Beta versions of Twitterrific for Mac Registered copy of iPulse 3 for Mac Packet of Iconfactory & Twitterrific Phoenix stickers Final retail version of Twitterrific for Mac Less. Estimated delivery Aug 2017. Ships to Anywhere in the world. Reward no longer available 2 backers. Twitterrific for Mac. The first third-party client to appear on the market, Twitterrific is another feature-rich solution and has a special relationship with Twitter. What really stands out the most about this application are its extensive customization options, which let you choose the font, size and color being used, select. Twitterrific feels right at home on the Mac. Support for Notification Center, Retina displays, built-in sharing, beautiful animations, full-screen mode & more. ⁕ Timelines Galore Take control of your tweets with multiple timeline windows from the same account or multiple accounts, all organized on your Mac. Twitterrific for Mac is making a big comeback with all kinds of awesome new features, but it needs your support! Help bring back one of the best Twitter clients on desktop by making a pledge. Twitterrific feels right at home on the Mac. Support for Notification Center, Retina displays, built-in sharing, beautiful animations, full-screen mode & more. Re-imagined from the ground up to be the Mac’s most friendly, powerful and modern Twitter client. Twitterrific makes Twitter fun.
Developer(s) | The Iconfactory |
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Initial release | January 15, 2007 |
Stable release | 5.3.9 (macOS)[1] 6.2 (iOS)[2] / February 2, 2019; 19 months ago (Mac OS X)[1] June 30, 2020; 2 months ago (iOS)[2] |
Operating system | macOS, iOS |
Platform | Macintosh (PowerPC & x86), iPhone, iPad, & iPod Touch (ARM) |
Available in | English |
Type | Twitter client |
License | Paid (lifetime) (Mac OS X) Freemium (subscription and lifetime options available) (iOS) |
Website | twitterrific.com |
Twitterrific is a macOS and iOS client for the social networking site Twitter created by The Iconfactory and was the first Twitter desktop client to come to macOS. It lets users view 'tweets' or micro-blog posts on the Twitter website in real time as well as publish their own. Twitterrific is closed source software.
Features[edit]
The program's main window uses a translucentblack theme similar to certain palettes used in Aperture, iPhoto and other Apple Inc. software. Users may choose to view the full public timeline or just the friends feed. Users can also click on links to view the poster's profile or mark a tweet as a favorite.
Twitterrific also provides functionality to upload images and videos for posting on Twitter.[3]
History[edit]
As of version 2.1, Twitterrific supports Growl notifications, enhanced AppleScript capabilities and can be used with other sites or services that use the Twitter API.
Version 3 changed Twitterrific into advertising supported shareware; every hour an ad is refreshed to the top of the list. Users who buy the program receive no ads. Other changes in version 3 mostly added compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 and incorporated newer Twitter features like direct messaging.
The iOS version of Twitterrific won the 2008 Apple Design Award for Best iPhone Social Networking Application.[4][5]
On April 1, 2010, The Iconfactory released Twitterrific for iPad (Version 1.0), ready for the iPad's US launch on April 3. On June 24, a version of Twitterrific was launched (version 3.0) that was universally compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad.
On February 14, 2017, a Kickstarter project was launched by The Iconfactory to try and revive the Twitterrific for Mac application.[6][7]
On October 10, 2017, the Mac application received a 5.0 update and was added to the Mac App Store.[8]
On June 13 2019, the iOS version 6.0 was announced. It disregarded previous in-app-purchases. Users who had previously paid not to see ads were shown ads again.[9] Iconfactory regards Twitterific 6.0 as a new app but doesn't give their existing users the option of staying on twitterific 5.x.
References[edit]
- ^ abhttps://iconfactory.com/appcasts/Phoenix/release_notes.html
- ^ abhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/twitterrific-5-for-twitter/id580311103
- ^'Twitterrific Release Notes for Twitterrific 5.3'. Iconfactory.com. March 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ^'Apple Developer Connection - Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 - Apple Design Awards'. Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^'Iconfactory Honored with Apple Design Award'. The Icon Factory. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^'The Iconfactory Launches 'Project Phoenix' Kickstarter: A Twitterrific for Mac Reboot'. MacStories. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^'Twitterrific for Mac: Project Phoenix'. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^Twitterrific (4 October 2017). 'The new Twitterrific for Mac arrives in the Mac App Store Tues, Oct 10th!https://twitter.com/bitdepth/status/915682252465606658 …'. @Twitterrific. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^'Introducing Twitterrific 6 for iOS • The Breakroom'. Iconfactory Blog. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twitterrific&oldid=977715273'
When it comes to Twitter, third-party developers have been doing a far better job of building beautiful and feature-rich apps than what the company has managed. For as long as Twitter has had an API, we’ve seen some outstanding Twitter apps available for iOS, macOS, and even Android. A majority of my early days on Twitter were spent using Twitterrific — built by the kind folks at The Iconfactory. Twitterrific was a phenomenal app back then, giving you a completely different and much better experience when using Twitter.
