Twitter for Mac 2.1

Ever since Twitter acquired Loren Brichter’s Tweetie app last year, I felt let down at some of the design choices and direction the company took with the re-release. How much freedom Loren had after he was hired at Twitter is completely unknown, however my excitement for the app has been rekindled with the latest 2.1 update.

Macstories has a great in-depth review on it that I recommend you check out first though.

One of the things I love with the latest update, other than the more HIG friendly menu bar are these new animations. If you switch between your home and mentions timeline, you’ll notice this. If you select any tweet and press the left arrow key, you’ll notice a really cool animation that makes the timeline bounce. Frivolous animations when done badly and poorly implemented should be avoided at all costs typically. In the case of Twitter for Mac 2.1 though, these animations don’t seem to get in the way for me, but add a nice little bit of polish to the app.

I’m not sure if this little tid-bit existed pre-v2.1, however I accidentally stumbled upon something where if you drag a tweet out of the timeline and into Safari, it will take you to that Tweet on the Twitter web app.

Like this:

Kudos to @lexifri for discovering this little tidbit.

The best new feature in Twitter for Mac is that when you double-click into a threaded conversation, it displays later replies, too.

Seriously well done @lorenb, @sandofsky and @stop.