John Gruber:
Sad, because Tweetie was truly a great app, and today’s Twitter is no Tweetie. I wouldn’t hesitate to hold Tweetie up as one of the best iPhone apps ever made, period. It was every bit as polished and clever — if not more so — than Apple’s own apps. No app is perfect, no app will please everyone, but Tweetie came damn close.
I fully agree with this, and the thing that I hate most about the new Twitter app for iPhone is that they killed one of the best examples of what an iOS app should be. Seeing this app, I can’t help but think that is why Loren Brichter (Tweetie’s creator), left Twitter.
While I like some of the new features, I’m appalled by the things they killed with this update that could have easily fit into what they released this week.
