Twitter Testing Customizable App Icons and New Splash Screen

[Jyby]

Science Rules!

 

[Andropov]

If you an iOS developer, please don't use splash screens for marketing, show an empty UI.

Agreed. FaceBook started this nonsense in all their apps a few months ago, never thought others would follow such a terrible idea.

 

[jonblatho]

List View Home Screen (not there)

Reasonably sure that either plans changed, or what they were getting at with this is the search function in the App Library in iOS 14. When you pull down to search, an alphabetical list of all apps is shown.

 

[bluespark]

Right? I care not for the splash screen - I'd rather the launch splash screen time be reduced by 1/3 so I don't need to stare at it in the first place.

Better yet, I'd like there developers to spend more time on give us more option than a 'heart' to like. Why no 'love, sad, laugh, or broken heart' ? Seems odd the use a Heart icon on a very VERY sad posting - actually it's asinine.

It used to be a star, which made much more sense. Either way, I'm not sure I like the idea of multiple reaction icons in Twitter, since the point is the quick acknowledgement. It's probably the way of the future, though, since online services always get more complex over time, until something simpler comes along to take their place.

 

[cal6n]

Entertainment Officer on the Titanic announces radical new deckchair arrangement... 🙄

 

[C DM]

Workin on all this cool stuff.
Can't lock the front door.

Well, the door was locked, it's just that someone who had the key ended up doing something they weren't supposed to.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

They need an editing tool already.

That isn't going to happen. They've stated as such already.

 

[CarlJ]

They need an editing tool already.

This is what happens when they add a tweet editing tool:

1. Someone tweets “Like/retweet if you love puppies”.
2. They get 50,000 likes/retweets.
3. They edit the tweet to say “like/retweet if you love Hitler and child porn”.
4. People everywhere get enraged that celebrity X or politician Y loves Hitler and child porn (whether their outrage is real, or manufactured, varies).
5. Rinse/repeat thousands of times a week.

The most common counter argument is “well, only allow editing right away, or remove likes/retweets if the original is edited”. In both of these cases, you could just as easily copy the text of the tweet, delete the original, paste the copied text into a new tweet, and edit as needed before hitting Send. The tweet is going to lose all likes, retweets, and its place in the hierarchy of replies. And that’s necessary, in order to avoid rampant abuse.

You’re never going to get a tweet editing tool, unless it simply automates the “delete and make a new one” cycle mention in the previous paragraph.

 

[kazmac]

Oh well. Typoes forever then, Twitter.

 

[routine_analyst]

Why is this such a big deal? Social media is toxic. Stay off of it and delete the apps... your health will immediately improve.

 

[Apple_Robert]

How about testing new security protocols and doing more employee screening instead?
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Why is this such a big deal? Social media is toxic. Stay off of it and delete the apps... your health will immediately improve.

MacRumors is my social media.

 

[Anson_431]

Last week: major security breach scandal that potentially involves their employees.

This week: still haven't figured out who yet, but lets reveal customizable app icons

Yup, seems legit. lol

 

[Mimiron]

Splash screen? Ain't nobody got time for that.