What to do if all my accounts are gone each time I restart Chrome ?

We've had some reports of this issue.

So far, it looks like the Chrome extension synchronization might not work too well with extension data.
If you are using Chrome on more than one computer, and are having the issue on one of your computers with accounts disappearing from Yoono at each relaunch, you can try disabling the extension synchronization from the Options panel of Chrome.

Let us know!

What to do if my Yoono columns are reset every day ?

We've had a few users reporting that they needed to set up their Yoono columns every time they launched the application.

This can be due to not exiting Yoono Desktop properly before shutting down the system:
The X button does not exit the application, it only minimizes it.
You need to use the Exit menu item from the menu of Yoono Desktop.

If you do that, and still don't get your columns like they were last time, it can be due to a database corruption in Firefox or Yoono Desktop.

Here is what to do:

1 - Locate your current profile

If you are using Firefox, type about:support in the address bar, click on the second button of the page to open a file explorer

If you are using Yoono Desktop, open a file explorer (finder on Mac), and go to directory
Windows Vista/7 : C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Yoono\Yoono\Profiles\XXXXXXXX.default
Mac : /Users//Library/Application Support/Yoono/Profile/XXXXXXX.default

2 - Close Firefox or Yoono Desktop

3 - in File Explorer or Finder, go to subdirectory 'yoono'

4 - Find the file named anonUser.sqlite or .sqlite and replace its .sqlite extension with .bak

5 - Restart Firefox or Yoono Desktop.

Yoono for the iPhone and iPad is available !

We know many people were waiting for it!
Go to our download page or Blog page for more information

How to install a dictionary for Yoono Desktop

If you are using Yoono Desktop, the only dictionary available for spell checking is the one by default : English US.

Installing a new dictionary can be done. It's not very user friendly, but it can be done !

Here's how...
Yoono Desktop should be closed first.

1 - download the dictionary you need : list is :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/

2 - For instance, lets assume you want to download the Spanish dictionary.
Go to its install page :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3554/

Right click on the "Add to Firefox" button, and choose the "Save link as" option.

3 - Open the .xpi file you just downloaded with an unzipper (winzip, alzip...)
Under windows you may replace .xpi with .zip and you'll then be able to see it as a compressed folder.

4 - Inside it, go to subdirectory 'dictionaries', and extract the files with extensions .dic and .aff
In our example : es-ES.aff and es-ES.dic

5 - Put these files in the "Yoono Desktop/xulrunner/dictionaries" directory of the Yoono Desktop application directory. It already contains en-US.aff and en-US.dic

6 - Restart Yoono Desktop: when a word is underline because misspelled, a right click will show

Yoono : connect to an e-jabber server

Did you know that you can use Yoono as an jabber client to chat ?
The requirement is that the jabber server must be accessible from the internet (won't work on a local-only jabber server, sorry).
All you have to do is add the GTalk service in Yoono, and, instead of giving your google credential, give your jabber login (email) and password.

That's it !

Replying a tweet has never been easier

One very basic feature in tweeter is replying a tweet.
In Yoono, each tweet has a reply link that opens an input field, ready to get your reply, with character count and... spell-checking!

Embeded in the input field is also the green 'share' button that allows you to share elements of the page you are viewing in your browser, or the shortened url of that page...

Twitter hacked by so called "Iranian cyber army"

This evening (PST) or morning (UTC), Twitter was hacked by a so called Iranian Cyber Army.
Twitter's home page now displays a message from this organization, and Twitter API no longer works.
Please Yoono users, do not suspect Yoono from not working, it's actually Twitter that is not working.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/17/twitter-reportedly-hacked-by-iranian-cyber-army/

Chances are the hack involves DNS tampering, let's hope they don't get all the authentication information to further damage things at Twitter.

If anyone knows about an API for the "Iranian Cyber Army" social network, just let us know.

UPDATE at 7:10 UTC twitter is back online.

One-click Retweet

Okay, we know that the 'new' retweet format introduced by Twitter in October is very controversial, but we felt we had to use it so that when people finally get used to it they'll feel at ease using it in Yoono.

It's been discussed if the old retweet feature allowing to edit tweets before sending them should be discontinued or not... But choices have to be made.

Anyway, here is a short (as always) video showing how easy and quick retweeting from Yoono is !

Hide a friend's updates temporarily or forever...

I guess all of us have 'friends', or just people we follow, that we sometimes find too productive and would like not to see for a while, but without removing them from our friends or unfollowing them.

Yoono has filters that allow you to do that!



To unhide a friend, open the Options panel on the network's tab, and you'll see the list of hidden friends, that you can show again.

Yoono in Beta Channel on Mozilla Add-ons

Mozilla Add-ons (https://addons.mozilla.org) recently released a "Beta Channel".
That's an easy way for add-ons fan to keep up with their favorite add-ons and be sure they get the very latest releases when they are available, automatically.
Of course, these releases are classified "Beta" which means they might not be as stable as the ones from the normal channel, so only advanced users, who do not mind that there is a (slight) chance they might have to uninstall / re-install from times to times...

Here is how to subscribe to the Yoono Beta Channel: