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> Twitter has yet to release a tablet specific Android application. Why would you use the official Twitter client on Android when the incomparable Twicca[1][2]
by wickedchicken 14y ago
> Twitter has yet to release a tablet specific Android application.
Why would you use the official Twitter client on Android when the incomparable Twicca[1][2] is available? I'm not sure how well it works on a tablet but its UI is the best Twitter UI I've seen anywhere. This is especially refreshing given the significant disagreements I have with Twitter's designers on what makes a usable site. It also has quite a large number of official[3] and unofficial[4] plugins, my favorite being the Google+ cross-poster[5].
Note: the author's English is charmingly bizarre (it used to say "retweeted by 1 people" and "retweeted by 2 peoples"), so "twicca is lightweight but it is not cheap" means it's not "cheap" on features. It is a free application.
[1] http://twicca.r246.jp/ http://twicca.r246.jp/
[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.r246.twicca&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.r246.twicca...
[3] https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Tetsuya+Aoyama https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Tetsuya+Aoya...
[4] https://play.google.com/store/search?q=twicca+plugin&c=apps https://play.google.com/store/search?q=twicca+plugin&c=a...
[5] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zakky.twicca.plus https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zakky.twic...
- sogrady 14y ago[i'm the author] i'll check out Twicca, but the primary reason i use the official client over nice alternatives like Tweet Lanes [1] is the integration with Android itself, i.e. notifications, and so on. they just keep sucking me back in. but i'm more than willing to give it a shot. [1] link to the .apk: https://t.co/rkE4sw0j https://t.co/rkE4sw0j
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoI decided to just live without Twitter notifications. Not really missing them. You can wire up ifttt to notify you via Google Talk on @s also.
- sogrady 14y agothat was actually one of the things i didn't like about the tablet, now that you mention it: Google Talk got turned on by default. probably just a personal preference, but i really don't want to receive IMs on a tablet. but if you do, then you're right: the Ifttt recipe is your solution.
- wickedchicken 14y ago> integration with Android itself, i.e. notifications You mean like new @replies, DMs, and so on? Do other clients not do this?