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Second Opinion #5: Fenix for Android Review

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Ryan Rampersad and Ian R Buck review Fenix for Android, contrasting Twitter's first party Android app to a great third party Android app.

Links
  • Twitter – Android Apps on Google Play
  • Fenix for Twitter – Android Apps on Google Play
  • Ryan Rampersad on Twitter: “My sentiments exactly. https://t.co/1aQJjoXC8c”
    • Overview

    Pros of Twitter (first party Android app):

    • It’s free
    • Supports features Twitter hasn’t released to third party apps
      • Polls
      • Moments
      • While you were away
      • Notifies when multiple people you follow tweet about the same thing/like the same tweet
      • Shows photo tags. But who tags others on Twitter?
      • Notifies when a favorite user retweets something
      • Pushbullet opens notifications as twitter.com

        • Pros of Fenix:

        • Dark theme
        • Displays Instagram photos (and probably a few other things that Twitter doesn’t)
        • Doesn’t have ads (aka “Promoted Tweets”)
        • Has multiple feeds
          • Timeline
          • Favorite users
            • Especially useful because their tweets don’t get lost if the notification is lost
            • Activity
            • Messages
            • Mentions
            • Likes
            • Shows what client other posts came from
            • Option of circular or square profile pictures
              • Attributions
              • Free Music Archive: Beat Doctor – Organic (electric edit)

                • This episode of Second Opinion has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #365: SO #5 — All These Things With All These names!

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