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best twitter app?
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Twinkle has too much eye candy for me, I much prefer Twittelator has just enough polish to look nice without distracting from its functionality. Although I'm not a real fan of how it shrinks the font size for long tweets.
EDIT: Fixed my bad grammar.
Usually I'm the one complaining about such things although your/you're is my biggest pet peeve...
EDIT: Fixed my bad grammar.
Usually I'm the one complaining about such things although your/you're is my biggest pet peeve...
Ok, stupid question I know but what exactly are Twinkle and Twitter?
Before anyone says it I know they're apps on the app store
From the Wiki:
Am I the only one who actually has trouble reading this? I read it "without distracting from it is fuctionality" ... I mean, it's actually difficult for me to read when people make mistakes like this.
Am I the only one that has this difficulty? It's even harder for me when people mix up their "theres."
Obviously you're the only one that has such a big issue with it that you had to make a post about it.
But yes it is annoying and something you will always have to deal with on the internets.
So it seems like it's Twitterriffic vs Twinkle ... Is this still the case with the other new tweet apps now available? Any concerns with creating yet another profile for twinkle- security issues?
Twinkle is a good App but i hate the fact that i di not see the Twitter timeline. I also do not like the fact that it uses its own network and that you have to sing up.
Sometimes you talk to somebody in Twinkle but once you start using Twitter via desktop or web browser you find out that you cannot talk to this person because they are only in Twinkle.
Sometimes you talk to somebody in Twinkle but once you start using Twitter via desktop or web browser you find out that you cannot talk to this person because they are only in Twinkle.
They are all free, no? Or pretty much all of them at least anyway. So try them and see which one you like best, as no doubt it will be a personal thing.
As much as I wanted to like it, the fact these apps become a mass dumping ground for brain farts by the socially inept is off putting to say the least. Still, your milage may vary!
As much as I wanted to like it, the fact these apps become a mass dumping ground for brain farts by the socially inept is off putting to say the least. Still, your milage may vary!
The nearby feature is really a great feature, and Twinkle has come a long way since it was first released. I really like it also. Although I do have to admit I haven't actually talked to anyone who shows up on Twinkle nearby.
What amazes me is that the Twitter community is still so small. Nearby is basically considered the entire Chicagoland area, and yet there is not such an insane volume of nearby posters that it's unusable. Although, does nearby only consist of Twinkle users or perhaps only consist of users who have geotagging?
Twinkle uses their own server for the location aspect. If that goes down, you may not be able to tweet at all.
Plus, Twinkle crashes with just one little error in the cache.
I use Twitterrific. The interface and GUI is much better.
Plus, Twinkle crashes with just one little error in the cache.
I use Twitterrific. The interface and GUI is much better.
I did download Twinkle and Trriffic ... but I'm hesitant to dive into Twinkle as it require a separate sign up and such ... thus my post
Twinkle sign-up is not a big deal. it's just your email addy, really. and im pretty sure you can do it all through the app itself.
anyway, you can still 'follow' people in twitter who dont use geo tagging and they'll show up in Twinkle.
I tried all three Twitter apps and I found Twinkle is the best, but if you don't like/don't plan to use the "nearby" aspect, then skip it.
otherwise, it's definitely the best of the bunch.
anyway, you can still 'follow' people in twitter who dont use geo tagging and they'll show up in Twinkle.
I tried all three Twitter apps and I found Twinkle is the best, but if you don't like/don't plan to use the "nearby" aspect, then skip it.
otherwise, it's definitely the best of the bunch.
So am I correct in thinking that Twitter is facebook statues updates but without the rest of what facebook offers? (except twitter makes a point of notifying you of everyone's updates).
I decided earlier this month to dive in and see what the fuss is about but I don't get it. I'm thinking of cancelling my membership.
twitters stupid. Should just be called Stalker. Who cares what my friend ate for breakfast or what he wiped is ass with that night
If that's what your friends Tweet about you need to consider some better friends. Twitter is great (and Twinkle in particular) when you're in town and tweet "anyone want to meet up for coffee" and get a couple of people to meet up with.
Twinkle does use its own network but also posts to Twitter if you tell it to and will read your Twitter friends feed. I prefer it over Twitterific (which I use on OSX) because of the nearby feature and its colour coding is much better. Not a fan of the starry background, but it's not so bad to be distracting. Twinkle have also said they will be all over the push notification service when it launches and may be one of the only Twitter apps that can implement it because they run their own server to process your Twitter feed.
Twinkle also has a beautifully integrated photo option so you can take a photo in the app and upload to the Twinkle servers. In the Twinkle app these then show up as an attachment to the post and in other Twitter apps show up as a link.
I would love to see Twinkle hook up with the clever people at www.hahlo.com who have a really great grasp on interacting with the Twitter service, but don't have the time to port it from a web app to a native iPhone app which would give them the really nice geolocation features integrated.
I spent a few days initially with Twinkle and wasn't keen, tried Twitteltor and wasn't impressed and then used Twitterific for about three weeks. With the amount of fuss people made with Twinkle I gave it another go and have since uninstalled Twitterific purely because of the nearby and photo features.
They're all free, download them all and spend a few hours seeing which one works for you, though if you're new to Twitter it may seem fruitless until you have a decent number of people you want to follow. I've been on Twitter for well over a year and it's only the last few months it's started to become really useful and fun. Best hint, don't follow all the web 2.0 celebrities, follow 50 people that Twitter near you.
