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Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#21

Post by ethank » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 6:16 PM UTC

Still needs some sort of syncing of read positions.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#22

Post by danilocampos » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

I was a great fan of Twitter for Mac, but their stewardship of it was terrible. It was left in a prolonged state of abandonware, not even supporting Twitter's new picture hosting service for over a year after it was available.

So no matter how cool or good it may be, they have some credibility to earn back before I let myself get attached.

Meanwhile, I have cheerfully paid $20 for TweetBot, which has enjoyed ongoing development since its introduction. It's a terrifically designed app with a solid, easy-to-use UI and powerful multi-account features. I understand TapBots incentives better than Twitter's, so I'll be sticking with TweetBot for now.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#23

Post by k-mcgrady » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 6:24 PM UTC

brandonb927 wrote: post #20

k-mcgrady wrote: post #14

Might be related to them killing off desktop support for Tweetdeck.

They're only killing support for the android, iPhone and Adobe Air versions. The native desktop versions of both Windows and OS X will continue to work. http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/20/tweetdeck-air-and-tweetdeck-f...

I haven't used it in a long time so I thought the AIR version was their desktop version. I didn't realise they'd gone native.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#24

Post by ceejayoz » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 6:32 PM UTC

I'm not falling for it this time.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#25

Post by denzil_correa » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 6:34 PM UTC

glhaynes wrote: post #4

Whoa, I thought they'd killed future development of this. Edit: http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/06/twitter-makes-the-decision-to-...

Same here - I was quite surprised to see this update.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#26

Post by dombili » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 7:26 PM UTC

As a Windows and a Linux user, it's really weird to see people here complaining about how long it took for Twitter to release this app. At least Mac has a proper app (and a lot of awesome alternatives). Consider yourselves lucky. I'm not saying you people have no right to complain, but at least you have something to complain about.

And yes, I'm aware of Twitter for Windows 8, Tweetdeck and Metrotwit. They all suck and I've complained about them long enough.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#27

Post by cmsimike » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 7:47 PM UTC

radley wrote: post #17

What about ads (sponsored posts)? Are those in there now?

Haven't seen any yet and I've been using it all morning.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#28

Post by paprika » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 8:07 PM UTC

radley wrote: post #17

What about ads (sponsored posts)? Are those in there now?

No sign of them.

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#29

Post by lotso » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 8:10 PM UTC

For over a year, I couldn't log into the Twitter for Mac client. Hope this fixes it!

Re: New improvements to Twitter for Mac

#30

Post by bdz » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 8:12 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #3

If you want a really nice OS X twitter client with tons of features, check Yory Fukurou https://sites.google.com/site/yorufukurou/home-en My favorite thing about this client is the "mute" feature. You can mute by users, keywords, RegExp and applications.

+1 Might not be the best looking app but sure it is the most featureful. Love it!