Homescreens | First & 20

Thu, Mar 11

If you haven’t heard, Brizzly (left) bought Buzz Andersen’s Twitter client, Birdfeed. I’ve only played around with Brizzly for a few minutes, but the similarities to Tweetie (right) are pretty obvious (pull-down refresh, the added footer tab menu, and the blue-ball status indicator within the menu). I personally loved Birdfeed and wish they just changed the name and icon, added a couple of their features and kept the design and layout as-is.

Couple more gripes pointed out by John Gruber are the removal of Instapaper support and having to make a Brizzly account instead of just logging into Twitter.

You will be missed, Birdfeed—But congrats to Buzz! Can’t wait to see what’s next for him.

Fri, Dec 4

Twitter unveils new mobile version

Mike Schramm, of The Unoffical Apple Weblog:

Twitterific lead the charge way back when, but Tweetie came quickly after and then the flood gates were opened. But now, a late and unexpected challenger has entered the ring: Twitter themselves.

I haven’t played with the new mobile version of Twitter, but I totally agree with Gruber:

This would have been great two years ago, before there were native iPhone apps. Still might be great for Android, Pre, and Symbian phones.

Thu, Nov 12

Birdfeed Looks To Attract Tweets As The Go-To Twitter Geolocation App

Looks very well done and will be another great addition to Buzz Andersen’s Twitter Client.

Sun, Oct 11

Tweetie Ain’t the Only Bird Singin’ Pretty

David Adams on his favorite Twitter client, Birdfeed:

Birdfeed very faithfully keeps a native iPhone feel, and is as quick and smooth as Tweetie. Actually, it’s arguably quicker and smoother. Not only that, but as nice as Tweetie’s interface is (and I’m including what I’ve read of Tweetie 2 here as well), it’s cluttered compared to Birdfeed’s elegant design.

Hard to argue with most of the points made in the article.