Control Panel for Twitter

Gives you more control over Twitter and adds missing features and UI improvements

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  • v116 2023-07-11

    Fixed detection of user profile pages which have certain special characters in their display name

  • v115 2023-07-09
    • Added an option to hide Retweets in user profiles
    • Added an option to change navigation bar density on desktop (Default, Comfortable or Compact)
    • Added an option to disable bold and italic text formatting in tweets
    • Fixed getting the username when muting specific Quote Tweets
    • Removed Twitter Circle functionality
  • v114 2023-07-07
    • "Hide Twitter Blue upsells" now hides the new "Highlight" button when using "Pin to your profile"
    • "Hide Subscriptions" now hides Hide the new "Subscriptions" item in Settings
    • Fixed the ALT tab on media being hidden when tweeting from the Notifications screen when the "Verified" tab is being hidden
  • v113 2023-06-24
    • Added a "Retweets in Lists" setting which lets you hide retweets in pinned Lists on the Home screen
    • Added an option to only hide Explore on desktop when the sidebar is visible (enabled by default)
    • Changed default setting: don't hide Communities, as it's not a main navigation item on mobile any more
    • Changed default setting: don't shrink the account switcher on desktop
    • Fixed "Hide Subscriptions" not hiding Subscribe buttons in the desktop media viewer modal
    • Fixed some French and Simplified Chinese translations
  • v112 2023-06-20

    Fixed timeline functionality broken by a recent Twitter markup change

  • v111 2023-06-19
    • The "Hide Twitter Blue replies in threads" option is now ready for use, and has been moved out of the Experiments section
    • Added options to hide Twitter Blue replies from people you follow, are followed by, or got their checks by having > 1 million followers - these are not hidden by default
    • Changed "Hide Twitter Blue upsells" to also hide the "Get verified" box on the home page if you've disabled hiding algorithmic sidebar content
    • Fixed the focused tweet and everything above it being hidden if it's a reply to a Twitter Blue tweet
    • Fixed the "Full-width media & cards" setting when using "Full-width timeline content" on desktop
  • v110 2023-06-16
    • Added a "Hide Twitter Blue replies" Experiment which hides Blue replies in individual tweet threads - there are currently a few issues with this which will keep it in Experiments until they're fixed
    • Added a "Hide Twitter Blue upsells" option (enabled by default) which hides Twitter Blue promotional UI items in even more places throughout the app, replacing previous individual options
    • The Monetization item in Settings is now hidden when "Hide Subscriptions" is enabled
    • Hiding tweets from blocked or muted accounts now works in individual tweet threads
    • Fixed "Discover more" algorithmic tweets not being hidden when Twitter is viewed in certain languages
    • Fixed tab change detection on the Search page
    • Fixed the "Add muted word" menu item not being added, after more Twitter menu changes
    • Fixed hiding the "Subscriber" indicator on tweets when "Hide Subscriptions" is enabled and the Dim or Lights out background is being used
    • Fixed Twitter Blue accounts with the "Automated" label not having their checks replaced with the Blue logo
    • Fixed hiding the Communities nav item on desktop, which has moved back to the main navigation (again)
    • Fixed Search filters being hidden when hiding What's happening etc. in the sidebar, after a Twitter layout change
  • v109 2023-06-08
    • Subscribe buttons and other subscription-related UI can now be hidden
    • The "Verified" nav item (which Twitter replaced the "Twitter Blue" item with on desktop) can now be hidden
    • Hiding "Discover more" tweets now also works when using the media viewer on desktop
    • Fixed media viewer detection when a video is initially viewed with it
    • Fixed adding the "Add muted word" menu item after recent Twitter menu changes
    • Removed settings related to the Twitter Circle and Verified Orgs menu items, which have been removed by Twitter
  • v108 2023-05-31
    • Fixed adding "Add muted word" to the menu
    • Fixed hiding "Show new tweets" on mobile
  • v107 2023-05-06
    • Added an option to hide the floating "See new Tweets" button in the main timeline
    • Added an option to hide the new "Connect" item in the desktop "More" menu
    • Updated options for hiding navigation and menu items to reflect recent Twitter changes
    • Fixed profile page detection the URL username has a different case from the user's canonical username
  • v106 2023-05-01
    • Fixed Hide Views hiding the separator between username and time in focused quote tweets
    • Fixed affiliates of verified organizations getting Blue checks
    • Fixed adding "Turn on/off Retweets" to the menu on Lists
    • Fixed "Hide Verified tab" hiding the Twitter Circle "Recommended" tab when viewed on Notifications
    • Fixed profile page detection for people with an @ in their display name
    • Fixed replacing Blue checks in the Verified account popup in user profiles after a Twitter markup change
    • Fixed reply detection after a Twitter markup change
    • Fixed an error if a timeline item is completely empty
    • Removed the Verified accounts experiment which only applied to "legacy" Verified users
  • v105 2023-04-22

