On June 30 Twitter made good on their threat of requiring OAuth flow for third-party Twitter clients in order for them to receive Direct Messages.
Fortunately we submitted Hibari 1.1.4 to Apple on June 27.
Unfortunately it turns out that wasn’t nearly enough time.
On June 30 Apple rejected the Hibari 1.1.4 update solely because its App Store description mentioned you can download a demo from hibariapp.com*.
Victoria received the rejection email the afternoon of June 30th. Within the hour she deleted the offending paragraph, resubmitted (no need to even upload a new binary) and filed an expedite request since Hibari users can no longer receive Direct Messages.
Here we are 11 days later and no word from Apple.
*Apple had no problem with mentioning the demo in previous versions. Word has it this “rule” is inconsistently applied. I’m taken aback by Apple’s anti-consumer anti-demo stance. But that’s nothing new.)
Jul 12 Update: A couple of anonymous Apple friends unwedged us from the queue and Hibari 1.1.4 is now available on the Mac App Store. If you find yourself in a similar circumstance I was told it may help to resubmit a new build — it forces a re-review and can get things moving.
