This small update contains the following fixes:

Fixed the problem with cursor jumping when replying/retweeting a tweet containing hash-tags
Warning when tryingto send a tweet over 140 chrs after Twitter API stopped supporting this function
Fixed some backend issues with update procedure

The only changes in this release are as follows:

FIXED: Issue attempting to authorise access to Facebook pages (actually fixed in v0.34.3.1 as a support-distributed fix)
ADDED: Workaround to cope with the current bug in the Facebook API causing incorrect data & sorting in FB columns
IMPROVED: Performance optimisations when a Buzz column is added

Changed in this release:

- FIXED :Issue where certain search terms would cause streaming connection to fail

- ADDED: New option (Settings > Twitter) to hide repeated new-style retweets

- CHANGED: Now retrying backfill via REST API more aggressively

TweetDeck v0.35 is available now to download from http://www.tweetdeck.com/desktop or you can obtain the .air file from here.

This release features:
a new Trending topics column
support for t.co links
smart cross-posting for tweets longer than 140 chrs
Posterous photo uploading support
and much more!

Please note that this will update your currently-installed version of TweetDeck, so if you are using the User Streams Preview version at the moment, you will lose this after installing v0.35. If you wish to remain using the User Streams Preview version, please wait until we issue a new update for that soon, which will contain the fixes and improvements in v0.35.



Full changelog for v0.35:
ADDED: Support for t.co links in main feeds (not search or profile pane)
ADDED: New Twitter trends column
ADDED: Sign in with TweetDeck account to set up all of your accounts on initial setup
ADDED: Posterous image uploading
ADDED: Support sending tweets longer than 140 chrs via smart cross-posting to Buzz
ADDED: Support for previewing Plixi image links
ADDED: Support for Plixi image uploading
ADDED: Show native RTs in Twitter profiles
ADDED: Show listed count in Twitter profile
CHANGED: Don''t refresh retweets if small number of API calls remaining
CHANGED: Set YFrog as default photo service
FIXED: Changing default account affects smart account selection
FIXED: Time on scheduled update button does not change on reschedule
FIXED: Better handling for Twitter-compatible APIs
FIXED: Japanese text conversion from Hiragana to Kanji causes cursor to jump
FIXED: Check for shortened links returns false positives (i.e. shortening 'other')
FIXED: When typing a comment, End key goes to end of column, not text box
FIXED: List of FB pages obscured by Add Pages button on initial load
FIXED: Youtube videos do not play when clicking image in Facebook column
FIXED: Notification window sticks when retweeting
FIXED: Location is not remembered after restart
FIXED: Posterous image previews

Adobe AIR update affecting TweetDeck

It appears that a recent update to Adobe AIR (on 5th/6th October) has affected the operation of TweetDeck for some people, with screen corruption and malformed screen elements being a symptom.

If you have been affected by this update, please leave your details in a comment below.

We need to know as much information as possible, including: Operating System, TweetDeck Version, a full description of what is happening and when it started, and screenshots to demonstrate the problem.

UPDATE 11:39am
If you are affected by this issue, please ensure that you have tried uninstalling TweetDeck AND Adobe AIR, then reinstalling from http://www.tweetdeck.com/desktop or http://www.tweetdeck.com/streaming as appropriate

UPDATE 12:08am
If uninstalling and reinstalling did not work for you, please try deleting your ELS like this http://support.tweetdeck.com/forums/63876/entries/50622 then restarting TweetDeck. please report your findings below.

UPDATE 1:23pm
We believe we have narrowed the problem down to an issue with Facebook. More news to follow ASAP

UPDATE 1:37pm ***IMPORTANT***

Please install the new build v0.35.2 that is attached to this post, which should fix this issue. Please test by re-adding your Facebook column if you removed it, and try to access all features that were previously affected. Note that this is the non-streaming version.

UPDATE 2:46pm
The previous updated builds did not fix the issue completely so have been removed. New builds will be added in a few minutes.

UPDATE 2:53pm
OK, here is an updated non-streaming build v0.35.2. Please install and test and report your findings here. If this works then we will upload a streaming version ASAP.
Thanks for your patience on this, we really appreciate your help in getting to the bottom of it.

