Tweeten 4.4 Adds Responsive Design, More

Tweeten 4.4 Adds Responsive Design, More

Mehedi has released a major update to his Twitter client, Tweeten, adding a responsive design, an improved Always On Top display mode, better support for multiple displays, more customization options, and more.

Designed as a superset of TweetDeck, one with none of that product’s limits, Tweeten features a familiar multi-column user interface. It also auto-refreshes as new tweets arrive, a major advantage over the official Twitter client. It has long supported granular customization controls, GIF search and downloads, video downloads, and even native OS features like Touch Bar support on the Mac.

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New to version 4.4, Tweeten adds the following new features:

Responsive design. Now, when you resize Tweeten into a thinner window, the layout automatically adjusts so that controls are never cut off from the view. And you can, of course, use it in a single column view (as I do, and as the official Twitter app works).

Always On Top. This display mode ensures that Tweeten remains on top of other windows as you work, so you can keep it off to the side and still keep up on the latest developments.

Columns improvements. Tweeten 4.4 now Twitter profile pictures in each of its columns, though you can, of course, customize this display to your liking.

Improved multi-monitor support. Now, when you disconnect a second display, Tweeten will automatically reposition itself so you can always see it.

But wait, there’s more. There are tons of other tweaks, including a new, TweetDeck-like squared-off look and feel, and a more responsive Settings window that will also reposition itself if it is off-screen or otherwise partially cut-off.

You can download Tweeten for free from the Tweeten website or, if you have Windows 10, from the Microsoft Store. Versions are also available for macOS, Chrome, and Firefox. Note that you will need to bypass SmartScreen if you install the Windows desktop version.

 

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  • craigsn

    Premium Member
    08 April, 2018 - 9:17 am

    <p>Looks good, but why in the hell is it 450mb in size? (according to the store description). Twitter is 28mb. Does what ever it takes to make a store app, add 400mb worth of stuff? Oh, and I'm not complaining, as I don't know what would be a reasonable size. It just seemed an order of magnitude larger than expected. </p>

    • Joshua Hudson

      08 April, 2018 - 5:28 pm

      <p>The new Twitter app is literally a web app wrapped in window. </p><p><br></p><p>I don’t know about 400 MB, but a native store app will be bigger than just a webpage and wrapper.</p>

  • rameshthanikodi

    08 April, 2018 - 9:18 am

    <p>I feel like some affiliation disclosure is needed here.</p>

    • SimonFlynn

      08 April, 2018 - 9:46 am

      <blockquote><a href="#260639"><em>In reply to FalseAgent:</em></a></blockquote><p>It's in the first line. </p>

      • rameshthanikodi

        08 April, 2018 - 10:11 am

        <blockquote><a href="#260642"><em>In reply to SimonFlynn:</em></a></blockquote><p>I read that, but what I mean is the kind of disclosure that would make it clear that Paul is writing about this the app based on its own merits and not because one of the writers here is developing it.</p><p><br></p><p>Oh well, maybe i'm just paranoid. We do live in the age of sponsored content and cross-sell.</p>

  • Hugo Ferreira

    08 April, 2018 - 9:38 am

    <p>I want to use the Windows 10 app a lot, but my problem is the scrolling behaviour, even with the 4.4 version. If I load the Tweetdeck website on Edge (and even on Chrome), the scrolling is fluid using the touchpad of my Surface, but for some reason it is not fluid at all and I eventually get tired of trying to scroll through one of the columns and go back to the Tweetdeck website. Is there a reason for this? </p>

    • Rcandelori

      Premium Member
      08 April, 2018 - 1:29 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260641"><em>In reply to hu_daa:</em></a></blockquote><p>There's an option in settings to enable hardware acceleration which improved the scrolling behaviour. It's still not buttery smooth but it gets rid of the jerky behaviour. </p>

