Introducing Twitter Lite • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#21

Post by Yuioup » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:49 AM UTC

I deleted my Twitter account on January 1st of this year and I don't miss it at all.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#22

Post by mhd » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:50 AM UTC

Is a PWA really the non-bloated way these days, compared to a lean native app? What went wrong?

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#23

Post by sunilkumarc » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:50 AM UTC

asgeirn wrote: post #17

Awesome. Hidden in the preferences is also the possibility to remove pictures completely!

Where exactly? I couldn't find it.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#24

Post by sunilkumarc » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:52 AM UTC

anc84 wrote: post #11

> Starting today, Twitter Lite is available globally by visiting mobile.twitter.com on your smartphone or tablet. I would also like to use it on my desktop!

The same link mobile.twitter.com works on desktop browsers too!

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#25

Post by afro88 » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:54 AM UTC

warpech wrote: post #5

Built mostly with Facebook tech: React, React Native, Jest, Yarn

Isn't ReactNative for native mobile apps though? This is a web app

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

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Post by pygy_ » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:56 AM UTC

snackai wrote: post #18

Well they can release something good after all. Look at the main Web UI. I don't know what they are thinking at Twitter. Its the most unintuitive UX I've ever seen. E.g. : Click on the Image -> Only the Image gets larger Click on the frame around the image -> See the comments and Image is larger.

That's the happy scenario. Sometimes, the image is smaller.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#27

Post by sgk284 » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:56 AM UTC

anc84 wrote: post #11

> Starting today, Twitter Lite is available globally by visiting mobile.twitter.com on your smartphone or tablet. I would also like to use it on my desktop!

It works fine on desktop. Just go to http://mobile.twitter.com

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#28

Post by paradite » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:56 AM UTC

Finally Google is able to push its PWA concept to a potentially successful and widely-used product. Looks like a good replacement for the native app.

Sadly the Google stack (ionic, angular) is not so mature at this stage and twitter opted for the facebook stack.

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#29

Post by davewasthere » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:58 AM UTC

mhd wrote: post #22

Is a PWA really the non-bloated way these days, compared to a lean native app? What went wrong?

I guess it is when it can be instantly updated for all users. And it does work incredibly well. They've done a nice job!

Re: Introducing Twitter Lite

#30

Post by Flow » Thu, Apr 06, 2017, 9:59 AM UTC

snackai wrote: post #18

Well they can release something good after all. Look at the main Web UI. I don't know what they are thinking at Twitter. Its the most unintuitive UX I've ever seen. E.g. : Click on the Image -> Only the Image gets larger Click on the frame around the image -> See the comments and Image is larger.

And they have removed the scrollbars for no good reason at all.