Black Ink 2.2.4 for iPhone, iPad, and visionOS is now available on the App Store.

This update includes fixes and adjustments to the appearance of the app when running in light or dark modes, and a bug fix to the unlock screen:

• Fixed an issue that could cause Special Answer entry to be unreadable in Dark Mode
• Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Color Scheme default back to Automatic
• Lightened the selected square highlight in light mode to differentiate better from black squares
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong purchases to be shown on the unlock screen

If you enjoy Black Ink, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, and spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for your support.

Black Ink 2.2.4 for iPhone, iPad, and visionOS is now available on the App Store.

This update includes fixes and adjustments to the appearance of the app when running in light or dark modes, and a bug fix to the unlock screen:

• Fixed an issue that could cause Special Answer entry to be unreadable in Dark Mode
• Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Color Scheme default back to Automatic
• Lightened the selected square highlight in light mode to differentiate better from black squares
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong purchases to be shown on the unlock screen

If you enjoy Black Ink, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the Mac App Store, and spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for your support.

FastScripts 3.3.4 is now available on the FastScripts home page, or by selecting “Check for Update” from the FastScripts menu.

This update addresses a couple nagging usability issues with the FastScripts menu, and improves the functionality of the “invoke” scripting command, useful when you want to spawn a FastScripts script task from another script.

Complete list of changes for this release:

• Fix a bug that caused the Recent Scripts menu item to be erroneously highlighted after invoking a script by search
• Fix a bug that caused the down arrow to skip a search result from the Script Menu
• The “invoke” scripting command now returns results from Automator and Shell Script invocations
• Automator workflows can now be provided with variables, in addition to parameters, when run with the “invoke” scripting command

If you enjoy FastScripts, please consider spreading the word on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for your support.

Black Ink 2.2.2 for iPhone, iPad, and visionOS is now available on the App Store.

This update brings updated home screen icons so Black Ink will fit in when you configure your device to use Dark Mode or Tinted versions of app icons.

It also includes substantial changes to the clue text area to render text more efficiently and aesthetically, and to minimize the need to shrink the puzzle area to make room for clues.

Here is the complete list of changes for this update:

• Added support for Dark Mode and Tinted versions of the application icon
• Improve the clue text area to better fit clue text in the available space
• Non-applicable comments in some visual NYT clues are no longer displayed
• Printing improvements to avoid splitting a clue’s text across pages or wrapping prematurely
• VoiceOver: Puzzle square status such as being circled or shaded, marked incorrect, etc., are now announced

If you enjoy Black Ink, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the App Store, and spreading the word on social media. Thanks!