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Tweetbot for Mac adds thumbnail support for Vine and Flickr
Roughly two weeks ago, Tweetbot for iOS was graced with in-line viewing of Flickr and Vine content, and now the Mac app has gotten a similar treatment with thumbnail support for both services. Version 1.2 of the client not only accommodates the 6-second films, but it brings a slew of other changes and a handful of bug fixes, to boot. Now, users can opt in for notifications when tweets are sent out from specific Twitter accounts, and can start writing messages by dragging videos or images to the app's icon. Tapbots has also tuned the application to play nice with MP4 files and to allow for account reordering in the preferences section. In addition, the software now uses version 1.1 of Twitter's API and sports a tweaked UI that complies with Costolo and Co.'s new visual requirements. Come March 5th, older versions of Tweetbot for Mac will give up the ghost thanks to Twitter's API changes, but upgrading to the fresh release (or future versions) will ensure your social networking will go uninterrupted. Click the bordering source link for the download and complete changelog.
Tweetdeck updated with themes and new fonts
Twitter clients are like political candidates these days -- everyone's got one they like, and no one really wants to hear about the ones they don't. For me, TweetDeck is still my client of choice. Even though I've heard good things about TweetBot for Mac and a few other options out there, nothing newer has caught my eye. That's why I'm glad to hear that TweetDeck just got updated, and my client of choice has a few new tricks to it. The biggest change is that the client now supports themes, so if you don't like that dark default look, you can easily switch it over to a much lighter theme with dark text on a white background. You can also now customize the font that displays your tweets, and there are a few other new options and features to play around with. Yes, you might have moved on to a different Twitter client, for whatever reasons you've chosen to do so. But for those of us using TweetDeck, an update like this is very welcome indeed. [via Engadget]
TweetDeck updates web-based client with sleeker profiles, enhanced mentions and hashtags
Now that yesterday's sudden Twitter outage is behind us, it's now time to focus on the blue bird's own, and very popular client, TweetDeck. The all-you-can-tweet service has quietly updated its internet-based client with some minor, but rather eye-pleasing tweaks. For starters, users profiles have received a slight design improvement for an overall "cleaner" look, while hashtags and mentions are now #clickable throughout TweetDeck's web offering. These changes are now live, so head over to the TD site, enter your microblogging credentials and you should be all set to give 'em a whirl.
TweetDeck version 1.5 arrives with columns, lots of columns (video)
Version 1.5 of TweetDeck has arrived, with a heavy emphasis on ensuring you can navigate those columns easily. The update adds arrow buttons, a horizontal scroll bar and gesture support if your trackpad is similarly enabled. There's also a new action button appended to each tweet, which will give you all the powers of the web version in a single click, ensuring you can follow (or otherwise) anyone who catches your eye in an instant. It's available right now for Windows, OS X, online and as a Chrome app -- there's even an informative video available after the break.
Daily Mac App: Osfoora is a sleek, no-frills Twitter client for OS X
If you're looking for a no-frills Twitter client with a pleasant UI, look no further than Osfoora for Twitter. The popular iOS Twitter client is now in the Mac App Store and is an excellent companion to the mobile title. Osfoora has a straight-forward UI that puts the necessary tweeting tools at your fingertips. It has a two column layout with your timeline, mentions, messages, favorites, lists, search and profile on the left and the individual tweets on the right. When you compose or reply to a tweet, Osfoora opens a second window in which to type. You can add an image and tweet the song that's playing in iTunes using the built-in tools. Adding URLs and hashtags must be done manually. It's a basic UI that works well for firing off quick tweets. Each tweet has an icon that lets you reply and favorite it quickly. There's a conversation bubble to let you know when a tweet is part of a longer discussion, and clicking on the bubble will open up the conversation. Each tweet has a "retweeted by" tagline, so you know both the source of a tweet and the person who retweeted it. Images are shown in-line, and a single click will open them in a bigger window. To keep the UI clean, Osfoora hides some actions within a contextual menu. Right-clicking will let you retweet, retweet with comment, Reply all, copy tweet, email tweet and more. You can also mute an author from this menu which is useful if you want to ignore someone for a short time. It would be helpful if you could mute hashtags, but that feature is not yet available. Osfoora supports a variety of third-party services, with one glaring omission. It only uses Twitter and CloudApp for its URL shortener. Bit.ly is not supported, which could be a deal-breaker for someone who relies on the tracking features of this URL shortener. Other services include the standards like Twitpic, Imgly, CloudApp, TwitVid, and Yfrog. You can also link Osfoora with Instapaper and Read It Later so you can archive tweets and read them at another time. There's support for Growl, if you want custom notifications. If you don't use Growl, the app has a badge on your dock that shows the number of unread tweets. A small alert also appears at the bottom of the app window when you are reading older tweets in Osfoora. The client also uses TweetMarker which, once you set it up, lets you sync your reading across multiple devices. As someone who is on their computer most of the day and then switches to a mobile device for a short time at night, this is a tremendous benefit. I no longer have to scroll through hundreds of tweets just to get to the top of my timeline. It also works in the opposite direction. When I start up my Mac, I can jump directly to the TweetMarker point and pick up right where I left off on my iPhone. Osfoora is at the top of my list for lightweight Twitter clients, but it's not perfect. Retweeting is awkward because it's buried in the contextual menu. It should be right up front next to the reply button. The contextual menu is still helpful, but it should be reserved for more obscure actions like copying or emailing a tweet. Search is also limited to the full Twitter stream. There is no timeline or user search. The window size of Osfoora is also a drawback as it can only be shrunk down to a rectangle that's about 400x625 pixels. If you have an 11-inch MacBook Air, this box takes up too much valuable screen real estate. Even on my 13-inch, it would be helpful to make it smaller so I can place it the upper or lower corner and only show three to four tweets at a time. It's also missing live streams, though you can set Osfoora to auto-update your timeline from every one to thirty minutes. Osfoora can't duplicate the advanced options of the multi-column Tweetdeck, but it has a cleaner look and is much easier to use. It's perfect for someone who wants a rock-solid Twitter client that's fast and easy to use. Osfoora for Twitter is available now for US$4.99 from the Mac App Store.
