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Wait, where is the web version? A big part of twitter is the web client... and embedded tweets all over the internet. Did they start this product by cloning i
by keyle 3y ago
Wait, where is the web version?
A big part of twitter is the web client... and embedded tweets all over the internet.
Did they start this product by cloning instagram and removing the image centric approach? Why is this not a website first? My gut feel is that this competes as much with instagram as it does with Twitter.
- vineyardmike 3y agoInstagram has a web version, and the ability to HTML embed instagram posts, so it seems likely that this will have a web version.
- keyle 3y agoHave you tried to use the instagram web version though? It used to be better, getting incrementally worse on purpose every "redesign". It's borderline web hostile.
- thrdbndndn 3y agoInstagram's web version has a serious bug that when you scroll down fast enough, it constantly loads the same content again and again. This bug has been there for months and basically renders it unusable.
- tech234a 3y agoAnother bug I've had several times on the web version is that when I open the account privacy settings page the "Private account" checkbox will load for a few seconds and then change my account from private to public. Quite annoying especially since that also approves all pending following requests. I don't know if they fixed in the last few months but I'm kind of afraid to check.
- pcchristie 3y agoI wondered if this was just me because I use Opera. It's awful.
- sgt 3y agoSame in latest Chrome.
- renewedrebecca 3y agoTo get around it, actually grab the scrollbar with your mouse until you see new content. Scrolling will work again work a while then.
- robswc 3y ago>Instagram has a web version The web version is downright awful. Maybe given this is a greenfield project, it won't meet the same fate... but yea. The "web version" of instagram is basically here's a 4x scaled version of the app without much regard to a desktop UI/UX.
- aeyes 3y ago4x scaled? On my machine the web version is tiiiiny. Even when we had 800x600 screen resolution websites showed more content than Instagram. It also shows signup takeovers after clicking 2 links so without some sort of scraping proxy like Nitter it will be just as useless as Twitter if you only want to follow from the outside.
- saurik 3y agoI feel like I'm at risk of blowing both of your minds here, but you can change the size of the website by just scaling it in your browser to exactly the size you want, likely using ctrl-+/- (maybe cmd).
- Biganon 3y agoAnd let's not forget, you cannot post content from the web version, unless you resize the window to make it small enough. Sometimes I wonder if they make their products absolute shit on purpose, for a social experiment or something
- timeon 3y agoAt least one can see some content on Instagram web while not logged in. If Tweet is no embedded one is out of luck.
- notatoad 3y ago>where is the web version ... not on the iOS app store?
- kredd 3y ago> A big part of twitter is the web client Depends on which user base they’re focusing. For people who treat tweeting as work, that’s probably not the case.
- ggasp 3y agoThreads.net https://www.threads.net/ https://www.threads.net/
- keyle 3y agoPoor threads.com missing on their 2M exit /s
- abdusco 3y agoThey're probably getting the highest traffic they've seen in years. And they'll continue to get it until `threads` search results are dominated by the Threads app.
- qingcharles 3y agoI have to assume they were approached to sell the domain and declined?
- lopis 3y ago> A big part of twitter is the web client I think this is arguable. It might be a big part for you, but most people probably use the mobile app.
- sgt 3y agoI think for Instagram, Twitter and presumably Threads, very few people will use or bother with the web app. It's just not apps for the desktop.
- nickwanninger 3y agoIt looks like threads.net is going to be a web version -- though it isn't very clear how useful it will be.