Gavin NelsonFeb 1, 2023

still thinking about those sliding views and that notepad tucked behind the UI

thank you @macstories for the archive (https://www.macstories.net/ipad/twitter-for-ipad-review/)

Thoughts On Twitter for iPad: This Changes Everything

Last night I stayed up late to check out Ping in iTunes 10 and catch up with the news I missed during the day. That’s what usually happens when Apple holds an event, not to mention the video livestream. I missed 3 hours of tweets while trying to download iTunes 10 and reading through all

Show threadTrevor KayFeb 1, 2023

@gn I am sad every time I think about Tweetie for iPad and how tablet app UI never became this 😢

webOS was going to be the concept of sliding panels applied to an entire OS https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/2/5264580/the-lost-secrets-of-webos

The lost secrets of webOS

LG is about to unveil the future of webOS — but there’s a past we never saw

The Verge
Show threadGavin NelsonFeb 1, 2023
@trevorkay tweetie felt so incredibly ahead of its time and it's astounding that it didn't have a wider impact beyond pull to refresh
Show threadTrevor KayFeb 1, 2023
@gn It's crazy the iPad app wasn't copied. It's so fluid and webOS had the right idea where panes from different apps could be stacked on top of each other
Show threadBryan Haggerty
@trevorkay @gn Loren and I designed Twitter for iPad 1.0. It was a fun time for us figuring out what even an iPad app could be. It was copied many many times over. Largely what ended this era was low usage. Everyone did their attempt at an iPad app and the users just weren’t there like they were on iPhone. Investing and maintaining bespoke iPad versions of apps became low priority. Even Apple began to move towards universal apps. It was a magical era in design though.
Feb 1, 2023 at 11:13pmWeb
Show threadJoe Fabisevich Feb 1, 2023
@bhaggs @trevorkay @gn I hate to blindly invoke his name but the iPad Steve Jobs showed off was a magical tablet with bespoke interfaces, as if it was a device to be designed for in its own manner. I still love what you two made with Tweetie, it was legendary, sad we don’t have that today.
Show threadamroFeb 2, 2023
@mergesort @bhaggs @trevorkay @gn I didn’t know you worked on that Haggs. Legendary is right.
Show threadTrevor KayFeb 1, 2023
@bhaggs @gn I feel the pain of it not being worth the effort. No matter what project I've worked on, iPad numbers have always been minimal which is a real shame because it's such a fun form factor to design for 😔
Show threadHendrik KueckFeb 2, 2023
@bhaggs @trevorkay @gn I still often think back to that app and it's amazing UI and UX. So innovative and thoughtful and useful. Loved those smoothly sliding panes.
Show threadJ Λ M Ξ SFeb 2, 2023
@bhaggs i had no idea you played such a central role in that. im using mastodon on my ipad right now, thinking about how it reminds me of the old twitter app.