Rob Fahrni

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Couple quick updates on Stream for Mac

I fixed the issue with my Context Menu’s not working. Totally stupid move by me — I knew it would be. After my last coding session I changed a property to be “weak” because I thought it was retained somewhere else. Then I committed that change because I needed to pack up and get home. Mistake! That property needed to be retained because it was passed in and the caller created it to be handed off, it was NOT retained. What a rookie move on my part. 🤦🏻

Removed the “weak” last night and now it magically works. Oh, yeah, I also made another change. Instead of using a NIB to create the menu I did it in code and I just like that better. It was extremely straight forward and felt very natrual. Works great! 🥳

A wonderful bouquet of flowers.Next, the app was approved for Testflight last night and I’ve already received some very good feedback! Thanks, John! (No we’re not competitors, John’s Unread is far and away one of the best Mac and iOS feed readers on the market. Go get it and subscribe because his sync service is fantastic!)

Look, I know Stream for Mac isn’t going to be good for everyone and even some of my testers may look at it and say “This is complete crap!” But, it makes me happy working on it and I’m especially thrilled to be making my first Mac app.

I Love RSS!It’s ok to be critical of it! I’d love to get your feedback, so if you’re using it, please share your opinion. If you’d like to see a really rough beta, let me know (if you’re reading this you’ll know how to find me!) and I’ll add you to the list!