Twitterrific — the Twitter client from the guys at the Icon Factory — is due for an update today. Version 4.1 brings some new features, a bunch of improvements and some bug fixes.
The app is great, and these improvements are very welcome — the quotation mark/URL bug that drove me back to Twitter for Mac finally got squashed. Check out the entire change log below.
New Features
- Username auto-completion when composing a tweet
- Press Tab to insert the first username shown into the tweet
- New advanced media options for custom image upload services
Improvements
- Default font changed to Helvetica to match OS X standards
- Improved font rendering in the timeline for clarity
- Smoother scrolling performance when used with Apple’s Magic Mouse
- Timeline views in pop-overs now color coded properly
- Single tweet view eliminated for faster access to tweet actions
- Improved loading of multiple tweets in a conversation when selected
- User profiles now include total number of tweets from a user
- Copy and pasted author names now include a leading @ symbol
- Text size settings now also affect text in the compose area and sidebar
- Large font size setting is slightly larger
- Timestamps now update in real time
Bug Fixes
- Global trends load properly
- User avatar images load more consistently
- Hash tags containing underscores display correctly
- Links in smart quotes (like t.co) can now be opened
