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'Tweetbot 4' Debuts With Universal iPad Support, Split-Screen Multitasking and New Activity View
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TweetDeck was actually acquired by Twitter themselves. Sadly, that's the reason we see so few updates to the desktop app, where it use to be updated almost weekly. Seems to happen every time a big company buys a little startup. Happened when Google bought Waze and Nest too.
I bought version 3 recently. I recommended a friend to buy it a month ago ... and now, must i to buy the upgrade? this is a ********
version 3 still works.
just think of it as 4.99 for an ipad version, and you'll get the iphone version free.
I notice a few changes, pictures are now not forced into a rectangle in the time line. In version 3 this meant portrait pictures had the top and bottom chopped off, now the full picture appears. Web links now use Safari View Controller, this is why the app is iOS 9 only as it was only added in iOS 9. This makes viewing web links inside the app better.
The 100,000 token limit is for new people, people who already had twitter apps when the token limit system came in have a higher limit but it still isn't particularly high.
They just worked for the past 8 months on something, reversed engineered Activities (Twitter doesn't have a public API for it) design new interactions... Yeah, why pay people for their work? /s
You're more than welcome to use the free twitter client. Paying $5 every few years for an iPhone is pretty damn cheap for 2 guys building and maintaining an app.
All the changes except Stat and Activity Tab are cosmetic changes one expects to be delivered to the free app.
They could have done an in-app purchase model of stat and activity but they chose to include the cosmetic changes and STOP supporting TweetBot 3 as a result.
This is my definition a greedy app purchase model
They could have done an in-app purchase model of stat and activity but they chose to include the cosmetic changes and STOP supporting TweetBot 3 as a result.
This is my definition a greedy app purchase model
I'm well aware of dark mode, and the contrast is no better there, its all grey on grey, except the names.
I doubt you have enough knowledge of their codebase to state "All the changes except Stat and Activity Tab are cosmetic..."
Please read a programing book, build an app, add features to it from an API. Then see what happens when APIs are added and then changed. Your code becomes a tangled ball of twine. You have to refactor, then test, then fix the bugs... On and on for days, weeks, even months.
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The most critical feature for me that wasn't in Tweetbot 3 was embedded tweets -- needed to keep quote retweets really short because of it. Plus I fel there was too much friction just to see a tweet's replies.
I agree. I paid for the last few Tweetbot versions, but don't plan on supporting them anymore. Features in this new version aren't earth shattering and I have no use for them. I don't own an iPad so I don't care about that either. Updates are few and far between. The 2 person team isn't an excuse.
So simply never update your apps until you wish to charge for them? Sounds like a way to keep a loyal customer base! double </s>
Soooo, you can't seem to load more than ten twitter accounts in the new version? have always been able to use all 13 - 17 of our client accounts in versions 2 and 3. :-/ Also you can't delete an account. And finally, the Contact Us button at the bottom of the settings page does not actually contact them, opens up a blank email.
Just make sure you know which of the "13 - 17 of our client accounts" that you're tweeting from: Rangers' 'Fire Charlie' tweet leads to fired social media employee | MLB | Sporting News
For me, this seemed to a few seconds to load - they pre-populate the email with information and logs about your device.
Oh wait that must be why tweetbot is the only major app developer to do this consistently ? BS
They have a habit of lying
They said landscape mode would be in tweetbot 3 instead they are asking us to pay for it
They said landscape mode would be in tweetbot 3 instead they are asking us to pay for it
Why support a developer who purposely holds off features and provides lackluster support for existing version because they are going to change for every numbered version
You are correct, it did load and I sent two messages one asking where the media-only tweets went and the second asking for remuneration. They haven't responded to either.
They did reply back to someone on Twitter asking about the photos only view and they confirmed it has been removed but didn't offer an explanation as to why, but they did explain that the swipe back when loading web pages isn't possible with Safari View Controller which the person also asked about it. I can only assume only changes they made in how the app works meant this feature was no longer possible, although appearance wise it looks very similar underneath there might be big changes.
awesome, I just sent a third, asking to confirm ten accounts is the max on the app, unlike v2 and v3 which allowed me to use all 17 of our accounts. If they are going to limit to 10 twitter accounts max then I def need remuneration. I don't care either way, would just love confirmation that it's going to be that way from now on or not.
. . . perhaps you can email them the same question as they seem to respond to you?
Did you try this e-mail address: support+tweetbot@tapbots.com ?
It is a different e-mail address than the one listed on their website.