Notifier Twitter App
Review of iSkoot's Notifier on the Samsung Eternity.
*Note* I have no account on Falebook, so I did not make use of the Falebook portion of the application. I only briefly tried the RSS client, but was so irritated by it that I only used it twice. YMMV *
From the clunky, klutzy interface to the lack of key features, this client is the worst mobile app I've ever used. Let's just get to the bullet points:
- No read/unread marking. This essential feature is missing, causing frustration and irritation as the user hunts (usually fruitlessly) for the last tweet read. This deficiency is so severe that it is the main reason I will be deleting this application.
- Tweets are collapsed so that only the nick of the tweeter is visible. The area to tap to expand the tweet is impossibly small to the point that even stylus taps miss the mark, and expanding the tweet will not always show the full tweet, necessitating a double tap on the expanded tweet to take the user to a paginated style of tweet viewing. Making me tap three times (or more) defeats the purpose of having an application. I could get to the web interface in the same number of taps.
- Clicking on a link causes a "confirmation" (nag) screen to appear asking if you'd really like to open the browser and view the link. Your only options are "No" and "Yes, Always Ask". The "Yes, Don't Ask Again" option is missing! If I wanted my mother on my phone I'd call her, I don't need a nag screen second guessing me as well.
- There is no parallel stream to collect all @replies and mentions. While this isn't an "essential" feature, it is one that, once you've had it, you never want to be without.
- No TwitPic integration. None. At all.
- Unable to pull the originating tweet when someone replies directly to a tweet. ("show conversation")
- Description claims "real time" updates. In reality, updates come every 20-30 minutes depending on reception. There is no way to change this, and if you're following quite a few people (30+) you will never see enough tweets to make Twitter useful in this application.
This is everything I can think of at the moment. If I happen to open it just to see if I can piss myself off again, I may add more.
Conclusion: Little to no thought was put into the functionality of this slow moving application. Not worth $2.99/mo in the media mall, not even worth free in beta.
*Note* I have no account on Falebook, so I did not make use of the Falebook portion of the application. I only briefly tried the RSS client, but was so irritated by it that I only used it twice. YMMV *
From the clunky, klutzy interface to the lack of key features, this client is the worst mobile app I've ever used. Let's just get to the bullet points:
- No read/unread marking. This essential feature is missing, causing frustration and irritation as the user hunts (usually fruitlessly) for the last tweet read. This deficiency is so severe that it is the main reason I will be deleting this application.
- Tweets are collapsed so that only the nick of the tweeter is visible. The area to tap to expand the tweet is impossibly small to the point that even stylus taps miss the mark, and expanding the tweet will not always show the full tweet, necessitating a double tap on the expanded tweet to take the user to a paginated style of tweet viewing. Making me tap three times (or more) defeats the purpose of having an application. I could get to the web interface in the same number of taps.
- Clicking on a link causes a "confirmation" (nag) screen to appear asking if you'd really like to open the browser and view the link. Your only options are "No" and "Yes, Always Ask". The "Yes, Don't Ask Again" option is missing! If I wanted my mother on my phone I'd call her, I don't need a nag screen second guessing me as well.
- There is no parallel stream to collect all @replies and mentions. While this isn't an "essential" feature, it is one that, once you've had it, you never want to be without.
- No TwitPic integration. None. At all.
- Unable to pull the originating tweet when someone replies directly to a tweet. ("show conversation")
- Description claims "real time" updates. In reality, updates come every 20-30 minutes depending on reception. There is no way to change this, and if you're following quite a few people (30+) you will never see enough tweets to make Twitter useful in this application.
This is everything I can think of at the moment. If I happen to open it just to see if I can piss myself off again, I may add more.
Conclusion: Little to no thought was put into the functionality of this slow moving application. Not worth $2.99/mo in the media mall, not even worth free in beta.
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