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iOS Apps | Hello flatness, my old friend
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The Real Abed
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Looks like an Android app that was sloppily ported to iOS without regards for UI differences.
Cross-posting from the iOS 9 thread:
New Tweetbot coming for iPad. I'm hoping it supports Slide Over.
About time. It's just a shame that slide-over apps only work on the right edge of the screen. I would have loved to imitate my Mac's window arrangement on the iPad, which is Tweetbot on the left side and Safari filling the rest of the screen.
The new Twitter update claims you can reply to mentions via "push notifications quick reply". I assumed that meant you could just reply by pulling down on the notification like when you get a text, but it just takes you into the reply screen on the app. Am I missing something, or is that quick reply feature still restricted to the Messages app and nothing else?
Got the Shakes
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You should be able to quick reply from Twitter just like iMessage now. They opened up the quick reply API for devs in iOS 9.
Finally.
Was about to post the same thing.
The wording on the tweet makes it sound like Tweetbot 4 is a single app made for both iPhone and iPad. Was this confirmed at all?
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I don't think it's been confirmed, but I feel like they've alluded to that being the case.
Can't wait for this and Overcast 2.0 and then I'll be all set (although I want to see more my my apps update to 3D Touch ASAP).
Finally.
Safari View Controller will make this worth it.
Is that still worthwhile with 3DTouch popping weblinks and fast app switching?
For content blocking, cookies, and autofill support, yes.
? Safari browser has all those and you open more tabs in the background etc. I mean why care about a Safari view controller when you can easily 3DTouch pop straight into 'real' Safari browser
Finally.
The wording makes me think this will be a new app, and will have the usual 5 price.
Lots of people are not on devices that support 3D Touch. E.g., there's no iPad device that supports it. Safari View Controllers will be godsend in Tweetbot.
Agreed, i don't have a 3D Touch device yet. But we know Giga does (he's posted about ordering one repeatedly) so I was asking if still worthwhile for him.
You can use soundhound offline and basically finish up when you have Internet.Is there anything like Shazam but works offline? I don't have data so Shazam is pretty worthless to me right now
Well, I'm not sure if tweetbot will implement peek support for links. But even if they do, I'd prefer a built in browser so I wouldn't have these random tabs left open in Safari.
true that's a issue, especially with no 'close all tabs' button in Safari
Got the Shakes
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Does 3D Touch peek and pop support opening links in an app using SafariViewController? Like could you peek a link in the Tweetbot decide to pop it and have it open in a SafariViewController browser window within the app?
I have a 6s+, but don't have any apps that I can test it in that's why I'm asking.
Yeah, I don't see it on the iPhone app.
They also got rid of that new sorting option they had for when you update your status.
Got the Shakes
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Click the more tab, then 'add favorites'. Should be an option for a most recent feed in there.
Definitely. Will probably triple-dip again...The wording makes me think this will be a new app, and will have the usual 5 price.
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Haha. That makes two of us.
@tweetbot said:
https://twitter.com/tweetbot/status/649320976379871232
Looks like Tweetbot 4 is coming out tomorrow.
Got the Shakes
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This makes me happy.
I hope so. Did they announce a list of new features besides iPad support?
To be honest, I haven't seen a new features list for it. The only new feature I know it has is 3D Touch support.
So new App and no Update. Meh.
Got the Shakes
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It might be better than we imagined.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/01/tweetbot-4/
Also special $4.99 price, will jump to $9.99 at some point.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/01/tweetbot-4/
Also special $4.99 price, will jump to $9.99 at some point.
Slider Over, Quick Reply, iPhone landscape mode, stats, design tweaks...
These guys really put in a lot of work. Damn.
And Tweetbot 3 appears to have been pulled from the App Store. It's not coming up on my search anymore.
Came here to post this.
I checked and the last versions (Tweetbot 3 for iPhone and Tweetbot 2 for iPad) were released at 3.
So the 5 price tag maybe is not that bad considering it's a universal release.
However, this is the fourth time I pay for Tweetbot. It sure is an awesome app, but I feel a bit conflicted about it. :/
It's probably my most used app on the iPhone. I don't mind paying more for it.
I like the revamped profile view. More in line with the official Twitter app, displaying recent tweets and media. And the Follow/Unfollow button is in plain sight. I don't like the Settings button on the left of the profile picture though, especially since it's only giving you a link to Favstar.
foomfoom415
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With the way I use the app, I can't tell at all what the difference is on my iPhone. Except side-by-side, Tweetbot 4 spaces out tweets more than 3 does. Other than that, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart at all.
On the iPad it looks a hell of a lot better than Tweetbot 2 did and I'm glad to finally retire that one. I still can't really see what took them so long with this one, but it was only 5 bucks and it's finally here.
On the iPad it looks a hell of a lot better than Tweetbot 2 did and I'm glad to finally retire that one. I still can't really see what took them so long with this one, but it was only 5 bucks and it's finally here.
That's why I'm reluctant to purchase it. I mainly use tweetbot on my 6 Plus and don't see any new big features for iphones. Don't really care about lanscape view. Only feature I'm interested is safari extension support, but I've gotten around that on tweetbot 3 by just having ot open links through safari.
As for my iPad 3, I barely used it on that and I still have it on ios 6 so I wouldn't be able to use tweetbot 4.
foomfoom415
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That's a clever way to tackle it.
I don't know if I feel ten bucks for a Twitter app is reasonable or not, but I'm not a power user, and ten dollars is still in that realm where I would struggle to care what it's being spent for. Still, there are a lot of (vocal) people who seem to care a great deal when things hit the 3 or 4 dollar mark, so I wonder how this price point will fly when it comes into place.
It's not the first time they use it, and they usually ask for it again at upgrade time and it's obviously doing OK for them. So I don't think there will be much fuss.
It'll be interesting to see if the OS X app drops at £13.99 again! D: