Sofa: Downtime Organizer

September 16, 2024

Hey gang, I've got a bunch of fun updates for the new version of iOS. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ • App icon adjusts to light, dark, and tint modes on the home screen • Widgets adjust to light, dark, and tint modes on the home screen • Control Center widgets ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Adding to Logbook from Smart list wasn't properly removing the item from the parent list • FIXED: Issues adding items with Multi-Add during search • FIXED: Issue where manual backups couldn’t be made if you had iCloud syncing turned off • FIXED: Success toast message was showing incorrectly when dismissing the search screen • FIXED: Crash when adding things to The Pile • FIXED: Crash when opening a deep link for The Shelf ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

August 3, 2024

Hey gang, I have a few small bug fixes for you this time. ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash when opening a Smart List • FIXED: Classic Black theme wasn't being applied for Super Sofa customers • FIXED: Date Ingredient was setting a default value when adding via the Share Sheet • FIXED: Ingredient values would get reset when changing the Category when adding via the Share Sheet • FIXED: Keyboard navigation when editing text inputs • FIXED: Crash when showing and hiding the keyboard • FIXED: Crash when viewing the details of an item ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

July 20, 2024

Hey gang,a have a few small bug fixes for you this time. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ • Added ability to choose photo from file system for custom images ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Sticky notes weren't opening on the Mac • FIXED: Crash when opening an item from Pinned Items widget • FIXED: Keyboard shortcuts conflicting with text fields • FIXED: Window positions and sizes weren't being saved when closing the Mac app • FIXED: Ingredient buttons on details views needed to be tweaked for visionOS ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

July 18, 2024

Hey gang,a have a few small bug fixes for you this time. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ • Added ability to choose photo from file system for custom images ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash when opening an item from Pinned Items widget • FIXED: Keyboard shortcuts conflicting with text fields • FIXED: Window positions and sizes weren't being saved when closing the Mac app • FIXED: Ingredient buttons on details views needed to be tweaked for visionOS ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

July 9, 2024

Hey gang, I'm excited to bring Sofa to visionOS and macOS! ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ • Sofa on visionOS • Sofa on macOS ============================ IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • You can now search for items you've added to Sofa by their metadata or Ingredient values • Improved keyboard shortcuts for Mac, Vision Pro, and iPad • Text Ingredients now adapt to longer, multi-line text • Redesigned how you change the search category and search mode to work better across all platforms and devices ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Pinned Items navigation wasn't working when using the non-quirky design for the home screen • FIXED: "Add to List" Shortcuts actions weren't pulling in List data correctly • FIXED: Issue where importing a Sofa backup file would remove duplicate items from Logbook • FIXED: Crash when adding websites to Sofa via a Shortcut • FIXED: Issue where you couldn't use the "Board Game" Category when adding custom items • FIXED: Crash when displaying the keyboard on the home screen • FIXED: Crash when viewing Pinned Items ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

June 14, 2024

Hey gang, I’ve got a small update with a few bug fixes. IMPROVEMENTS • Accessibility and Voice Over improvements BUG FIXES • FIXED: Issue where Audiobooks weren't returning a title • FIXED: Price calculation issue on Super Sofa upgrade screen ============================ SOFA 4.0 ============================ Sofa helps you be more intentional with your downtime by creating lists of things to watch, read, play, and more. With 4.0, you can add basically anything, and expand Sofa to fit your exact needs with Custom Categories, Ingredients, Smart Lists, and more. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ ALL NEW HOME SCREEN DESIGN • New design for The Pile • New design, and name, for Logbook (formerly Activity) • New design, and name, for Pinned Items (formerly The Shelf) • Customize what is shown on the home screen and how "quirky" it is. Go to Settings → Fiddly Things CUSTOM CATEGORIES Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more. ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more. PINNED LISTS Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach. SMART LISTS Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters. ADD MANUAL ITEMS You can now add items manually into Sofa with full editing capabilities. That means you can edit the title, description, image, and add your own Ingredients. ADD LINKS Paste links into Sofa and automatically get a nice preview along with pre-filled information. ADD VIA SHARE SHEET Add websites, videos, articles, and more into Sofa via the Share Sheet. USE IMAGES FROM CAMERA ROLL Use images from your camera roll or take a photo to use for cover images. ============================ BACKUP FILE CHANGES ============================ There is a new file format for Sofa backup files to work better with saving images and the new Ingredients feature. The new extension is .sofa3bk and will be automatically created starting from version 3.5. These new backup files will be a bit larger to account for the additional data that is now being saved. I've also added a setting for choosing the frequency of automatic backups: daily (default), weekly, every 2 weeks, and monthly. ============================ SHARED LISTS ARE ENDING ============================ I’m going to be ending the beta and removing the ability to create new shared lists. Shared Lists was launched as a beta feature in December of 2022. If you're not sure what "beta" means, it basically means that something is in an unproven or experimental state. During this time, I've learned a lot about what sharing looks like in Sofa, and what it doesn't. Basically, I need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how sharing will work in Sofa long-term. I have a lot of new things coming to Sofa that the current implementation of Shared Lists just doesn’t work with. Things like Custom Categories, Ingredients, and more in the pipeline (i.e. Tracking Progress). Please know, I made this decision with care, and I'm genuinely sad that it’s going away. That being said, it’s something I want to bring back in the future.  Go to sofahq.com/support for more info ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

