Solid update to the Twitter client by The Iconfactory: version 5.14 of Twitterrific brings a redesigned and customizable Today screen to view an activity summary for the selected account (with a counter for quoted tweets, too), better support for 3D Touch to peek at events in the timeline, a watchOS 2 app, and the ability to preview recently shared media in profile pages. You can watch the video introducing Project Phoenix, read more about The Iconfactory’s plans, and check out the rewards for each backing level on Project Phoenix’s Kickstarter page. I would like to have seen mockups of what The Iconfactory has planned, but even without that, I immediately backed Project Phoenix based on the great work The Iconfactory has done on the iOS version and its other apps. Consequently, I was excited to hear the news about Project Phoenix. However, as someone who uses a Mac and iOS devices daily, the lack of updates to Twitterrific for Mac has played a significant role in preventing me from considering it as my primary Twitter client. I like Twitterrific for iOS a lot, especially Center Stage, its new media browsing feature. My only quibble with the goals as structured is that direct messages feel like something that should be included in the initial goal, not a stretch goal. Additional features will be added if funding reaches $100,000 and $125,000. That means that not every imaginable feature will be included initially, but based on the list above, most of the core Twitterrific experience will be included if the project is funded. The goal is to build a solid, simple foundation on which The Iconfactory can iterate and eventually match the iOS version’s functionality. Open links to other tweets, profiles and media in your browser.Composing, replying, and quoting tweets.The plan is to build a minimal product within 6 or 7 months that includes the following functionality: The campaign, which seeks to raise a minimum of $75,000 or more with stretch goals, aims to rebuild Twitterrific from the ground up for macOS.Īccording to The Iconfactory, if its minimum goal is met, Today, The Iconfactory unveiled a Kickstarter campaign to reboot Twitterrific for the Mac. Until 2013, Twitterrific for the Mac was developed in tandem with the iOS version, but the pace of iOS’ evolution led The Iconfactory to suspend development of the Mac version. Twitterrific was the first Twitter client on the Mac in 2007 and later on the iPhone, coined the term ‘tweet,’ beat Twitter to a bluebird icon, and more. The histories of Twitter and Twitterrific are closely tied.
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