

The rest is history: Tweetie 2 shipped and revolutionized the ecosystem with pull to refresh, gestures, a refreshed interface and, overall, the richest feature set available on the market.

It received the support of the entire Apple community, and it quickly became a standard among iPhone geeks to have Tweetie on a device’s homescreen. I fell in love with Tweetie: it was stable, fast, intuitive, continually updated. I used it for a couple of months and then finally purchased Tweetie – which had seen a terrific rise in popularity thanks to an elegant UI design, a fast engine and a simple, yet powerful set of features. Twitterrific came after Twittelator for me. Then I started MacStories, and the hunt for more compelling, alternative, different Twitter apps began. For what I had to do, Twittelator was fine. Twitter was a young platform in the middle of expansion with lots of downtime issues, there were no lists or location features and the concept of “retweets” was just taking off thanks to the initiative of some users not affiliated with Twitter at all. I saw no point in switching to another application, let alone start browsing the App Store looking for alternatives. I used Twittelator for months: it was a great app that had everything I needed. Back then I wasn’t writing for MacStories, and I didn’t know about Loren Brichter’s Tweetie. All Rights Reserved.I remember when I bought my first iPhone, Twittelator was the first Twitter client I downloaded from the App Store. If links keep opening in the official Twitter client, make sure you followed step 3 above. Go to the “Open in Tweetbot” extension, make sure it is enabled, and the permissions are set to “Allow” for. To verify, go to the System Settings, Safari, and then find the Extensions section. If you have followed all the step above and the extension still isn't working, it is possible that you didn't give the extension permission to access. Make sure you are running iOS 15 or later and running the latest version of Tweetbot. This should release Twitter‘s app from taking over Twitter URLs. To do this, go to a website with a Twitter link (or use the button provided below), hold down on the link and choose “Open”. If Twitter links keep opening in the official Twitter app, you must deactivate Twitter‘s universal link. The “Subsequent Links” option will continuously open Twitter links in Tweetbot. The “Automatic” option will automatically open a Twitter link in Tweetbot without you having to confirm the action. You should be greeted with the options page for this extension. It is important that you choose “Always Allow” for it to function.

You will be prompted to allow the extension to access. In Safari, tap the icon in the far left side of the address bar and select the “Open in Tweetbot” extension. In Safari, tap the icon in the far left side of the address bar and select “Manage Extensions”. There are a few steps required for the extension to work properly:Įnable the “Open in Tweetbot” Safari Extension. You can have it automatically open in Tweetbot or prompt you to do so. The “Open in Tweetbot” Safari Extension opens Twitter links in Tweetbot instead of just the browser or the Twitter app. Support Safari Extension Tips What is the Tweetbot Safari Extension? Tweetbot for iOS Support Tweetbot for iOS