June 8, 2024

Hey gang, I've got a tiny bug fix for you. • FIXED: Issue where Audiobook search results wouldn’t load ============================ SOFA 4.0 ============================ Sofa helps you be more intentional with your downtime by creating lists of things to watch, read, play, and more. With 4.0, you can add basically anything, and expand Sofa to fit your exact needs with Custom Categories, Ingredients, Smart Lists, and more. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ ALL NEW HOME SCREEN DESIGN • New design for The Pile • New design, and name, for Logbook (formerly Activity) • New design, and name, for Pinned Items (formerly The Shelf) • Customize what is shown on the home screen and how "quirky" it is. Go to Settings → Fiddly Things CUSTOM CATEGORIES Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more. ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more. PINNED LISTS Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach. SMART LISTS Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters. ADD MANUAL ITEMS You can now add items manually into Sofa with full editing capabilities. That means you can edit the title, description, image, and add your own Ingredients. ADD LINKS Paste links into Sofa and automatically get a nice preview along with pre-filled information. ADD VIA SHARE SHEET Add websites, videos, articles, and more into Sofa via the Share Sheet. USE IMAGES FROM CAMERA ROLL Use images from your camera roll or take a photo to use for cover images. ============================ BACKUP FILE CHANGES ============================ There is a new file format for Sofa backup files to work better with saving images and the new Ingredients feature. The new extension is .sofa3bk and will be automatically created starting from version 3.5. These new backup files will be a bit larger to account for the additional data that is now being saved. I've also added a setting for choosing the frequency of automatic backups: daily (default), weekly, every 2 weeks, and monthly. ============================ SHARED LISTS ARE ENDING ============================ I’m going to be ending the beta and removing the ability to create new shared lists. Shared Lists was launched as a beta feature in December of 2022. If you're not sure what "beta" means, it basically means that something is in an unproven or experimental state. During this time, I've learned a lot about what sharing looks like in Sofa, and what it doesn't. Basically, I need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how sharing will work in Sofa long-term. I have a lot of new things coming to Sofa that the current implementation of Shared Lists just doesn’t work with. Things like Custom Categories, Ingredients, and more in the pipeline (i.e. Tracking Progress). Please know, I made this decision with care, and I'm genuinely sad that it’s going away. That being said, it’s something I want to bring back in the future. Go to sofahq.com/support for more info ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

June 1, 2024

Hey gang, I’ve got a few small improvements and bug fixes in this release. ============================== IMPROVEMENTS ============================== • Refined the design of the Logbook and Pinned Items cards on the home screen. • Added a time field when changing the date of items in the Logbook. This will give more control over the order of items logged. ============================== BUG FIXES ============================== • FIXED: Logbook layout issue on iPad • FIXED: Issues where Shortcuts weren't finding and opening list items correctly ============================ SOFA 4.0 ============================ Sofa helps you be more intentional with your downtime by creating lists of things to watch, read, play, and more. With 4.0, you can add basically anything, and expand Sofa to fit your exact needs with Custom Categories, Ingredients, Smart Lists, and more. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ ALL NEW HOME SCREEN DESIGN • New design for The Pile • New design, and name, for Logbook (formerly Activity) • New design, and name, for Pinned Items (formerly The Shelf) • Customize what is shown on the home screen and how "quirky" it is. Go to Settings → Fiddly Things CUSTOM CATEGORIES Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more. ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more. PINNED LISTS Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach. SMART LISTS Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters. ADD MANUAL ITEMS You can now add items manually into Sofa with full editing capabilities. That means you can edit the title, description, image, and add your own Ingredients. ADD LINKS Paste links into Sofa and automatically get a nice preview along with pre-filled information. ADD VIA SHARE SHEET Add websites, videos, articles, and more into Sofa via the Share Sheet. USE IMAGES FROM CAMERA ROLL Use images from your camera roll or take a photo to use for cover images. ============================ BACKUP FILE CHANGES ============================ There is a new file format for Sofa backup files to work better with saving images and the new Ingredients feature. The new extension is .sofa3bk and will be automatically created starting from version 3.5. These new backup files will be a bit larger to account for the additional data that is now being saved. I've also added a setting for choosing the frequency of automatic backups: daily (default), weekly, every 2 weeks, and monthly. ============================ SHARED LISTS ARE ENDING ============================ I’m going to be ending the beta and removing the ability to create new shared lists. Shared Lists was launched as a beta feature in December of 2022. If you're not sure what "beta" means, it basically means that something is in an unproven or experimental state. During this time, I've learned a lot about what sharing looks like in Sofa, and what it doesn't. Basically, I need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how sharing will work in Sofa long-term. I have a lot of new things coming to Sofa that the current implementation of Shared Lists just doesn’t work with. Things like Custom Categories, Ingredients, and more in the pipeline (i.e. Tracking Progress). Please know, I made this decision with care, and I'm genuinely sad that it’s going away. That being said, it’s something I want to bring back in the future.  Go to sofahq.com/support for more info ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