TUAW's Daily Mac App: Wren
Today's Daily Mac App, Wren, helps you stay your productive by giving you distraction free tweeting right from your desktop. Twitter is a fantastic time sink. You can spend hours reading people's tweets, following links, commenting and having conversations. That's great if you've got time to waste, sitting waiting for the bus or at the doctors, but what about those occasions when you're working hard and can't afford to get distracted? Sometimes the perfect tweet springs into your mind when you're getting work done. Wren helps you express that tweet without the distractions of the rest of twitter. It's a one way broadcasting app that shows you only the previous tweet you sent and the one you're writing now. No stream, no @replies, no direct messages, photos, videos or links -- nothing but a box to send your tweets out to the Twitterverse from. Wren does an admirable job of getting the message out. It's well designed, has a pleasant interface and can be shown or hidden with a global keyboard shortcut. You can write a couple of tweets and save them as drafts to be recalled later, shorten links via a variety of services including Bit.ly and Goo.gl, auto complete Twitter usernames and simply get your thoughts tweeted out. Distraction free tweeting isn't necessary for everyone, but if you feel the need to tweet even when you can't be distracted, Wren will get the job done quickly and easily. Wren is available from the Mac App Store for US$4.99 of your hard earned cash.
Twitter for Android gets push notifications, multiple account support
Having a hard time juggling your full-cast reproduction of Harry Potter masquerade Twitter accounts? No worries, the firm just sent out an update to its Android app that will let you switch between multiple accounts with ease. It's almost magical. Not saddled with the burden of weaving a complex narrative across multiple online identities? That's okay, there's something here for everyone; this update includes push notification, updated home screen widgets, and assorted bug fixes. Version 2.1.0 is live today, assuming you're rocking Android 2.1 or higher.
TweetDeck and Twitter, together at last
We've been hearing rumors for a while that Twitter was looking to make TweetDeck a member of its flock, and now, the blue bird crew has made it official. All Things D reports that the deal was done for between $40 to 50 million, and that TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth will stay on to run the platform. In its official announcement, Twitter said it will continue to "invest in the TweetDeck that users know and love" -- time will tell if the new boss birdie is a boon or bane for the popular tweet tracking app.
Kiwi 2 delivers groups and themes for Mac Twitter users
Just in case you haven't been happy with any of the seemingly countless Twitter clients for OS X, Kiwi 2 is here to offer you another one to try out. Full of new features like inline images, account grouping, gesture support for trackpads, and a themeable interface, Kiwi 2 is a pretty solid Twitter client that looks right at home on the Mac platform. My favorite new feature I discovered when giving it a trial run? The ability to set rules to hide annoying tweets, which is something that should be built into any application designed to work with Twitter. I have been using Nambu on my Mac for months now, but it may have some competition in Kiwi 2 -- at least until the next cool Twitter client comes out. Kiwi 2 is available in 2 flavors: a free version supported by ads and an ad-free one which costs US $9.95. Click Read More to check out video of Kiwi 2 in action.
iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist
If the name UberTwitter sounds familiar, that'll be because it's one of the more popular mobile Twitter clients, accounting for 10 million tweets each day from BlackBerry users around the globe. And now it's also available on the iPhone. Citing the "growing dominance" of Apple's one-device-to-rule-them-all mobile platform, the UberTwitter crew has decided to expand its offering with a new open beta, which is available to download now. The major distinguishing feature being touted is something called UberView, which allows access to links within tweets without exiting the app or opening up a new window within it. Looks a pretty slick idea, but there are still some early issues to be ironed out -- as with all beta iterations -- and a final v1.0 should be ready to do battle with Twitter's official app by the middle of December.
Twitter for Android updated, adds speed, polish, more options
It's not just Facebook for Android that's getting an update today -- Twitter just pushed out a new version of its Android app, and while it doesn't add a ton of new features, it's gotten a big speed boost and some polish. The biggest addition is pull-to-refresh, which the iPhone client has had for a while, as an option bar that's revealed by swiping on a tweet. There's also new quoting options for retweets and avatar photos are now high-res, which is nice. We just tried it out and it is indeed faster, which is nice, but we noticed that avatars don't load in right away while you scroll -- they're generic until you stop. Just a minor niggle, and you've no reason not to upgrade -- it's free, after all. Hit market or scan the QR code after the break. P.S.- Hmm, a big Twitter app update on the same day as a Facebook event? That timing feels like a little more than a coincidence to us, especially since Facebook is gunning hard for location-based check-ins, which is traditionally Twitter's domain. Dare we say that this relationship is complicated?
