twitli is a Twitter client for Android smartphones. twitli is aimed at providing a maximum number of features while keeping the user interface easy to use. The number of buttons is limited: rather than putting “follow” and “direct message” buttons on the screen, twitli gives acess to these features by clicking a user name. After clicking a user name you can

• send an @reply
• send a DM
• view that users messages
• view their website
• view their profile
• see their full name
• stop following them

Other features:

• make a picture, upload to Flickr, tweet the picture
• follow users with one click
• show your timeline
• show @replies you received
• show DMs
• switch on automatic refresh
• select number of tweets on your screen

Via the android menu, there is a function “follow” that shows all user names that currently appear in the timeline shown. By clicking a name, you follow that person. This makes it extremely easy to follow people. Following people is what makes Twitter interesting.

The screen of a smartphone is small. That’s why you want to use the space efficiently. twitli shows pictures in landscape view, but doesn’t in portrait view. Showing pictures takes space, so in portrait view you see more tweets on your screen.

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