Instapaper 2.3.1 iPhone/iPad update

The 2.3.1 update for iPhone and iPad is now available. It’s mostly a bugfix and minor-enhancement release – for the major new features in the 2.3 series, see the Instapaper 2.3 announcement.

Printing

Under iOS 4.2, Instapaper can use Apple’s AirPrint feature to print articles. (Instantly, paper.) See this preview PDF of the printed output.

On iPad, the option is in the actions menu:

On iPhone, it’s in the Share panel. I know this doesn’t really make sense, but there’s no room for it on the actions menu unless I make its buttons scroll in landscape view, which is clunky. I’ll try to figure out a better place for it in a future release.

Share panel improvements

The Share panel now displays the app icons for easier skimming and a nicer appearance:

On the iPhone, the dark-mode Share panel even displays darkened grayscale versions so they aren’t eye-searingly bright and colorful when your eyes have adjusted to low light. Here’s a preview of some of them:

Only applications that you’ve installed will appear in your list. (Yes, I installed all of them for testing. But I still only have 2 pages of apps, with folders only on the second page.)

And in case you didn’t notice, the compatible application list is now a lot longer:

• Twitter apps:
  Twitter, Twitterrific, Echofon, Twittelator, Seesmic, SimplyTweet, Birdhouse.
• Sharing apps:
  Tumblr, Shareables, Yummy, Delibar.
• Reading apps:
  QuickReader, GoodReader.
• Productivity apps:
  OmniFocus, Appigo ToDo, Firetask, Ideawell, Notitas, Notebooks, Terminology.
• Utilities:
  Pastebot, Print Magic.
• Alternative browsers:
  iCab Mobile, 360 Web Browser, Atomic Web Browser, Full Screen Browser, Sopods Full Screen Web Browser, Offline Pages.

Developers: It’s very easy for me to support your apps here. If your iPhone or iPad app is decent and can do something useful with text, HTML, or a URL, all you need to do is implement a local URL scheme and contact me.

Bugfixes

Some major and many minor bugs have been fixed in 2.3.1:

• Fixed errors posting to Twitter introduced in 2.3.
• Fixed occasional crashes after toggling dark mode or sharing to Tumblr.
• Fixed the gray-square bug.
• Improved the accuracy of the scroll indicator on iPad.
• Fixed bugs in which URLs were incorrectly used in a few places on items that had no URLs (such as emails).
• Fixed “Open in Browser” still being offered as an option in one place when “Open Links In Safari” was set as the preference.

Instapaper now requires iPhone OS 3.1 or higher. Previously, it required 3.0. I needed to raise the bar (slightly) to enable some of the new features in this version.

Instapaper 2.3.1 is now available in the App Store, and is a free update to anyone who has ever bought Instapaper on an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Thank you for your support.