Earlier this year, The Iconfactory announced Project Phoenix — A Kickstarter campaign to revive Twitterrific for Mac and bring it up to speed with a modern design along with the current features offered by the platform. With a goal to raise $75,00 in 30 days, the team actually managed to raise $108,346 from 2,852 backers, making the campaign a huge success. Over the last few months, the designers and developers have been crafting and molding the app for release and today, Twitterrific 5 for Mac is available on the Mac App Store.
Twitterrific 5 for Mac features the same finesse that we’ve seen in Twitterrific for iOS, but at the same time, also leverages all the features offered by macOS. It looks absolutely stunning on Retina Displays and includes support for Push Notifications in the Notification Center, built-in sharing, fullscreen mode, etc. It sports a unified timeline, and unlike the crap that the official app throws in your face, you’ll never see likes, follows or promoted tweets from random users. If you’re a Twitter power user, you can open multiple timelines in separate windows at the same time, either from the same account or multiple accounts. This way, you can keep track of multiple things at the same time on Twitter. Your timeline position is synced across devices using iCloud, even to your iOS devices.
Appearance Customization
Twitterrific 5 for Mac lets you customize its appearance from its Preferences. You can choose between a Light and Dark theme and further customize these by changing the display font (System Font, Amelia, Avenir, Calluna, Helvetica Neue, Museo Slab, Proxima Nova, Signika, Zosimo, Menlo, and two special fonts — Comic Sans and Papyrus), text size and media thumbnails’ options.
Pricing
Twitterrific 5 for Mac is priced at $19.99 and is available on the Mac App Store.
If you’re already settled into Tweetbot for Mac, Twitterrific 5 for Mac probably won’t pull you away just yet. It still has a few important features missing here and there and also locks the polish that Tweetbot currently exhibits. There are also a few bugs, which should be fixed in an upcoming release. In all fairness, the team has managed to an incredible job with this release considering it’s a ground-up rewrite of the app.
Of course, Twitterrific is still much better than Twitter’s own official app for Mac, which has been left neglected for several months now. So if you’re still using that junk, you should definitely switch right now!
Twitterrific For Mac
Full Feature List
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• Timeline syncing of reading position across all platforms via iCloud
• System-wide alerts for mentions & direct messages via Notification Center
• Fully accessible via VoiceOver
• Support for Retweet (RT) & Quoted tweets
• Quick access to Emoji when composing new tweets
• Autocompletion of usernames & hashtags while editing tweets
• View Twitter saved searches and lists
• Check out global and local trending topics
• Browse conversation threads between users
• Support for tweet storms & chained tweet threads
• Quickly Delete & Edit your own tweets
• Translate tweets to your native language
• Helpful color-coding of tweet types
• In-app media viewing for images, animated GIFs, Instagram & more
• Share a tweet with actions for email, Messages, Safari Reading List & more
• Muffles & mutes synced from Twitterrific for iOS via iCloud
• Robust in-app media viewer with detachable popovers
• Customize the appearance of media in the timeline or hide it completely
• View user profiles including past tweets, likes & mentions
• Follow and unfollow other users directly from their user profile
• Block and report spammers with a single click
• Theme control (light or dark)
• Font size & typeface control
• Robust keyboard control
• System-wide alerts for mentions & direct messages via Notification Center
• Fully accessible via VoiceOver
• Support for Retweet (RT) & Quoted tweets
• Quick access to Emoji when composing new tweets
• Autocompletion of usernames & hashtags while editing tweets
• View Twitter saved searches and lists
• Check out global and local trending topics
• Browse conversation threads between users
• Support for tweet storms & chained tweet threads
• Quickly Delete & Edit your own tweets
• Translate tweets to your native language
• Helpful color-coding of tweet types
• In-app media viewing for images, animated GIFs, Instagram & more
• Share a tweet with actions for email, Messages, Safari Reading List & more
• Muffles & mutes synced from Twitterrific for iOS via iCloud
• Robust in-app media viewer with detachable popovers
• Customize the appearance of media in the timeline or hide it completely
• View user profiles including past tweets, likes & mentions
• Follow and unfollow other users directly from their user profile
• Block and report spammers with a single click
• Theme control (light or dark)
• Font size & typeface control
• Robust keyboard control