Flashes App 🌩️

two iPads, one in portrait, one in landscape, which both show the flashes app running

✨ Big news!
Flashes is now available on iPad – bringing native photo sharing to the big screen.

No ads. No algorithm. Just beautiful, full-screen posts – the way it should be.

Download now: https://apps.apple.com/app/flashes-for-bluesky/id6741443033

🤖 A little sneak peek behind the Android dev curtains… and yep, the timeline’s already scrolling smooth.

Too early for beta sign-ups, but we’re getting there — a little more slowly, but steadily and beautifully.
Stay tuned 💛

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Are you sure you're using @flashes.blue ? Because there is no option to toggle to stay logged in when signing in. you should just stay logged in.

for tax reasons I cannot give out rewards for donations BUT I'll try to start the public beta ASAP

Colors and design will change of course - we wanted to get something working first.

no, we're going depth first so that it's a usable demo to browse. Colors will be done later.

Right now we're embracing the shared content across all ATProto apps so that creators that are new to the platform can start with an instant addressable audience.

If you already opted into microblogging with Bluesky @flashes.blue may not be for you (yet) - unless you create a separate profile for it. Right now @flashes.blue acts as a "media lense" for Bluesky's media posts. We'll create a space for posts exclusive to Flashes, but that will take some time.

🤖 A little sneak peek behind the Android dev curtains… and yep, the timeline’s already scrolling smooth.

Too early for beta sign-ups, but we’re getting there — a little more slowly, but steadily and beautifully.
Stay tuned 💛

This is the beauty of the AT protocol. Your data belongs to you and apps like Bluesky and Flashes merely display it. There will be other photo apps that will be able to display your data in maybe different ways. The goal is not to have one walled garden again.

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no, the Android app is already in development. @skyseed.fund stepped in to fill the financial gap. So we're on course 🚢

It's being worked on in parallel 👍

a screenshot of a a profile web page

We’re working on web-based profile pages you can share via link. You’ll have full control in the app including the option to disable them or limit them to photos uploaded through @flashes.blue only.

I’ll push a fix for iPadOS 17 in the next days.

thx. What's keeping you from upgrading to iPadOS 18 if I may ask?

got it. Will check this out. What iPad are you using if I may ask?

Are you running iPadOS 17?

Are you running iPadOS 17?

ooooohhh, can you send those to hi@flashes.blue? I mean the crash logs for skeets and flashes

no, should be somewhere in the general settings -> privacy

do you have crash reports enabled? And are you on the latest flashes release version 1.3.1?

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not yet, will come in a future update though

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