Posts Dev Diary 7: Pins 1.4 - Unread Improvements, Channels, and More
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Dev Diary 7: Pins 1.4 - Unread Improvements, Channels, and More

Pins 1.4 improves the “unread” experience for those who uses Pinboard as a read later app and adds the ability to browse public bookmarks from any user or with any given tag.

Unread Improvements

  • “Read Later by default” option: Choose to save all new bookmarks to your Unread collection by default. No more manually flipping the toggle each time you use the share extension.
  • Safari Reader mode access on iPadOS: Because of the way Apple implements the Safari “web view” that powers the Reader mode, it’s non-trivial to use it to replace the in-app browser. For now, I add a dedicated button to the bottom bar to trigger that mode.
  • Widget support for the Unread collection: Quickly access those bookmarks right from the comfort of your home screen.
  • Deep link support: Use the “pins://launch?screen=unread” custom URL to launch directly to the Unread collection. Read more about this and the new Subscribe to RSS action.

Network Bookmarks and Channels

Explore Screen

  • Visit the “Network” channel to browse bookmarks from your subscribed users.
  • Explore even more public bookmarks from any user or with any tag using the new “Explore” screen and useful context menu actions.

Read more about Channels.

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