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The New Twitter.com

The New Twitter.com

Today I received access to try out the new Twitter.com web application. I call it that because this is by far the best desktop experience I have had with any Twitter app. The information you want is displayed conveniently next to your timeline and images from yFrog and Twitpic are loaded right into the Twitter website.

The app is filled with keyboard shortcuts that make navigating a breeze and with the panel on the right following a conversation is now much easier. The new version is also faster, switching from the main timeline to your mentions and back can now be done in the same second. The new Twitter web site also features useful information from your profile at the top of the right panel on the homepage.

Twitter Apps on iPad

Twitter Apps on iPad

Since I got my iPad over a month ago I have been looking for a good Twitter app and still haven’t found one. While Twitter for iPhone runs beautifully on the iPad I want a native app that can take advantage of all that the platform has to offer.

There’s no doubt in my mind that Twitter’s own iPhone app is the best on the phone with all the basic features and some more that I want but on the iPad it feels out dated and old.

On the iPad I have tried Tweetdeck, Osfoora, Twitterific and Echofon, all of which cover the basics multiple accounts, lists, contact search for @mentions, etc. very well. But for me they are all missing one feature, custom URL shorteners. I use YOURLS on matt.mx and Twitter for iPhone allows me to shorten URLs via this.

Whilst trying all these iPad apps however I did get to use some features I really liked for example, sync and push notifications on Echofon and the pure beauty of Osfoora on both the iPhone and iPad.

While Echofon isn’t the prettiest it is the only universal app (both iPhone and iPad versions in one app) I tested and with the sync and push notifications I am drifting that way. Plus theres a Mac application as well.

Unless Twitter come out with a iPad version of the iPhone app, I will be using Echofon.

Tweetie For Mac

tweetie-macTweetie for Mac is the Mac OS version of the iPhone app. Just like the iPhone version the interface is well polished and could of come straight from Apple themselves.

The app has full access to the Twitter service without having to pop out to the website. Atebits, the developer, have managed to do this while keeping the app small and quick.

There are two versions of the app a free one and a paid one. The free app is still a full featured version with ads every so often, although for $20 ($15 until May 4) you can get rid of the ads.

Would I recommend it, yes, I even paid for it after about 10 minutes using it.

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