UPDATE 3:10pm
Updated streaming build is now attached - v0.35.2.1. Please test this as well and let us know how you get on.

UPDATE 4.24pm
The builds attached here have been pushed out to all TweetDeck users and successfully fix the Facebook-induced issues that caused such a problem today. thank you all for your help today. Any remaining issues should ideally be raised as support tickets so we can track your problem properly.


FIXED: Scheduled Updates column is blank after scheduling a Facebook fan page update
FIXED: Rescheduling a scheduled update that is cross-posted to Buzz as well as other services results i a blank Scheduled Updates column
FIXED: Link to "More info about retweets" FAQ on Settings page is broken
FIXED: Issue attempting to authorise access to Facebook pages (actually fixed in v0.34.3.1 as a support-distributed fix)
ADDED: Workaround to cope with the current bug in the Facebook API causing incorrect data & sorting in FB columns
IMPROVED: Performance optimisations when a Buzz column is added
ADDED: Support for t.co links in main feeds (not search or profile pane)
ADDED: New Twitter trends column
ADDED: Sign in with TweetDeck account to set up all of your accounts on initial setup
ADDED: Posterous image uploading
ADDED: Support sending tweets longer than 140 chrs via smart cross-posting to Buzz
ADDED: Support for previewing Plixi image links
ADDED: Support for Plixi image uploading
ADDED: Show native RTs in Twitter profiles
ADDED: Show listed count in Twitter profile
CHANGED: Don''t refresh retweets if small number of API calls remaining
CHANGED: Set YFrog as default photo service
FIXED: Changing default account affects smart account selection
FIXED: Time on scheduled update button does not change on reschedule
FIXED: Better handling for Twitter-compatible APIs
FIXED: Japanese text conversion from Hiragana to Kanji causes cursor to jump
FIXED: Check for shortened links returns false positives (i.e. shortening 'other')
FIXED: When typing a comment, End key goes to end of column, not text box
FIXED: List of FB pages obscured by Add Pages button on initial load
FIXED: Youtube videos do not play when clicking image in Facebook column
FIXED: Notification window sticks when retweeting
FIXED: Location is not remembered after restart
FIXED: Posterous image previews
FIXED :Issue where certain search terms would cause streaming connection to fail
ADDED: New option (Settings > Twitter) to hide repeated new-style retweets
CHANGED: Now retrying backfill via REST API more aggressively
ADDED: Workaround for bug in Facebook data
FIXED: Stream could hang on bad connection
FIXED: Some @replies to non-friends appear in All Friends
FIXED: Map view for twitter places in stream not displaying correct data
FIXED: Bug in Buzz ordering

Desktop TweetDeck has been updated in both the normal and User Streams iteration.

These new versions now support Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends. Promoted items will NOT be inserted into your main feeds. Promoted Tweets will only appear on search columns that match the promoted keyword. Promoted trends will only appear in the Trending Topics column. This behaviour is exactly as seen on Twitter.com.

There is only one other change in these builds:
FIXED: mailto: links sometimes fail when using Outlook as mail client

Back in July, Twitter enabled testing of a new way for third party clients to access the service in true real-time. This User Streams API allowed instant delivery of tweets, as opposed to the old API which relied on clients regularly checking for new tweets every few minutes.

To coincide with this launch we introduced a new version of TweetDeck that offered Twitter streams in awesome real-time. Recently, Twitter made the User Streams API fully live, at which point we removed the whitelist from our User Streams TweetDeck version and made it downloadable without having to signup.

Today we are completing the process by finally combining the User Streams Preview version of TweetDeck and the "original" version, to make one consolidated app that can switch between streaming and non-streaming at the flick of a switch.

Once you install v0.36, you will be automatically using real-time streaming for Twitter. In this way you can experience first-hand what it means to use TweetDeck in true real-time.

If, however, you dont feel like you can cope with the high-octane, utlimate Twitter experience, then you can easily go back to non-real-time Twitter streams by navigating to Settings > Twitter and unchecking the Enable realtime Twitter streaming checkbox.

With real-time streaming disabled, your TweetDeck will operate just as it previously did. If you change your mind and want to re-enable streaming, just turn this setting back on and your updates will start flowing at top speed once again.

