A few weeks ago we told you about Readit, a new Reddit (reddit.com) app for Windows Phone 7.x and 8 devices. We liked it so much, we gave it our editor’s choice for Reddit clients. Even though its 1.0 debut was one of the best we’ve seen for any app, there was room for improvement. As a few of you noted in comments, memory usage and performance could be better.
Luckily, the developers agreed with you as version 1.2 just went live in the Store. Its changelog is either the most detailed we’ve ever seen, or it’s just so massive that the developers should be commended for their hard work. In fact, it’s so big it’s not listed in the app or the Store.
But you’re at Windows Phone Central, so we have all the details…
Readit version 1.2
BUG FIXES
- 720P/1080P, WVGA, WXGA Splash Screen Images added
- Pull To Refresh arrows are now correct colors
- Fixed small tile going blank
- Fixed front page tile
- Fixed an UI anomaly when replying to a message from inbox
- [deleted] profile can no longer be accessed
- LOADING POSTS indicator will now hide when posts fail to load
- Removed some hardcoded colors in the YouTube player
- YouTube site will now load instead of our player when listening to music on your phone
- The app will no longer crash as often when viewing a profile on a low memory device
- NSFW tags are displayed correctly when preview images are turned off
- A LOT of Memory & Performance improvements
- Battery life improvements
- Background tasks will now work properly
- Fixed failing to download things from the web when the app is backgrounded
- You can now login with special characters in your username/password
IMPROVEMENTS
GENERAL
- You can now open the system tray by opening the application bar on any page where there is an application bar but the system tray/time is hidden
- Fast App Resuming - WP8 only
- You can now close out progress dialogs by using the back button - everything will still be processed
- Dialogs - like new post dialog - no longer close when leaving and opening the app again
- When loading more comments, they are now ordered and parented correctly
- Sidebar no longer shows huge quotes as the content
HOME PAGE
- Made the font lighter
- Search button added to the subreddits header for an access to quick search
- Reordering subreddits is now much faster
- Fixed a duplicating subreddit bug - WP8 issue only
- There is now a delay before the rate and review reminder is displayed
SUBREDDIT MANAGER
- You can now reorder subreddits like you can on the home page
- You can now send a subreddit to the top of the list by clicking the up arrow
- Subreddit Manager can now be accessed by users who are not logged in
INBOX
- You can now compose a message to a user from the inbox
- Performance improvements
VIEWING SUBREDDITS
- When you upvote/downvote on a comment, the score and vote indicators are now colored to match the reddit.com theme
- You can now vote rapidly without vote registration errors
- Posts are now cached for 10 minutes. After it is cached, and you view the subreddit, it will load the posts from cache if the cache isn't invalid (invalid after 10 minutes)
- Preview images are now loaded for all livememe posts even if the author didn't provide a file extension
- An image loading indicator now displays for preview images that are still loading
- 50% image quality increase for preview images
- Subreddit view resumes from the post you exited (if using Swipe view)
- Wiki
VIEWING POSTS
- You can now edit self text posts
- You can now hide and save posts from Swipe view
- You can now save images to your phone
- All gifs are now handled correctly
- YouTube player UI enhanced - much more friendly and sexy now
- Subreddit name is now displayed in swipe view like so: i.imgur.com • pics
- Fixed a self text rendering issue that could rarely occur
- Updated UI for when a windows phone store link is being viewed
- NSFW posts are masked before tapped
- Landscape for Videos and Images should now work correctly
- Smoother animations and swipe action
COMMENTS
- Clicking on the post title will now navigate you back to the post content
- Collapse comments by clicking the header now (name, date, score, etc...)
- Collapsed comment UI added so that you know what is collapsed
- Collapsing/uncollapsing comments are animated now
- After voting on a comment, bringing up the menu again will highlight the arrow for which your vote was cast
- LOADING COMMENTS - no longer displayed when more comments are loading, instead the running dots are displayed along the left side of the screen
- Refresh Button added to the application bar
OPTIONS
- Data Usage settings page has been added
- New option - Use Full Resolution Images - on by default
- New option - Use Full Resolution Preview Images - Off by default
- New Option - Maximum YouTube Video Quality - Default 480p - 480p/720p/1080p
- New Option - Back Button Navigates to Post Content - Off by default - Enable this to use the back button to go back to the post content when viewing comments
- New Option - Show Posts That I Already Read - On by default - Disable this to hide read posts in Subreddit View
- New Option - Lock Screen Update Interval (in hours) - 1 hour by default - can be set to 1,2,6,12,24,48
MARKDOWN IMPROVEMENTS
- Numbered lists are now parsed and displayed correctly
- Quotes now render markdown instead of plain text
- Spoiler Alerts now have a new style
PROFILE
- You can now compose a message to a user from the profile viewing page
ALBUM VIEWER
- No longer shows an obtrusive message box when it fails to load an album
- New grid index as a first page
- Preloads the next and previous images
- Smoother scrolling between images
SUBMITTING POSTS
- You can now get a post title suggestion (like reddit.com provides) when submitting a URL post. This is only available when you enter a valid URL and the title box is empty.
THEMES
- The entire theme is now special cased for light theme
- Dark theme is now darker
- New fonts, etc. everywhere
- A lot of minor theme & UI adjustments
Holy moly. That is by far the most changes we’ve ever seen listed for a changelog. It may be detailed, but it’s that attention to such things that makes this app, in our opinion, one to have on your phone.
They jokingly even note “and maybe about couple dozen minor things we just can’t remember anymore…”. We don’t blame them. What’s more, they’re starting on version 1.3 tomorrow.
Now believe it or not, all is not perfect with version 1.2. There is one known bug that was caught too late in the submission process but will be fixed in a 1.2.1 update (already submitted).
- Quick search function has a bug that will get you stuck
So just be aware of that. Otherwise, version 1.2 has just updated on our phone, so we’re going to go ahead and use it for a bit. Once again, if you’re a Reddit user, take a serious look at Readit. It came out the gates running and it looks like they’re just getting started.
Pick up Readit here in the Store or scan the QR code below. Windows Phone 7.x and 8. $1.99, free trial.
