

Twitter’s own first-party app used to be pretty solid in terms ofĪdopting system accessibility features like Dynamic Type and The loss of Twitterrific is one The Iconfactory, and especiallyĭisabled Twitter users, will mourn for some time. I’ll repeat this until I’m hoarse, but the apps that best support accessibility features for disabled people invariably are also the most usable for everyone. Twitterrific, a third-party Twitter app for macOS and iOS that launched in 2007 and came to the iPhone before Twitter itself, has been left with no choice but to close down. The app as accessible as it can be to everyone.

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He said, has garnered much feedback from people in the disabilityĬommunity over the years, who continually have asked for improvedĪccessibility in Twitterrific. Twitterrific: Twitter Your Way Also available for Mac Find out more about Twitterrific for iOS What's New in 6. You can grab Twitterrific 5.12 in the App Store right now.Speaking of The Iconfactory’s Ged Maheux, Steven Aquino has a brief interview with him regarding Twitterrific’s long-excellent accessibility support, and the whole Twitter shitshow:įor his part, Maheux told me in an recent interview conducted overĮmail “accessibility should be important to any developer” butĪdded The Iconfactory’s resolve to support it to the fullestĮxtent possible certainly has strengthened over time. There are a number of other background improvements, including UI tweaks to the Apple Watch app, an increased number of tweets loaded when tapping the Load More button, and fixes to Imgur linking. Twitter officially bans Tweetbot, Twitterrific, other third-party clients: What it means for users Twitter has updated it developer rules to ban third-party clients nearly a week after.

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The app has also added full support for Twitter’s tweet quoting feature. Doing so will also reveal a customizable slot on the bar. According to multiple reports, Tweetbot, Twitterrific and other third-party clients are currently down or not working due to a possible Twitter API outage. However, it looks like they (and others) are in the middle of an outage right now. Twitterrific 5.12 makes the app easier to use with one hand, adding the option to move the tab bar to the bottom of your timeline. Tweetbot and Twitterrific are two of the most popular third-party Twitter clients. The app now also fully supports Twitter’s tweet quoting feature. Twitterrific has added in enhancements to usability on both the iPhone and Apple Watch.
