Twitterrific for Pc

Today I took the plunge and bought into the this app ecosystem buying both the ad-free version of the iOS app and the macOS app. While the iOS app is flawless having every feature you could want (auto night mode, cross-platform timeline sync, etc) the macOS version 5.3.3 lacks in performace, streamline use, and design. this app, I would like a refund or corresponding bug fixes because this version is not worth any amount of money. Prior I used Tweetdeck and due to the lack of iOS app, I had to switch. The two biggest overall issues is the noticeable lag when opening and dragging a timeline window on my fully spec'd MacBook Pro 2015. It’s jitters beyond usability. The second, why does the app not combine the timelines into ONE window? Instead it opens a new app window and the user is unable to join the timeline windows into one. This voids of any cohesion within the workflow. The new timeline window opens up tiny and requires the user to resize it. Please refer to the design of Tweetdeck or Tweetbot and update where you have a single fullscreen window with a timeline strip for home, notifications, mentions, messages, likes, lists, and search. Tweetdeck’s UX design utilizes the fullscreen capability of the desktop while maximizing workflow. While this app gets most right, the macOS app needs urgent updating or I would like a refund to buy tweetbot alternatively.

I’m mostly new to this app, having only used the iOS app years ago. Recently I decided to give both the Mac and iOS apps a try after hearing about how great they are on a popular tech podcast I listen to. I have to say, I’m very impressed and delighted so far. Timeline sycning is great, the compose experience is nice and clean, and it’s easy to keep tabs on conversations. I also really love having the ability to pull Tweets out into their own window, it makes it easy to follow a conversation or a specific user’s timeline. I also love being able to command+O to view Tweets in a mini browser, which is handy for viewing details of a Tweet (like who liked or Retweeted something), as Twitter’s API makes it a real pain for this app to actually implement that in-app. There are tons of other useful keyboard shortcuts as well, which I discovered after reading their help docs. Anyway, yay, love it and will be switching to it as my primary Twitter client on Mac (and on iOS too).

I’d give this a 1 or 2 star rating, but I couldn’t be that mean. I’m probably one of the very few who enjoyed using the official client with the exception of one bug that wasn’t even that bad. I would still use that client if it worked. All comparisons below are Twitteriffic Vs the former official client. What I don’t like: I can’t see both of my Twitter accounts at the same time (I was able to see individual notification dots for new tweet, messages, and mentions without having to switch) I don’t want to open video in a browser window, but I can’t see a setting to change this. I can see how a pop out would be better when opening a tweet, so far, I don’t prefer it and I see no way to change it. I found it to be difficult to send a tweet to another user (probably my fault) I can’t figure out how to get a notification for new tweets in the dock icon [super nitpicky] I don’t like the overly cutesy bubble versions of the icons on the top I paid for it, and I’m looking for something to replace it. What I like: Even after I scroll up, if I scroll down, it still tells me how many more tweets are above Sync would be nice if I used it on both computers and my iPhone. (If I liked it) I don’t think I have encountered any bugs yet, unless the icon is supposed to change with new tweets.

Visually pleasing and mostly full-featured, this app helped me cope with the loss of the official Twitter Mac app (darn you, Jack Dorsey!). It has almost every feature I want, and the “pin to top” option for the timeline helps me scan for the latest tweets more easily. It would be nice if the “bookmark” of your last viewed tweet could be set manually or was a bit more dynamic (so I can interact with it to move it where I want). Also as far as I can tell there is no “quote tweet” option, which was especially useful if you had multiple accounts (but you can right-click to retweet using a different account). All in all a pretty solid app. I keep it open next to my main browser window.