Reddit client Baconit updated to v2.6

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Now available for all Windows Phone 8 handsets is v2.6 of Quinn Damerell's Reddit client, Baconit. The latest version includes its own mini-browser, which can optimise a page for mobile, but you can also open the links in Internet Explorer on your handset. More importantly, the battery drain issues some users reported has been tracked down, and there are a bundle of UI and animation tweaks throughout the app.

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Here's the full change list, via the Baconit homepage:

  • General UI tweaking
  • Added internal web browser
  • Fixed battery drain issue
  • Webpages can be optimized in flip view, there are options to optimize all by default or enable / disable optimized version per web domain.
  • Smart bar now shows user search results
  • Added new comment collapse animations and behavior
  • Added ability to change sort of top and new subreddit lists
  • Added ability to change sort of comments
  • CAPTCHA support for submitting links and messages.
  • Added auto complete to text boxes in the group subreddit manager
  • Comments can be resubmitted if they fail to post
  • View Context actually works now!!
  • Renabled pulling self-text down to make it full screen!
  • Added improved GZIP to save more data
  • Fixed bug were .gifs were displayed as static images
  • Re-enabled pinning of groups
  • Fixed a number of background updater bugs that made the wallpapers not update correctly.
  • Backend updates
  • Fixed splash screen size
  • Greatly increased speed and time of up voting and down voting
  • Removed Web View from the app
  • Fixed cake day bug
  • Fixed some endless scrolling bugs
  • Fixed problem with pages not refreshing after being not naved to for a long time
  • Fixed sub / unsub problems and improved the experience
  • Fixed pinning of the front page when other subs were pinned
  • Fixed lock screen image scaling on some devices
  • Fixed crash in the updater that caused background updating to stop

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Baconit is available in two versions, a 'free' version and one 'donation' paid version, although both versions have the same code and are functionally identical. The update has arrived for the former version, with the latter to follow. Keep an eye on the Windows Store for the update!

Source / Credit: Quinn Damerell