    • nerocui

      08 April, 2018 - 1:43 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260641"><em>In reply to hu_daa:</em></a></blockquote><p>Tweeten, like VS Code, is based on Chrome(because it uses Electron and Electron is just chrome). Electron apps on Windows 10 has always been having this scrolling issue. They fixed this issue in a canary build but that is yet to make to production. If you use VS code, there is a bug about scrolling too, one that requires you resize the window once in a while in order to scroll smoothly, the SAME BUG YOU WOULD FIND IN TWEETEN and has been there since the beginning. </p>

      • Hugo Ferreira

        08 April, 2018 - 5:34 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#260691"><em>In reply to nerocui:</em></a></blockquote><p>Thanks for the reply, indeed VS code has a similar behaviour (they had a "smooth scrolling" option in the latest update, but it didn't help that much). I guess I'll wait until either Electron gets Precision touchpad support or Tweeten is remade using the Edge backend.</p>

  • Watney

    08 April, 2018 - 10:13 am

    <p>Tweeten is a beautiful UI, but on my Surface Pro it's so janky. The new Twitter client, on the other hand, is smooth</p>

  • Shmuelie

    Premium Member
    08 April, 2018 - 12:06 pm

    <p>Not getting me off Tweetium, yet</p>

    • kjb434

      Premium Member
      08 April, 2018 - 12:25 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260669"><em>In reply to Shmuelie:</em></a></blockquote><p>The only feature I need in Tweeten is the ability for the timelines to span multiple columns. Until then, I need to stick with Tweetium.</p>

    • mrdrwest

      08 April, 2018 - 1:55 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260669"><em>In reply to Shmuelie:</em></a></blockquote><p>Tweetium fan here too, but I'll give Tweeten a look.</p>

    • Brandonlpierce

      Premium Member
      08 April, 2018 - 3:11 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260669"><em>In reply to Shmuelie:</em></a></blockquote><p>I keep coming back to Tweetium as well. My #1 feature is alway screen usage and since I dont have lists the columns don't do much for me. However, I want to support active development so I keep trying others.</p><p><br></p><p>What keeps you on Tweetium?</p>

      • Shmuelie

        Premium Member
        19 April, 2018 - 11:22 am

        <blockquote><a href="#260712"><em>In reply to Brandonlpierce:</em></a></blockquote><p>Very Simple: Support for other Windows 10 platforms: Phone, HoloLens, etc</p>

  • Ames

    Premium Member
    08 April, 2018 - 1:08 pm

    <p>Great app. Nice update. I hope all this Twitter is killing the API in June stuff doesn't affect Tweeten.</p>

  • lefffen1

    08 April, 2018 - 5:09 pm

    <p>"It also auto-refreshes as new tweets arrive, a major advantage over the official Twitter client."</p><p><br></p><p>My official tweetdeck has always been doing this..</p>

  • NextWithoutFor

    08 April, 2018 - 6:53 pm

    <p>Mehedi is lucky he can write code, because he can just barely handle English. Why did you bring this guy on board? </p>

    • SherlockHolmes

      Premium Member
      08 April, 2018 - 9:36 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260806"><em>In reply to NextWithoutFor:</em></a></blockquote><p>Are you a racist? </p>

      • Chris

        08 April, 2018 - 10:13 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#260832"><em>In reply to SherlockHolmes:</em></a></blockquote><p>I think he's just an ass…</p><p><br></p><p>I don't really use Twitter, but that looks like a good app.</p>

    • ea77

      09 April, 2018 - 2:21 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#260806"><em>In reply to NextWithoutFor:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Just get out. </p>

  • raptor

    10 April, 2018 - 2:33 pm

    <p>452 MB for a Twitter client for Windows 10. Just think about that for a second. Four Hundred and Fifty Two MEGABYTES for a twitter client. I can't wait until the day Windows 10 twitter clients reach 1 GIGABYTE.</p>

  • compmunkey

    17 April, 2018 - 12:24 pm

    <p>Can someone tell me how to add another account to manage besides the default one? It isn't going to be very useful for me without that ability. I've seen others asking the same question but no solution.</p>

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