Zing: A (beta) ILX client for Macs

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Would like to request a hide threads feature whenever you have time to look at zing again, would make the zing experience that much better I feel.

sure – just checking, zing for mac or iphone?

I’d like to request the hide tags being added to the iOS apps formatting list.

sure – just checking, zing for mac or iphone?

Has anyone else had a problem where as it's left open, accounts appear to duplicate, and bookmarks with them? I'm not sure if they're doubling every time, but so far I have had 2, 4 and 8 accounts showing.

screenshots:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3u0y6yflfkbh9o/Screenshot%202023-07-27%20at%2014.14.55.png?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ggvnvw9xkrb5zz2/Screenshot%202023-07-27%20at%2014.15.04.png?dl=0

if I delete any of these extra accounts and restart, I have to log in again.

What build are you on toby? There was a bug in older ones that caused that but I thought it had been fixed

I had that problem for a long time on my desktop.

I *think* the way I solved it was by staying logged off in certain browsers and only using the app.

(For reference, the latest build is "101".

Like in 1984 or the pre-Clash Joe Strummer project.

Where does one even get the latest build? I tried the link in the first post and it seemed to be an older build.

I've just uploaded the latest build to that same address - https://ilxor.com/MacZing.zip - and if it's stable enough I'll push it to existing users soon.

If you are still seeing the multiple-accounts bug, you might need to quit Zing and trash the ~/Library/Containers/MacZing folder before trying again

Thanks. Downloaded. I keep getting a color wheel of death when I try to load threads, both with the old build and new. Not sure if it is a proxy issue or some cache I need to clean or restart. Also having some problems loading virtual backgrounds on Zoom, maybe it’s related.

Aka Spinning Wait Cursor or Spinning Beach Ball of Death (SBBOD)

Got rid of all my bookmarks to see if that would help. Wonder if there is some other cache I can clean or delete. Before I resort to trouble-shooting 101, restart your machine.

The only cache relevant to Zing is that folder listed above, if you delete that you should be all set.

It does use the system networking so if you have system-wide problems I can see that affecting it.

What version of macOS are you running?

Monterey. Can't upgrade this old mac much further. But restart did the trick, restart was the ticket, fixed my other problem as well. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Build 101 has a NOT sign on top of the grayed out red trucker cap. Assuming that means it's not considered production yet.

One thing I love love love about MacZing is the persistence of the last search term.

Doesn't persist through a restart but I'll live.

Any new features I should check out. I see "History works a bit better" when I click Help>What's New? not sure what it means exactly.

It’s a euphemism for “the old history was incredibly buggy”

Lol

So now it should work as expected. I think.

I seem to remember that but had just stopped using it for ages.

I just redownloaded from the link above and reinstalled (now build 102), I still have the excess of bookmarks but I'll delete the account and see if it happens again. Thanks!

Oh also: don’t run it from the Downloads folder, drag it literally anywhere else first - there’s a special quarantine state for apps in there

I think deleting the cache was the key, thanks - it seems to be doing OK now.

Really enjoying using this now - thanks for making it! Stupid question: is it possible to navigate completely with the keyboard? e.g. I can go up and down the bookmarks list, and once I've clicked on a bookmark and then on the answers pane I can scroll up and down, but I don't know how do this from the keyboard (I tried hitting enter, for example).

That’s the ambition, but it has proved a bit trickier to implement than I expected. I’ll have a think about how to do it.

Great, thanks!

Also - any chance of killfile? I miss it from the phone.