2017
January
- 1st |
- Launch of the Kickstarter project. Micro.blog is revealed to the world, introduced as a private beta for backing.
- Manton’s post about the launch
- The Kickstarter project
- 13th |
- iPhone app progress, including a video demo.
- Kickstarter post
- 16th |
- A new feature, Safe Replies, and a stretch goal: hiring a part-time community manager.
- Kickstarter post
- 24th |
- Indie Microblogging Slack is launched, initially to Kickstarter backers.
- Manton’s post
February
- 1st |
- Kickstarter ended having hit the stretch goal.
- Manton’s post
March
- 21st |
- Jean MacDonald announced as community manager.
- Kickstarter post
April
- 25th |
- Invites start going out to Kickstarter backers.
- Manton’s post
May
- 3rd |
- What’s next Help document.
- Manton’s post
- 23rd |
- Photos added to Discover.
- Manton’s post
June
- 27th |
- Sunlit 2.0 is revealed, including the fact it will work well with the Micropub API.
- Manton’s post
July
- 13th |
- Micro.blog released on the iOS App Store.
- Friend Invites.
- Manton’s post
- 16th |
- Free SSL for custom domains on hosted accounts.
- Manton’s post
- 17th |
- iPad keyboard shortcuts.
- Manton’s post
- 18th |
- Help document for third-party Micropub apps.
- Manton’s post
- 20th |
- Facebook cross-posting.
- Manton’s post
- 24th |
- API support for uploading photos to a hosted site.
- Manton’s post
- Favicon.
- Manton’s post
August
- 9th |
- Share menu item and other improvements.
- Manton’s post
- 14th |
- Markdown highlighting in replies.
- Manton’s post
- 20th |
- Username link added to themes.
- Manton’s post
- 25th |
- Custom pages.
- Manton’s post
September
- 4th |
- Multi-photo uploads via Micropub.
- Manton’s post
- 12th |
- The first limited edition pin.
- Manton’s post
- 15th | multiple iOS updates
- Longer posts with titles.
- Markdown highlighting.
- Formatting bar.
- Upload multiple photos.
- Browser sharing item.
- Manton’s post
- 18th |
- Long post titles.
- Manton’s post
- 22nd |
- Post editing.
- Manton’s post
- 25th |
- Drag and drop photos.
- Manton’s post
October
- 1st |
- Themes open-sourced.
- Manton’s post
- 16th |
- Mac app beta.
- Manton’s post
- 22nd |
- Discover highlights posts on Mac and iOS.
- Manton’s posts
- 30th |
- New sharing extension.
- iPhone X screen support.
- Manton’s post
November
- 6th |
- WordPress importer.
- Manton’s post
- Mac app full release.
- Manton’s post
- 7th |
- Home page redesign.
- Manton’s post
- 10th |
- Twitter cross-posting character limit.
- Manton’s post
- 13th |
- More invites released.
- Manton’s post
- 20th |
- WordPress export.
- Manton’s post
- 24th |
- Discover web compatibility.
- Manton’s post
- 26th |
- Mastodon feed compatibility.
- Manton’s post
- 29th |
- Pinboard feed compatibility.
- Manton’s post
- 30th |
- Custom profile photo upload.
- Manton’s post
December
- 3rd |
- Public launch.
- New app icons.
- Photo upload on the web.
- Show More button in apps.
- Manton’s post
- 12th |
- New post types via Micropub API.
- Manton’s post
- 29th |
- Posts link added to navigation bar.
- Manton’s post
