The way everything was color-coded for instant recognition in Twitterrific was one of my favorite things from previous versions, so I’m glad that it stayed in version 5. Mentions will be in orange, DMs in blue, and your own tweets are green. Of course, you can toggle this off in Settings (two taps). With the Unified timeline, any time you are mentioned in a tweet, even from someone you do not follow, it will show up in your timeline. Twitterrific features the “Unified Timeline,” or “Siracusa mode,” as some would call it. The main menu can be accessed by tapping on your avatar in the top left. If you are going to use Twitterrific, it’s probably best if you use it with your main account. Multiple accounts are supported, though I have found it can be a bit of a hassle to switch between them, requiring three taps to do so for each. Twitterrific will use the native Twitter login info that you have stored on iOS, but you can also add an account manually. It’s quite a beautiful little animation, and one of my favorite things about Twitterrific 5. As you pull the screen down, an egg will crack and hatch an Ollie bird, who then proceeds to flap its wings as the timeline refreshes. Oh, and this time? There’s finally pull-to-refresh, or well, “Ollie-to-refresh,” as some may call it, rather than a manual refresh button. It has been rebuilt from scratch, and it has never looked better. If you had previously bought Twitterrific, you will see that Twitterrific 5 is not an update, but rather, a completely new app. And now, at the end of 2012, we have the fifth iteration of the first iOS Twitter client. And since 2008, Twitterrific has gone through many design and interface changes with each major release. Many of us, including myself, had this as our first Twitter app on the iPhone, that is, probably until Tweetie or Tweetbot came along. Twitterrific made a splash when the App Store first opened back in 2008 since it was the first Twitter app available for iPhone users. Rather than provide everything but the kitchen sink, such as my long-time favorite, Tweetbot, Twitterrific makes it a pleasure to actually indulge in your timeline. Twitterrific 5 ($2.99) by The Iconfactory is the minimalistic approach to Twitter.
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