{"id":1201,"date":"2020-11-02T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:47:07","slug":"cheers-to-another-year-of-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2020\/11\/cheers-to-another-year-of-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheers to another year of Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For many people, this first week of November is often known as a time of new iPhones, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laika?wprov=sfti1\">first dog orbited the earth<\/a>, or national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupinstitute.com\/blog\/its-national-blog-posting-month#:~:text=November%20marks%20National%20Blog%20Posting,and%20applied%20it%20to%20blogging\">blog posting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Novel_Writing_Month\">novel writing<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academic_Writing_Month\">academic writing<\/a> month. This week also marks when abolitionist, doctor, and inventor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Elkins?wprov=sfti1\">Thomas Elkin<\/a> patented an early version of the refrigerator in the late 1870s (he patented an early version of the toilet, too. Apparently he thought a lot about the life cycle of food).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For us, this week also marks Bear\u2019s anniversary\u2014it\u2019s turned the big 4! While it\u2019s still far too young to have a beer or pay taxes, it has grown quite a bit over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Bear pack continues to grow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bear started as a scrappy side project between three designer-developers. This year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shinyfrog.net\">the team<\/a> is up to 17 members across a handful of continents although, given the pandemic, we\u2019ve all been working from home this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our focus over the last couple of years has been on bringing in more developers and designers to expand efforts on Bear for web and the Editor 2.0 project. We\u2019ve also expanded the marketing and customer support teams to better help our customers and manage social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re definitely putting more time into our social media these days. We\u2019ve expanded with series like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bearnotesapp\/status\/1321146596478824453?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#BearTip<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bearnotesapp\/status\/1316773239717351429?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#SimpleShortcuts<\/a> and, most recently, hopping on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BearNotesApp\/status\/1319679635488210945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#FridayFAQ<\/a> train. It\u2019s been a great way to help educate our users and get invaluable feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Milestones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As for our adventures this past year, these are the highlights that stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Widgets for iOS 14 on <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/bear-beautiful-writing-app\/id1016366447?ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone and iPad<\/a> (coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/bear-beautiful-writing-app\/id1091189122?ls=1&amp;mt=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mac<\/a> soon!)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2020\/09\/bear-1-7-15-is-out-with-new-features-for-wiki-links-html-export-and-more\/\">Wiki links for note headers<\/a><\/li><li>HTML export for wiki links<\/li><li>2 new Pro themes<\/li><li>Participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2020\/06\/last-chance-to-get-the-indie-sticker-pack-and-do-some-good\/\">Indie Sticker Pack<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2020\/04\/bear-for-ipad-now-supports-the-magic-keyboard-trackpads-and-other-mice\/\">Support for the Magic Keyboard<\/a> and external mice<\/li><li>Launched the Panda alpha\u2014read on for that one!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Panda, the future of Bear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Panda is the not-so-secret code name of our current major project to reengineer the foundation of Bear: the Editor, where all your magic happens. It will also be a vital component of the Bear web app that\u2019s in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a massive project, which is why it\u2019s taking a while. However, we did reach a milestone earlier this year with the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.bear.app\">an early Panda alpha test<\/a>. Now, this isn&#8217;t the full app yet\u2014it&#8217;s a standalone prototype of just the editor to test some of your most requested features such as tables, nested styles, links and styles in headings, footnotes, right to left languages, and even animated GIFs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback has been great so far, and we are steadily adding features to test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Important notice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Panda is an early test of <em>just<\/em> the Editor, separate from the full Bear app. It doesn\u2019t include major features like the Note List or a Sidebar of tags. <strong>This is absolutely not ready for any day-to-day Bear work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>New wallpaper!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We love that our users have developed such an affinity for the Bear mascot. This year, we embraced the art of the Bear to <a href=\"https:\/\/bear.app\/wallpapers\/\">share their adventures in wallpaper form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Bear has explored the cosmos, celebrated the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, and saluted the past and present of Apple\u2019s World Wide Developer Conference. For Bear&#8217;s fourth birthday wallpaper, we explored a theme of growth with <a href=\"https:\/\/bear.app\/wallpapers\/#a-november-to-remember\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A November to Remember<\/a>. The four flowers are Chrysanthemums, the November birth flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knows what\u2019s on Bear\u2019s itinerary next year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>Seriously, Bear is terrible at sharing their travel schedule with the team.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>The next year for Bear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bear has come a long way in a short four years and, as always, we thank you all for getting us here. We\u2019re working on some incredible stuff for you, and we\u2019re excited to show you when it\u2019s ready for the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks again for everything. We always love to hear from you on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/bearapp\/\">Reddit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BearNotesApp\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/BearNotes\/\">Facebook<\/a>, or directly at <a href=\"mailto:bear@shinyfrog.net\">bear@shinyfrog.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear turns 4 this week! 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