Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
I’m so happy with this month December because of the snow, but it’s not okay for those people who got stuck at Utrecht central station and Groningen because the trains didn’t arrive!
My neighbour’s snowman.
App Review: Hootsuite for iPhone
I just got Hootsuite for iphone yesterday. At first I thought it was a nice app which seems to be a mix of Tweetie 2 and tweetdeck. I said Tweetdeck because I can make groups and if I want to go to replies, groups, etc I have to swipe the timeline. I said Tweetie 2 because Hootsuite has “pull down to refresh” feature, just like what Tweetie 2 has. I like owl and the colours of Hootsuite. But after tweeting for a while, I noticed that Hootsuite crashes whenever someone added a geotag on his/her tweet. Then I tried to compare it with other twitter apps and ended up thinking that Hootsuite app is an unfinished app, or you can say: a very beta one! Here’s why:
- Hootsuite crashes if someone added a geotag on his/her tweet.
- I can’t view thread conversation.
- I can’t browse my followings and followers lists.
- I can’t see the RT if someone uses a new RT style to RT.
- I can’t browse tweeple list if I want to mention someone on my tweet.
- Hootsuite has no inline image viewing.
- On profile, you don’t know whether or not I’ve followed/unfollowed someone
- No “mark twitter as spam” option
- No instapaper integration
- I have to go to someone’s profile if I want to DM him/her (I could do d @twitterusername message, but it’s not handy if someone doesn’t know how to do it, his/her tweet can easily go to the twitter timeline, while in Tweetie if I want to DM someone, I can go to DM tab, click on the compose button and it will let me choose whether I want to send a DM or a tweet).
- It doesn’t recognise the hashtags I have used like what Tweetie and Twittelator Pro do.
Afterall, I like the organised tabs which I can edit the way I want to, I’m also able to add lists, view my stats although it only gives me a statistic about the links I’ve created with the built in ow.ly shortener.
Maybe you have found another disadvantages of using Hootsuite app for the iPhone, just let me know. But my advice for this app is that you better wait til the developers released a better update, unless you’re a big fan of Hootsuite. For now, Hootsuite isn’t my favourite twitter app for the iPhone, even though I like the looks. I still prefer Tweetie, Twitterrific and Twittelator Pro because these apps have better features and Twitterrific has a really nice design! I’ve noticed that IconFactory team has made their apps with a big love! ;-)