#Twitterrific 5 review update

If you are a user of Apple’s own Safari Reading List, Twitterrific 5.5 adds that as a bookmarking service. This is different from live streaming, however, but that is in the works.

#Twitterrific 5 review update

Users can now fetch new tweets and update the sync position of the timeline while in the background, which means that your timeline is always up-to-date and in sync with what you’ve read. The moment you launch it on your iOS 7 device, you’ll notice that it looks much more elegant than before, and it’s definitely a pleasure to use.īut Twitterrific 5.5 doesn’t just bring a new face, it adds some new features that make the app better as a whole. The new interface features transparencies, refined icons, and makes use of the new iOS 7 keyboard. It's not quite as feature-rich as Tweetbot, but I still wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to heavy users, especially if like me, you want to spend hours staring at something that looks as good as it functions.Even though Twitterrific just got a refreshed look just months ago, it’s now been revamped even more to fit the aesthetics of iOS 7, which was released earlier today. Its view customization options are awesome. Twitterrific 5 is a beautiful, fast and clearly very well-thought out Twitter client that delivers a 'pure' reading experience without a distracting interface. And maybe I'm missing it, but there's no quick way to clear a draft tweet. Also, the ability to chose reply or reply all, and to determine the RT type you'd like to use each time, would be great. A simple swipe to the right a la Flipboard would cut down on taps. For one, more swipe integration would be great, such as when you want to return to your timeline from an image or browser window. Of course, as much as I'm liking Twitterrific 5, there are some things I'd love to see. It's little touches like this that showcase Iconfactory's attention to design and really give the app a polished feel. It's not an innovation by any means, but the animated egg icon the slowly cracks revealing Ollie, the app's mascot who flaps his wings while loading, is absolutely charming. The latter uses color coding to differentiate tweet types, something I've loved in previous versions and has thankfully made the cut for this fifth iteration. Twitterrific's advanced settings let you choose between iCloud and Tweet Marker as sync services, decide sync behavior, enable/disable notification sounds and turn the unified timeline on and off. On the iPad, this menu can be pinned permanently to the left-hand side in landscape view. Tapping your avatar in the upper-left corner of the screen brings up a menu where you can access your own tweets and favorites, a search field, saved searches and lists. The two most commonly used actions - reply and view conversation - are tied to right and left swipes on tweets.

For instance, tapping on a tweet makes reply, retweet, favorite and advanced options icons appear below it. This is possible because most of its functionality is hidden until you either tap or swipe.

Twitterrific's interface is kept very clean. Followers and followed users are presented in a unique grid view of their names and avatars, which is a nice touch, especially if you're like me and associate the people you follow mostly with their pictures. The interface is smooth and fast, with secondary screens such as the built-in browser and image viewer sliding into and out of view quickly and moving between screens is lightning fast, even on my iPhone 4. What's more, you can have Twitterrific automatically switch to the dark theme during nighttime hours, which has ended up being even nicer than it sounds. Overall, there's a high degree of customization. This panel also has its own brightness slider independent of the device's. Using a dedicated appearance panel, you can select from five different fonts (Helvetica, Proxima Nova, Signika, Museo Slab and Calluna), increase and decrease the font size, resize or remove avatars, change line spacing and toggle between a light and dark theme. What really makes Twitterrific stand out, however, is the ease with which you can customize its already lovely aesthetic. You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu.