{"id":144,"date":"2023-06-23T04:39:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T04:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/?p=144"},"modified":"2023-11-09T21:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:38:06","slug":"taking-a-look-at-alienblue-reddit-client-for-ios-5-before-reddit-does-a-war-crime-by-killing-3rd-party-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/2023\/06\/23\/taking-a-look-at-alienblue-reddit-client-for-ios-5-before-reddit-does-a-war-crime-by-killing-3rd-party-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a look at Alienblue Reddit client for IOS 5 before Reddit does a WAR CRIME by killing 3rd party apps [Update status july 1st 2023]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well today&#8217;s post is about a legacy IOS5 Reddit client called Alienblue. Before Reddit does an ABSOLUTE WAR CRIME by killing 3rd party apps join me as we look at the skeuomorphic beauty of this app before it gets assassinated by reddit<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>but a little side mention to i.reddit.com web client<\/p>\n<p>which was shutdown a few months before the 3rd party apps drama<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i.reddit-page-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"203\" alt=\"R.I.P https:\/\/i.reddit.com\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i.reddit-page_thumb-3.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>now with that out of the way we can now explore the Alienblue client taken from an iPad gen1!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0727-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Alienblue splash screen\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0727_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heres the main screen when you boot up alienblue<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0728-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Alienblue default theme\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0728_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>one cool feature is that Alien blue has a landscape mode (and to this day the official reddit app forces portrait orientation) and it has some themes such as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Classic blue which is what the image above is.<\/p>\n<p>Lion &#8211; Wood<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0729-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Lion - Wood Theme\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0729_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Lion &#8211; Linen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0730-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Lion - Linen Theme\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0730_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Blossom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0731-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Blossom Theme\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0731_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and Fire<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0732-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Fire Theme\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0732_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>even to this day the official Reddit app doesn&#8217;t have themes<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the inbox tile<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0734-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Inbox tile in Classic Blue theme\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0734_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and here&#8217;s were you look at your profile stats<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0736-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Profile stats tile\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0736_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the text only post pane. Used for posts that contain text and no photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0737-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Text only post #1\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0737_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0740-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Text only post #2\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0740_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>heres what it looks like when you upvote or downvote a post<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0738-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Post upvote\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0738_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0739-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"post downvote\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0739_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>to remove a pane you have to pinch it closed but when it can&#8217;t be closed this will happen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0744.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"Pane can&#39;t be closed\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0744_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this is where you create a post (i haven&#8217;t tried it)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0743-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"New post tile \" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0743_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s the settings tile<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0741-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"settings tile\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0741_thumb-1.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and finally to round out this tour this is the biggest feature Alienblue has what made it popular in the first place it has DARK MODE!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0748-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"DARK MODE BABY!!!!!\" src=\"http:\/\/retronetwork.net\/subsites\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0748_thumb-2.png\" width=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>to put this in perspective this version of alienblue v2.2.0 was released on September 18th 2013 and the official Reddit app didn&#8217;t even get a dark mode until&#160; MAY 28 2021!!!!! it took 8 entire years until it got an dark mode talk about lazy dev&#8217;s on reddit!<\/p>\n<p>Well that concludes the tour of Alienblue for IOS5    <br \/>i will make an update on this post after july 1st after the API changes if it survived or not<\/p>\n<p>until then you can join the rebels fighting against reddit&#8217;s war crimes at <a title=\"Join the rebel cause!!!!!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/save3rdpartyapps\">r\/save3rdpartyapps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>that said farewell Alienblue. Thanks for the memory&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE [July 1st 2023]<\/p>\n<p>so all the 3rd party clients has been terminated but somehow Alienblue survived. Partly because Reddit them self&#8217;s acquired Alienblue in 2014 and continued developing it until 2016 <\/p>\n<p>Tested Alienblue on my iPad 1st gen at 5pm mountain time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well today&#8217;s post is about a legacy IOS5 Reddit client called Alienblue. 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