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Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Post by masukomi »

jenius wrote: post #17

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…

not to suggest the official twitter client is actually good, but you've been able to see the thread for quite a while now. Just double-click on one of the posts in the thread. It's not perfect, but it works most of the time.

Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Post by lloeki »

stevenleeg wrote: post #26
jenius wrote: post #17

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'm particularly excited for iCloud syncing when it comes out on the app store. It's really nice to have my last read tweet synced across my iPhone, iPad, and soon to be Mac.

FWIW there's an entry in the prefs regarding syncing, which allows one to use Tweet Marker. Didn't know about that service before.

Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Post by mapgrep »

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.

Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Post by Tichy »

slig wrote: post #14

If you're looking for an alternative OS X client, I suggest YoruFukurou. Lots of options, filters, multiple accounts, works on 10.6 and feels great.

Does it do multiple columns, too? With TweetDeck I tend to have lots of columns - all tweets, only best friends, dms, facebook and a running search. Would like to get rid of TweetDeck because it is the only Air application I still have.

Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Post by dtsingletary »

Tichy wrote: post #38
slig wrote: post #14

If you're looking for an alternative OS X client, I suggest YoruFukurou. Lots of options, filters, multiple accounts, works on 10.6 and feels great.

Does it do multiple columns, too? With TweetDeck I tend to have lots of columns - all tweets, only best friends, dms, facebook and a running search. Would like to get rid of TweetDeck because it is the only Air application I still have.

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

Re: Tweetbot for Mac - Public Alpha

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Post by kylec »

mapgrep wrote: post #36

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.

I will say this: I consider myself to be a Tweetbot user, not necessarily a Twitter user. If Twitter cuts Tweetbot off, and Tweetbot integrates with some other Twitter-like service, I will go there. Of course, this is exactly the scenario Twitter fears, but I with this increasing saber-rattling over cracking down on third-party clients I wonder if Twitter is going to cause the thing that they're trying to prevent.
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