It took a bit longer than I expected, but InstaDesk 1.4.1 has finally been released. The delay was mostly due to an error that suddenly appeared around mid January and started to grow from there. The error in question only affected some users, but these couldn’t log into Instagram anymore. They were getting a ‘CRSF Forbidden’ error. InstaDesk 1.4.1 fixes this issues and much more. It also brings a couple of new features. Among them, two things that were requested quite often:

• Prevent accidental liking: You can now deactivate the small white heart that appears when you hover over an image. This should prevent the accidental liking of images that some users repeatedly reported.

• Download type: You can now define the filetype when you download an image from InstaDes.

In addition to that, InstaDesk also includes a new slideshow feature, where the slideshow automatically reloads the images in the background while it is running. This means, that when you’re watching a slideshow over your feed, if new images are posted to the feed, they’ll automatically appear in the slideshow.

I just updated the InstaDesk website in order to push a couple of new features.

• First, there’s a screencast now that shows various InstaDesk features in real life. A great deal of time went into this screencast, and I hope it works well in showing off how cool InstaDesk is.
• Second, there’re frequently asked questions now. I dug through my mail archive and tried to identify the issues that came up most frequently. This section will be expanded in the future.
• Third, I updated the looks of the site in various places through small changes. I also minimized the number of http requests a bit, so the site loads faster.

There’s also news on the InstaDesk front. There’re a couple of small bugs that I didn’t identify before shipping 1.4. I’m currently working on 1.4.1 as a bugfix update to remedy these various issues. It should be done within the next 1-2 weeks.

I finally managed to install a blog in order to have a platform to inform about upcoming features, and other interna. I’ll also try to write about more detailed InstaDesk features here.

I’ve spend the last couple of months working on 1.4 and bootstrapping a business based on InstaDesk (and a couple of other projects). This means that I’ll have more time to invest into InstaDesk now. Expect a lot of interesting things and fantastic features to come up in 2012.

In addition to this blog, I also opened the instadesk account on Instagram. This will host feature previews too, but also polls and more. Your following would greatly be appreciated.

For direct communication, there’s either the @instadesk twitter account which I will always monitor and try to reply as fast as possible, or the contact sheet here on this site which goes right into my inbox.

Finally, in January I’ll work hard on 1.5 which will bring several long awaited features as well as a first interface overhaul.

Looking forward to an exciting 2012,

Thanks for all your support!

Benedikt