Tweetie for Mac
I am very excited to hear that Tweetie, the best twitter client for the iPhone bar none, is coming to a Mac desktop near you. I have struggled to find a desktop client that I feel truly comfortable with other than Twitterrific. I can’t abide TweetDeck, Twhirl, EventBox or the other twitter clients which also incorporate feeds from Flickr/Facebook/RSS. Twitterrific is a very barebones app compared to the other clients around, but I do like the Mac only exclusivity and the fact that it isn’t a horrid AIR app.
I am hopeful that I can finally banish Twitterrific to the archives when Tweetie for Mac hits the tubes and I expect it will be every bit as elegant as the iPhone app.
I was wondering how long it would take atebits to come out with a Tweetie client for Mac. I am the fool of the crowd as I remain a Twitterrific loyalist. I think it’s mostly because I paid $10 for the iPhone app.
I don’t fire up Twitterrific on my Mac too often anymore. Usually just during Apple Keynotes.
However, that said, I am prepared to switch to Tweetie in the near future depending on two things:
1) I am giving Iconfactory until iPhone OS 3.0 is released to come out with Twitterrific touch 2.0. Considering the developer, Craig Hockenberry sent out 2.0b1 to his testers last week, I’m not too worried. Also, Darkslide developer Fraser Speirs tweeted that he wants to marry Twitterrific touch 2.0.
2)It better be fricken awesome. If it isn’t, I am gone to Tweetie. Two of the things I really want are landscape keyboard and the ability to follow/unfollow/block. I know Tweetie does this now, but I am hoping my patience will be rewarded.
However, if I do end up making the jump to Tweetie, then I will be happy that there will be a complimentary Mac client. And who knows, I may rock the Mac client anyway.