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iTweet - The alternative Twitter Interface

Posted on 11. Sep, 2008 by John in Twitter, Twitter Apps

A while back there was a lot a talk about Twitter changing it’s website design. Well if you fancy a change yourself from the current design, take a look at this pretty cool website from The Illusion Factory called iTweet, it’s an alternative Twitter interface for use with both your web browser and your iPhone.

This is the second coming of iTweet and the site is full of nice little design and UI touches, you’ll need to give it a test run yourself but I really liked it, especially how Twitter Search is integrated and for me following someone seems a lot easier, here are just some of the features of the site;

• Built-in auto-refresh, search and hashtags
• Full follow, block, notifications features
• View user bio, location, URL inline with tweets
• Watch conversations with “in reply to” links

The iPhone web app has also been updated to include the following features and improvements;

• Tap user pictures to toggle bio information. This section allows you to see a user’s location, bio, and URL.  There are quick links to send a DM, view extended profile, turn notifications on/off, block, and follow/unfollow.
• “In reply to” links allow you to see the tweet a person was replying to, without loading a new page.
• Built-in search and hashtags via the Twitter Search API.
• Monitor your remaining API requests using the number in the “refresh” button.
• Update (and check) your location from the Settings menu.
• Change your notifications device, get more detailed API usage info, set hashtags preferences, and more from the Settings menu.
• Vastly improved speed in loading all timelines.

To keep up to speed with the latest progress and development of iTweet you can follow the developer on twitter (@colbypalmer).

Tags: iPhone, iTweet, Twitter