    Added hiding of the new Verified Organizations nav item (hidden by default)

  • v104 2023-04-21

    Don't give accounts the Blue badge if they're verified as an affiliate of an organization

  • v103 2023-04-08

    Fixed organization accounts which subscribe to Blue being given a golden Blue logo

  • v102 2023-04-06
    • Added an option to hide the Bookmark button under a focused tweet
    • Added an option to hide Bookmark metrics under a focused tweet
  • v100 2023-04-04
    • Replaced the doge logo with the Twitter logo
    • Fixed Flash of Unmodified Twitter on initial load
  • v99 2023-03-18

    Fixed replacement of Twitter Blue verified checks

  • v98 2023-02-23

    Fixed hiding Views under the focused tweet after a Twitter markup change

  • v97 2023-02-14
    • Added a new option to make "Latest" the default tab for search results
    • Added an option for hiding the "Home" heading on the main timeline so it can be turned off if Twitter ever improve it or remove it themselves
    • Fixed the entire Search page being reprocessed when search terms are changed
    • Fixed missing localization when viewing muted Quote Tweets in the options
  • v96 2023-02-07

    Renamed to Control Panel for Twitter

  • v95 2023-02-01

    New

    • Replaced the extension icon with an ibis, better known in Australia as a "bin chicken" - sticking stuff on top of the Twitter icon (or something non-official which looks very, very like it) is against the Twitter Brand Guidelines
    • New "Home timeline" and 'Reduce "engagement"' sections in the options page - relevant options have been moved into these, including "Full-width timeline" and "Reduced interaction mode", which have been moved out of the Experiments section
    • Expanded support for Blue check replacement to more sections of the app:
      • Following/follower lists
      • Communities
      • Twitter Circle
      • Bookmarks
      • User typeahead dropdowns when composing a Tweet
    • Community pages can now go full-width
    • Automatically switch from Verified to All in Notification if Twitter forced you back onto it

    Changed

    • When you mute a Quote Tweet, emoji and linebreaks will now be preserved in the "Muted tweets" section in the options
    • Moved options for hiding algorithmic timeline content into the Experiments section, as they can cause performance issues by hiding large numbers of tweets

    Fixed

    • Fixed Views not being hidden under tweets on the largest device widths supported by Twitter's mobile view
    • Fixed user profile page detection to be independent of display language - it wasn't working for many non-English display languages
    • Fixed Blue check replacement in various places:
      • on "user liked/retweeted" notifications (again)
      • in the user profile header and verified badge popup on mobile
      • in search result dropdowns in Search/Explore on mobile
    • Fixed some cases where hiding Blue checks would hide more than it should, e.g. the entire user name in "like" notifications
    • Fixed Blue subscribers with locked accounts having the locked account icon replaced too
    • Fixed "What's happening" appearing in the sidebar on the Suggested Communities page
    • Fixed tabs on other pages setting the title to "Home" on mobile if you navigate from Home to another tabbed page when the Retweets tab is being displayed
    • Fixed the sticky hover state on the Retweets tab on mobile
    • Fixed the Retweets tab showing tweets from the last tab you had open, instead of from Following

    Removed

    • Removed all code related to the old "Sparkle button" timeline, which was continuing to cause problems for some people
  • v94 2023-01-28

    Fixed Tweets in the main timeline not rendering on lower-performance devices when using the desktop version

  • v93 2023-01-26
    • Lists, Bookmarks and Twitter Circle navigation items are no longer hidden by default
    • Fixed retweet and like metrics not being hidden on tweets you've retweeted or liked
    • Fixed the increasing count animation still being visible on hidden reply, retweet and like metrics
  • v92 2023-01-26
    • Added support for Lists
      • Display of Retweets in Lists can be toggled using a new "Turn off/on Retweets" item added to the List's menu
      • Other timeline features like hiding QTs of blocked/muted accounts and hiding QTs of specific tweets now also work on Lists
  • v91 2023-01-26

    - Added support for observing the tweet timeline in desktop media modals, so other features will work there, e.g. replacing Twitter Blue checks
    - Fixed hiding Views on the main tweet in desktop media modals
    - Fixed hiding the Like button instead of Views when the Buffer extension is also being used
    - Newsletters and Moments have been removed from the "More"/slide-out menu - disable their options for now so the "Creator Studio" section gets hidden when expected

