I created a small poll to understand which are the most “urgent” features for the next release of Posty, which will be ready around the end of the year.

What is the next feature you would like to see in Posty? ( polls)

If the list does not include what you’d like …

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Url shortening services are getting popular, especially now that microblogging networks are extensively used. Since the length of a microblogging post is usually limited, a shortened url comes handy for it saves precious characters.
A shortened url is a sort of “compressed” url. For example if you point your browser to: http://is.gd/2 you will be redirected …

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A new version of Posty has been released today. This is the best release of Posty ever with a lot of new features!

Automatic updates. Upon confirmation Posty downloads and installs new versions.
Improved usability of login forms (which show up when needed)
Clickable in-text links
Url shortening (via http://is.gd/)
Support to Twitter Direct Messages
Support to Identi.ca Direct Messages
Configurable notifications …

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As you know the Adobe Air framework enables the addition of a drop shadow to applications. I happened to get into this issue when I was trying to add a dropShadow to Posty.
The WindowedApplication Flex tag includes two intuitively named tags: dropShadowEnabled, which is boolean, and dropShadowColor which expects an hexadecimal color.
So it is simple …

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