Although bringing User Streams into the main app is, in itself, a very cool feature, there is also a very important change in v0.36 that makes this a vital upgrade for everyone.

Twitter is switching to a new way of assigning unique identifiers to each tweet in it's database. This new method, dubbed "Snowflake", has forced us to make some fundamental changes behind the scenes in TweetDeck.

The result of all this techno-jiggery-pokery is that you *must* update to at least v0.36 urgently. If you have not upgraded before 24th November then your TweetDeck will start going very wrong.

TweetDeck v0.36 available now - Consolidates Streaming & Non-Streaming

TweetDeck v0.36 is available to download now from http://www.tweetdeck.com/desktop or you can get the .air file from http://bit.ly/thedeck.

This version replaces both the normal desktop (v0.35.3) and User Streams Preview (0.35.3.1) versions of TweetDeck with one consolidated version.

Please read the blog post for more information on this build.

Don't forget, you can disable real-time streaming under Settings > Twitter.



Changes in this release:
ADDED: Enabled real-time streaming by default
ADDED: Option to enable/disable real-time streaming
ADDED: Support for Snowflake
FIXED: Facebook photos not opening in the in-app preview window (NB please remove and re-add your Facebook account for this to work. You will need to agree to new FB permissions as the Facebook API recently changed regarding pictures)

FIXED: New-style RTs not appearing in correct position in stream

FIXED: Not able to schedule Facebook updates of >140 characters

FIXED: "RTs of me" backfill regression in v36.0

FIXED: "Reply All" not selecting correct account

This minor update addresses some concerns about the "Favourite" alerts that show up in your mentions column when realtime streaming is enabled, by making these optional.



Full changelog for v0.36.2

ADDED: Option to enable/disable "favourite" notifications in your mentions column under Settings > Twitter

CHANGED: Notifications are NOT placed in Mentions column if you favourite your own tweet

So, we would like to introduce you to Deck.ly - a brand new TweetDeck service that not only solves the riddle of unlimited message lengths, but also forms the basis of some more very cool features that will be coming soon.

What is Deck.ly?

Deck.ly is a new service we have created that will allow you to send messages of unlimited length. Your fellow TweetDeck users will be able to read these messages in full directly in their TweetDeck apps thanks to the cross-platform app updates we have issued today.

Deck.ly long updates work by creating a special web page which contains your full message. A truncated version of your message, plus a link to this web page, is posted to Twitter. Anyone using the TweetDeck apps for Desktop, Chrome or Android that we updated today will be able to read the full text of the message directly in the app. No need to swap to a browser to read the message elsewhere. As a TweetDeck user you get the best, most integrated experience from Deck.ly. Because, as the saying goes, you're worth it...

Those crazy folk not using TweetDeck will see your long updates as normal tweets, but truncated and containing a link. Clicking this link will take them to the specific web page for that update, hosted on our server, where they can read your full message, including embedded images, videos etc.


Updates across the board

Today we are launching updates to our Desktop, Chrome and Android apps which bring support for posting Deck.ly long updates, as well as viewing those sent by other TweetDeck users. Each client handles viewing messages in a slightly different way due to the nature of each platform.


http://blog.tweetdeck.com/its-time-to-thin...time-for-deckly

The main change in this release is the behaviour around Deck.ly long posting, when this is enabled. Now, when you type your message, if you type a little over 140 characters, the background will turn red, and you will see a new option appear to turn this into a Long update.

If you do not want to send a long update, just edit your message down to 140 characters.

If you do want to send a long update, simply click the "Long update" checkbox before sending and your message will be sent as a Deck.ly long update. If you continue typing your message way over 140 characters, TweetDeck will assume you want to send a long update and will enable the checkbox for you. You can still choose to uncheck it and edit your post if desired.

We feel that this makes for a more natural flow, allowing long updates to be sent easily, but reducing the risk of accidental long posting.


Full Changelog for this v0.37.4:

- UPDATED: Deck.ly compose behaviour
- UPDATED: Switched to bit.ly API v3
- FIXED: Duplicate tweets in conversation view
- FXED: Cursor not returning to compose box after selecting autocomplete item