  • v90 2023-01-23

    Fixed algorithmic tweets not being identified if "Following" is being used by default but "For you" isn't being hidden

  • v89 2023-01-21

    Fixed Tweak New Twitter not working if you open Twitter in a background tab then switch to it some time later

  • v88 2023-01-20
    • Changed how the version of Twitter being used (desktop or mobile) is detected
      • Tweak New Twitter should now work on any platform and version (e.g. requesting the desktop site on a mobile device, using device/responsive dev tools on desktop)
    • Added an option to show the "For you" tab while still keeping "Following" as the default [#196]
    • Fixed an issue where also using other Twitter extensions could stop Tweak New Twitter from running [#185]
  • v87 2023-01-19

    Added iPhone and iPad to the user agents check in the script

  • v86 2023-01-19

    Menu fixes after a Twitter markup change

    • Fixed hover style on custom menu items
    • Fixed closing the menu after "Mute this conversation" is used to mute a specific QT
  • v85 2023-01-19

    Fixed the Retweets tab not being styled as active when selected when "For you" is not being hidden

  • v84 2023-01-18

    Misc mobile version fixes:

    • Fixed the Retweets tab persisting when it should be removed
    • Fixed the Retweets tab retaining focus styling after it's been pressed
    • Fixed hiding tabs when hiding Explore page content
    • Removed logged-out/login pages from the hide "Open App" nags feature
  • v83 2023-01-18

    Fixed re-clicking the Following tab when it's already active on the Home timeline

  • v82 2023-01-17
    • Fix for Twitter moving where the the Views counter is under tweets
    • Tightened up the Sparkle button selector so it only looks in the top heading element
  • v81 2023-01-16
    • Fixed the Retweets tab being removed if there are lists pinned to the Home timeline
    • Fixed replacing Twitter Blue checks in ${user} followed/liked/retweeted Notifications
    • Fixed accidentally hiding the delete image button in the Tweet modal when hiding share tweet buttons
  • v80 2023-01-14

    Added support for the new tabbed timeline

    • Automatically keeps you on "Following"
    • Hides the "For you" tab
    • Hides the now-functionless "Home" heading on desktop
    • Adds a new "Retweets" tab
  • v79 2023-01-12
    • Fixed hiding view counts in their new location under individual tweets
    • Fixed hiding the share tweet button
  • v78 2023-01-11

    "Latest Tweets" was renamed to "Following"

  • v77 2022-12-28

    Fixed hiding views and share buttons on mobile

  • v76 2022-12-23
    • Added a new "Hide views / analytics links under tweets" option (enabled by default)
    • Fixed hiding Reply/Retweet/Like metrics
    • Fixed hiding the Share button under tweets
  • v75 2022-12-14

    - Hide the new Twitter Blue main navigation item
    - Hide "Discover more" algorithmic tweets when viewing an individual tweet

  • v74 2022-11-29

    Fixed quote tweet detection, main nav and menu item font tweaks, and hiding the total tweet count after a Twitter markup change

  • v73 2022-11-23
    • Added an option to use normal font weight in dropdown menus (enabled by default)
    • Fixed the width of the "What's happening?" input when using full-width timeline
    • Fixed the "Full-width media & cards" setting when using full-width timeline
  • v72 2022-11-20

    Fixed retweeted quote tweets not being hidden/separated based on Quote Tweets config

  • v71 2022-11-18
    • Handle the hashtag-specific variant of the search page
    • Added @icon
  • v70 2022-11-16

    - Twitter Blue checkmarks are now handled on the Notifications page
    - When hiding Explore page contents, the search input is now automatically focused
    - Algorithmic tweets are no longer hidden by default in the Home timeline - you now have to opt-in to hiding each category

  • v69 2022-11-15
    • Twitter Blue checks are now replaced with a Twitter Blue logo instead of being dimmed
    • The check in the verified account type popup on user profiles is now handled
    • Fix hiding total tweet metrics in desktop user profile headings
  • v68 2022-11-15
    • Twitter Blue checks are now handled on Quote Tweet pages
    • Removed Tor network URL (as it disabled Tweak New Twitter for extension version users)
  • v67 2022-11-13
    • Search result timelines are now handled, e.g. to dim Twitter Blue checks
    • Fixed tweets with a social context label being hidden in non-main timelines
    • Twitter's Tor URL is now supported
  • v66 2022-11-12
    • Restyled the main timline switcher controls as timeline tabs
    • Started hiding… more stuff in profile and individual tweet timelines

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