ups during Micro Camp.
  • Jean’s post
• 10th |
  • Session titles and registration link available on the Micro Camp website.
  • Manton’s post
  • Stickers made available for Micro Camp.
  • Manton’s post
• 12th |
  • Meet-ups schedule and RSVP link.
  • Jean’s post
• 16th |
  • Share with Glass.
  • Manton’s post
• 23rd | multiple Hosted updates
  • Faster publishing.
  • Automatic HTTPS.
  • Hostname redirects.
  • Scaling.
  • Manton’s post
• 25th |
  • Micro Camp pin.
  • Manton’s post
• 30th |
  • Ink theme added to built-in options as a plug-in.
  • Manton’s post
• 31st |
  • Dark Mode for the web.
  • Manton’s post

September

• 13th | multiple Sunlit updates
  • Design refresh for smoother experience.
  • Blurred placeholder backgrounds for better performance.
  • Toolbar translucency.
  • Manton’s post
• 17th |
  • New website for the Micro Camp event.
  • Manton’s post
• 20th |
  • October Photoblogging Challenge announced.
  • Jean’s post
• 30th |
  • 30-day blog posts book for print-edition Kickstarter backers.
  • Manton’s post
  • October Photoblogging Challenge prompts revealed.
  • New @challenges account for all news and reminders regarding Challenge events.
  • Jean’s post

October

• 10th |
  • Web text editor improvements; emoji on mobile, spellcheck, dark mode, and multiple fixes.
  • Manton’s post
• 17th |
  • Development of an official app for Android.
  • Vincent’s post
• 18th |
  • Drummer integration.
  • Manton’s post
• 20th |
  • Tufte theme added to built-in options as a plug-in.
  • Manton’s post
  • Share with Glass from Sunlit.
  • Manton’s post
• 22nd
  • Flickr cross-posting.
  • Manton’s post

November

• 2nd |
  • Epilogue app for books.
  • Beta available on Testflight.
  • Android version confirmed.
  • Open source via GitHub.
  • Manton’s post
• 3rd |
  • Instant CSS updates.
  • Manton’s post
• 5th |
  • Publishing progress bar.
  • Manton’s post
• 9th |
  • Epilogue public release.
  • Available on Google Play.
  • Manton’s post

Notes

I will not include fixes and minor improvements since they are assumed to be part of continuous development, and include hundreds of small changes made on a regular basis. Significant fixes are an exception to this rule.

As with the rest of Today I Learned, this is not an official source of information and so may contain errors as well as miss suitable events; I will improve this as much as I can through continuous edits and additions.

You can see updates as they happen with Updates posts, additions with Follow Ups, and a monthly summary in The Macro Report.

Updated: 15th November