Twitter Killing Its Mac App

It seems like this has been a while coming. The Mac app still hadn't been updated to support 280 characters when I finally ditched it a couple weeks ago (in favor of Tweetbot). If they couldn't push out a change like that in 3 months, the app has probably not been maintained for quite a while.

Re: Twitter Killing Its Mac App

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Post by nawazdhandala » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

hengheng wrote: post #3

What does this app provide that a browser tab doesn't, other than a prominent spot in the Dock?

Chrome + (Windows / Mac / Ubuntu) should let users dock any "Web App". That would enable new possibilities. No one would ever write an app specifically for mac / windows.

Re: Twitter Killing Its Mac App

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Post by jiqiren » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:53 PM UTC

hengheng wrote: post #3

What does this app provide that a browser tab doesn't, other than a prominent spot in the Dock?

no ads is one of the many good features. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Twitter Killing Its Mac App

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Post by nielsbot » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:54 PM UTC

nawazdhandala wrote: post #6

hengheng wrote: post #3

What does this app provide that a browser tab doesn't, other than a prominent spot in the Dock?

Chrome + (Windows / Mac / Ubuntu) should let users dock any "Web App". That would enable new possibilities. No one would ever write an app specifically for mac / windows.

Unfortunately. Personally I much prefer apps that provide a native experience.

Re: Twitter Killing Its Mac App

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Post by xenadu02 » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:55 PM UTC

hengheng wrote: post #3

What does this app provide that a browser tab doesn't, other than a prominent spot in the Dock?

Better battery life? Lower memory usage? Integration with the platform conventions?

I don’t want to use Twitter in a tab.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Websites, wrapped web views, react native, et al solve a developer’s problem. They do not solve any problem I as a user have. They make things worse, the only question is how much worse. How much better are you forcing me to pay? How much cognitive tax am I paying?

Re: Twitter Killing Its Mac App

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Post by reednj » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:56 PM UTC

hengheng wrote: post #3

What does this app provide that a browser tab doesn't, other than a prominent spot in the Dock?

Its much easier to manage multiple accounts. I think on the website you can only be logged in as one account at a time. The twitter app has a vertical 'tab' for each account.