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Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#141

Post by Sindisil » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 4:57 PM UTC

vincentriemer wrote: post #140

Sindisil wrote: post #138

A couple other things I've noticed having to do with "promoted content": 1. uBlock origin seems to block ads in the normal web client, but not in the mobile web client (in desktop FireFox as well as mobile FireFox). 2. Mobile twitter client lacks the drop-down menu where you used to be able to choose "I don't like this ad". Now that I look at it, though, that menu on the main twitter web app doesn't have that option…

From what I understand, the twitter mobile web client uses react and from a quick look at the source, they're using css modules which means the class names are generated at build time. Considering that most ad blockers work by identifying ads through class names, it would explain why uBlock origin wouldn't work on the mobile site.

Makes sense. Thanks.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#142

Post by frandroid » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 4:57 PM UTC

janvdberg wrote: post #16

I love this. I was always frustrated by the ever-growing-in-size Twitter app. Which is around 105 Megabytes now (aka ~73 1.44 floppies). So I welcome this.

Not only it's big, but it's a bandwidth hog as well... It's the most hungry app on my phone and I do a lot of web browsing on it. Twitter should not out-consume the web.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

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Post by valbaca » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 5:17 PM UTC

I would LOVE something like this for Facebook, but I understand that there is little to incentivize companies to do this other than the "emerging markets" argument.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#144

Post by birken » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 5:28 PM UTC

valbaca wrote: post #143

I would LOVE something like this for Facebook, but I understand that there is little to incentivize companies to do this other than the "emerging markets" argument.

Something like https://mbasic.facebook.com/?

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#145

Post by chrisper » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 5:31 PM UTC

valbaca wrote: post #143

I would LOVE something like this for Facebook, but I understand that there is little to incentivize companies to do this other than the "emerging markets" argument.

Well there is

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.l...

and

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.m...

But neither seem to be eligible for some reason.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#146

Post by mintplant » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 5:48 PM UTC

Sindisil wrote: post #141

vincentriemer wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I understand, the twitter mobile web client uses react and from a quick look at the source, they're using css modules which means the class names are generated at build time. Considering that most ad blockers work by identifying ads through class names, it would explain why uBlock origin wouldn't work on the mobile site.

Makes sense. Thanks.

This uBlock rule should do the trick, despite the use of CSS modules:

    mobile.twitter.com##div:has(:scope > div[role="article"] > div[data-testid="tweet"] > div > div:last-child:nth-child(3):nth-of-type(3))

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/351

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#147

Post by CivilianZero » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 5:56 PM UTC

I'm one feature away from making this my main twitter client on my phone: when I save a web app made to run by itself as an alternative or replacement for a native app to my home page, opening it should by default hide the trappings of the web browser.

The constant pop-in/pop-out of the header and footer makes tapping on things just obnoxious enough to make me not want to use it. I know some web apps have removed them, I just don't know why it isn't more common.

Also, it has that little bar at the top to open the site with the app. I feel like that should've been the first thing they got rid of.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#148

Post by dragonshed » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 6:06 PM UTC

I really like it - very fast. I note the Compose Tweet FAB is another step towards a bland, Google Material user experience.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#149

Post by dublinben » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 6:08 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #106

dublinben wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The excellent Twitter app Twidere is only 9.3 MB. [0] No ads either! [0] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=twidere&fdid...

Seconding recommendation, but there are drawbacks: it's nearly impossible to read an entire thread by a person, and sometimes even seeing the chain of parent tweets is difficult.

That is an unfortunate limitation of the Twitter API for 3rd party clients. I've heard that the new way threads are presented on the Twitter website is also terrible.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#150

Post by davidcelis » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC

driverdan wrote: post #98

jtruk wrote: post #46

Twitter Lite appears to omit Promoted Tweets (for me, for now), which is a bonus for experience.

Report all Promoted Tweets with "I don't like this ad." It confuses their system and shows them far less frequently. I get one ad every few days now.

That's never worked for me. I just get more esoteric promoted tweets, and just as frequently.