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Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Doesn't do columns, but does do multiple tabs. I was reluctant to switch to tabs from columns too, but it's my preferred Mac client now. Also supports a "mini" tweet view which makes it work more like an email client. http://yfrog.com/oerabxhp

I am beginning to see some advantages. Still struggling with search (is there no "or" operator?), but I'll try it out for a while.

Have you tried uppercase 'OR'? I found that worked.

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TweetDeck is now a Chrome-hosted app. I haven't missed any feature changes between it and the old AIR app.

Interesting, never heard about that. So I suppose I can install it from the Chrome app store and remove the air version?

You can also get TweetDeck via the Mac App Store. Not as full featured as the old AIR one though

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I wonder whether fear of a Twitter crackdown on third-party clients played any role in the timing of this. Having an app, even an alpha app, in users' hands would increase the outcry if Twitter were to move against third-party clients like Tweetbot. (Obviously, I mean an outcry in addition to the userbase for the polished iOS client.) This is purely speculative, I admit.

Could be. Could also be related to Mountain Lion having Twitter integration all over the place. Seems like that would render all the hours of dev time to create this program pointless unless they can release early and get some market share before ML.

I'm not sure the two conflict. Twitter integration doesn't offer any kind of twitter browsing experience, only posting from other apps. I use the iOS integration for some posting, but consume and post most of my stuff through Tweetbot on iPad and iPhone.

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This is absolutely worth getting for mac. I'm getting far fewer crashes than the official twitter client, a much nicer look, smoother interactions, and more information faster. The killer feature for me is the ability to see the conversation around and replies to one tweet - this is extremely useful if you see one tweet between two people you follow but want to know the context around it, or if you want to see how ot…

I have to agree. The Tweetbot alpha is more enjoyable than Twitter's stalled adaptation of Tweetie.

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This is absolutely worth getting for mac. I'm getting far fewer crashes than the official twitter client, a much nicer look, smoother interactions, and more information faster. The killer feature for me is the ability to see the conversation around and replies to one tweet - this is extremely useful if you see one tweet between two people you follow but want to know the context around it, or if you want to see how ot…

You really get multiple crashes in a day with the official twitter client???

Multiple per week for me. Often under such taxing conditions as 'posting a tweet' or 'clicking an image.' I really drive these apps too hard ;)

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I had given up on the (practically abandoned) official Twitter for Mac and switched to Osfoora a few months ago. It's been great but I have some minor issues with it (Space pages down instead of up, lack of keyboard shortcuts for interacting with individual tweets). I've found Tweetbot to be rather stable for an alpha release, and I think that Tapbot's strategy in releasing this early is to get people to fall in love…

Another keyboard shortcut I miss is j/k for navigating up and down

Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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I am beginning to see some advantages. Still struggling with search (is there no "or" operator?), but I'll try it out for a while.

Have you tried uppercase 'OR'? I found that worked.

It works in the normal search, but I want an extra tab that shows the results of a fixed search. Couldn't get that to work yet.
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