![]() Good Twitter clients weren’t easy to create, but the challenge they packed was intriguing and flexible. And then there were Weet, Osfoora, Birdfeed, Twittelator, Echofon, Tweetings, TweetList, and dozens of other apps that helped refine and redefine the idea of what Twitter on an iPhone could be. Twitterrific, the first native Twitter client for iPhone, effectively invented key aspects of modern Twitter interaction and terminology Tweetie, perhaps the most popular Twitter client of its time, pioneered touch interaction paradigms such as pull to refresh. That was a time of astonishing innovation in mobile app design. The core Twitter experience would always be the same the design and preferences around it would differ from client to client. As a user, there was little friction in trying multiple Twitter clients: because Twitter data was always “in the cloud”, changing clients was like choosing a different outfit each day. Twitter made sense as a social network in your pocket Apple’s iPhone OS and newly launched App Store made that a reality. IPhone apps and the Twitter API were a perfect match five years ago. In the golden days of third-party Twitter apps, a good new client would come out at least every month, with several developers pitching their own ideas for what was meant to be a mobile-first communication network. The growing popularity of Twitter, an open API, and the rapid takeoff of the App Store contributed to the creation of a defining genre of mobile software in 20: the Twitter client for iPhone. Twitter clients used to be a UI design playground. Tweetbot 3.0 was a fantastic take on Tapbots’ Twitter client (and it stacks up well to other Twitter apps on iOS) and, between this and Tweetbot for Yosemite, I’m excited to see more Tapbots software in 2015. On the homepage, Tapbots confirms that a major update to Tweetbot for iOS (version 4.0) is in the works with iPad and landscape support, a redesigned profile view, and more. With the refresh, Tapbots has pulled Convertbot from the App Store (its core functionality is built into the newly released Calcbot 2), removed Pastebot, and set Weightbot free. So lets get on to the important bits of information. Our goal this year is to not only ship updates on a more regular basis, but also provide more insight into what we are currently working on. Welcome to the new ! We hope this long overdue refresh is a better place to stay up to date with our apps. The fine folks at Tapbots have relaunched their website today, focusing on the apps they’re currently selling on the App Store as well as details on upcoming updates. ![]() Twitterrific, iOS’ other popular third-party Twitter client by The Iconfactory, hasn’t been updated with support for quoted tweets yet, but, considering the addition in Tweetbot, I hope it’ll follow soon with its own take on the functionality. Version 3.6 of Tweetbot with the new quote feature is available on the App Store. ![]() This is closely modeled after Twitter’s own quote style, which also embeds tweets with text and images. When a tweet is sent in Quote mode, the comments will be displayed on top of the original tweet, which will be shown as an inline preview that carries the original user’s profile name, username, a truncated version of the tweet, and any included Twitter photo. The feature, first launched by Twitter in its iPhone app last month, allows Tweetbot users to quote tweets by adding their comments before a URL. I won’t spoil the results, but suffice to say I have resolved to try new apps (whatever their purpose) more frequently, even if I’m really happy with the app I’m currently using.Īn update to Tweetbot released last Friday has introduced support for Twitter’s new ‘quote’ feature, which allows to add comments to tweets without wasting text and while still embedding the original message with a nice preview. Perhaps the most obvious one was that I discovered certain features I really liked, but had no idea I liked, until they were missing in the app I switched to (and vice versa). So for three weeks I’ve been solely using those apps, and this “experiment” has lead to a few interesting revelations to me. I had become too comfortable with the same apps. I had come to the awkward realisation that although I frequently tried new apps (and occasionally reviewed them), I didn’t do the same thing when it came to Twitter, RSS, and podcast apps – at all. Three weeks ago I got rid of all three, and replaced them with Twitteriffic, Unread, and Pocket Casts. For as long as I can remember, they have been taken up by Tweetbot, Reeder and Castro. ![]() For at least five years there have been three slots on my iPhone Home screen dedicated to apps for Twitter, RSS, and podcasts.
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