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Show HN: If Google owned Twitter, what would the Android Twitter app look like?

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Post by chris_lacy »

Frustrated be the lack of anything approaching the quality of TweetBot on Android, I decided to write my own Android Twitter client with the above goal.

The result is Tweet Lanes, which I just released for phones running 4.0 and above.

The big ticket items are: borderline theft of the Google Talk & MMS app styling; New take on composing tweets; Reply to multiple tweets at one time, or block multiple spammers in one action; VolScroll - navigate the feed with volume up/down buttons; and plenty more.

App & screenshots can be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tweetlanes.android

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#3

Post by chris_lacy »

voxx wrote: post #2

this is sexy, but why only ICS? Older phones need some Fantastic job. You should be a Google dude.

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Once I add a few more core features and implement tablet support, I will backport it to Android 2.x.

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#4

Post by monsto »

not much of a Tweeterer, but lookin at the screens I'll say that you've probably hit on something. Gtalk is designed that way because it works.

VolScroll, tho . . . not sure about it. on my Gal S2, the vol buttons are really out of the way. I'll bet that the only time i'd use them with this app would be when i only could use one hand. even then, it's just as easy to hold with hand and thumb scroll...

And when's the only time you'd need 1-handed scrolling? Behind the wheel of the car. Neat idea, to be sure... just not sure if it's practical.

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#5

Post by chris_lacy »

monsto wrote: post #4

not much of a Tweeterer, but lookin at the screens I'll say that you've probably hit on something. Gtalk is designed that way because it works. VolScroll, tho . . . not sure about it. on my Gal S2, the vol buttons are really out of the way. I'll bet that the only time i'd use them with this app would be when i only could use one hand. even then, it's just as easy to hold with hand and thumb scroll... And when's the o…

VolScroll is an additional means of scrolling. Touch scrolling naturally works as you would expect.

I use it primarily when I'm tweetin' & eatin'. One hand is using a fork, the other is holding the phone and easily navigating the feed.

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#6

Post by nailer »

chris_lacy wrote: post #5
monsto wrote: post #4

not much of a Tweeterer, but lookin at the screens I'll say that you've probably hit on something. Gtalk is designed that way because it works. VolScroll, tho . . . not sure about it. on my Gal S2, the vol buttons are really out of the way. I'll bet that the only time i'd use them with this app would be when i only could use one hand. even then, it's just as easy to hold with hand and thumb scroll... And when's the o…

VolScroll is an additional means of scrolling. Touch scrolling naturally works as you would expect. I use it primarily when I'm tweetin' & eatin'. One hand is using a fork, the other is holding the phone and easily navigating the feed.

If you could make it animate, rather than jump, I think it would work well.

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#7

Post by Ineffable »

chris_lacy wrote: post #3
voxx wrote: post #2

this is sexy, but why only ICS? Older phones need some Fantastic job. You should be a Google dude.

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Once I add a few more core features and implement tablet support, I will backport it to Android 2.x.

Tablet support would be much appreciated!

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Post by nickbarnwell »

I've just switched to Android in the last few weeks and been using the official Twitter application. Needless to say, I've been disappointed. This is far and away superior, and I will definitely share it around to my friends and coworkers as much as possible :)

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#10

Post by hiddenstage »

chris_lacy wrote: post #3
voxx wrote: post #2

this is sexy, but why only ICS? Older phones need some Fantastic job. You should be a Google dude.

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Once I add a few more core features and implement tablet support, I will backport it to Android 2.x.

I'm sure you know this, but in case you don't - ActionBarSherlock is incredibly easy to use for backporting the actionbar, tabs, and fragments to 2.x.
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