May 29, 2024

Hey gang, I’ve got a small update with a quick fix for iPad. • FIXED: Crash on iPad caused by changing themes ============================ SOFA 4.0 Sofa helps you be more intentional with your downtime by creating lists of things to watch, read, play, and more. With 4.0, you can add basically anything, and expand Sofa to fit your exact needs with Custom Categories, Ingredients, Smart Lists, and more. ============================ **WHAT'S NEW** ALL NEW HOME SCREEN DESIGN • New design for The Pile • New design, and name, for Logbook (formerly Activity) • New design, and name, for Pinned Items (formerly The Shelf) • Customize what is shown on the home screen and how "quirky" it is. Go to Settings → Fiddly Things CUSTOM CATEGORIES Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more. ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more. PINNED LISTS Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach. SMART LISTS Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters. ADD MANUAL ITEMS You can now add items manually into Sofa with full editing capabilities. That means you can edit the title, description, image, and add your own Ingredients. ADD LINKS Paste links into Sofa and automatically get a nice preview along with pre-filled information. ADD VIA SHARE SHEET Add websites, videos, articles, and more into Sofa via the Share Sheet. USE IMAGES FROM CAMERA ROLL Use images from your camera roll or take a photo to use for cover images. ============================ **BACKUP FILE CHANGES** There is a new file format for Sofa backup files to work better with saving images and the new Ingredients feature. The new extension is .sofa3bk and will be automatically created starting from version 3.5. These new backup files will be a bit larger to account for the additional data that is now being saved. I've also added a setting for choosing the frequency of automatic backups: daily (default), weekly, every 2 weeks, and monthly. ============================ **SHARED LISTS ARE ENDING** I’m going to be ending the beta and removing the ability to create new shared lists. Shared Lists was launched as a beta feature in December of 2022. If you're not sure what "beta" means, it basically means that something is in an unproven or experimental state. During this time, I've learned a lot about what sharing looks like in Sofa, and what it doesn't. Basically, I need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how sharing will work in Sofa long-term. I have a lot of new things coming to Sofa that the current implementation of Shared Lists just doesn’t work with. Things like Custom Categories, Ingredients, and more in the pipeline (i.e. Tracking Progress). Please know, I made this decision with care, and I'm genuinely sad that it’s going away. That being said, it’s something I want to bring back in the future.  Go to sofahq.com/support for more info ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

May 28, 2024

Hey gang, I’ve got a small update with some handy bug fixes for you today. **BUG FIXES** • FIXED: Layout issues for The Pile on iPad • FIXED: Layout issues for Pinned Items on iPad • FIXED: The Pile items weren't being removed from The Pile after adding to Logbook • FIXED: Duplicate filters showing when creating a Smart List • FIXED: Crash when opening an item from Pinned Items widget • FIXED: "Navigation" shortcut actions weren't working correctly ============================ SOFA 4.0 Sofa helps you be more intentional with your downtime by creating lists of things to watch, read, play, and more. With 4.0, you can add basically anything, and expand Sofa to fit your exact needs with Custom Categories, Ingredients, Smart Lists, and more. ============================ **WHAT'S NEW** ALL NEW HOME SCREEN DESIGN • New design for The Pile • New design, and name, for Logbook (formerly Activity) • New design, and name, for Pinned Items (formerly The Shelf) • Customize what is shown on the home screen and how "quirky" it is. Go to Settings → Fiddly Things CUSTOM CATEGORIES Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more. ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more. PINNED LISTS Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach. SMART LISTS Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters. ADD MANUAL ITEMS You can now add items manually into Sofa with full editing capabilities. That means you can edit the title, description, image, and add your own Ingredients. ADD LINKS Paste links into Sofa and automatically get a nice preview along with pre-filled information. ADD VIA SHARE SHEET Add websites, videos, articles, and more into Sofa via the Share Sheet. USE IMAGES FROM CAMERA ROLL Use images from your camera roll or take a photo to use for cover images. ============================ **BACKUP FILE CHANGES** There is a new file format for Sofa backup files to work better with saving images and the new Ingredients feature. The new extension is .sofa3bk and will be automatically created starting from version 3.5. These new backup files will be a bit larger to account for the additional data that is now being saved. I've also added a setting for choosing the frequency of automatic backups: daily (default), weekly, every 2 weeks, and monthly. ============================ **SHARED LISTS ARE ENDING** I’m going to be ending the beta and removing the ability to create new shared lists. Shared Lists was launched as a beta feature in December of 2022. If you're not sure what "beta" means, it basically means that something is in an unproven or experimental state. During this time, I've learned a lot about what sharing looks like in Sofa, and what it doesn't. Basically, I need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how sharing will work in Sofa long-term. I have a lot of new things coming to Sofa that the current implementation of Shared Lists just doesn’t work with. Things like Custom Categories, Ingredients, and more in the pipeline (i.e. Tracking Progress). Please know, I made this decision with care, and I'm genuinely sad that it’s going away. That being said, it’s something I want to bring back in the future.  Go to sofahq.com/support for more info ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com – Shawn

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