TweetDeck - Development Status

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TweetDeck has undergone a lot of front-end and back-end changes since its inception in year 2008. The earlier versions of TweetDeck had native apps for almost all platforms including −

  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Chrome and
  • Web

However, with the aim of streamlining development and to provide a great user experience, Twitter has decided to suspend development of TweetDeck on all platforms except for Chrome, MacOS and the Web. The Windows AIR client was suspended in April, 2016.

The Web and Chrome apps are where the maximum focus is on to bring updates and enhancements. The other apps relied on v1.0 of the Twitter API which was eventually retired, rendering the apps useless. It is to be noted that the performance of TweetDeck is best when used via any WebKit Enabled Browser such as Chrome or Safari. The Web app gets the maximum updates by way of weekly releases.

TweetDeck Alternatives

Although Twitter has suspended development of TweetDeck on many platforms, it is still available on Chrome and the Web. But many users who are on Windows or iOS would prefer native apps for their platform to take advantage of platform specific APIs such as Cortana, Pen and Ink on Windows 10, for example.

Third-party native apps have great functionality and developer support and can be worthwhile Twitter Clients even if they are a little expensive.

Tweeten App

On Windows platform, there is an app called Tweeten which aims to provide a modern TweetDeck experience to users. The best part about Tweeten is its wide availability. It is available as a modern UWA app, as a traditional Win32 app (x86 and x64), as an extension for Edge and Chrome and as a MacOS app.

On each platform, the app leverages the native functionality of the OS and provides a modern, seamless interface. Tweeten has the look and feel of TweetDeck with some niceties built in. For example, you can adjust the column width as per your liking instead of having to rely on fixed width sizes.

The app is still in beta and is being actively developed. You can download the app for your platform of choice from – http://www.tweeten.xyz.

Tweeten

Other alternatives like Hootsuite and Aries for Twitter (Windows Phone) and Plume are equally good options you may want to consider if you are looking for a native Twitter client that ties into platform specific features.

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