"Oh, and one more thing: OS X Mountain Lion boasts complete integration with Twitter, just like iOS. Microsoft will need Facebook integration in Windows 8 more than ever if itβs going to catch up to Apple (remember, Microsoft is a Facebook investor)."
This paragraph really makes my blood boil. I suspect "complete integration" means the same thing it does on iOS, oauth without an NSWebView. What, when I right click I'll be able to tweet the text I've selected? Give me a break.
There is little need for anybody to "catch up" to a feature that everybody already has. Now logging in with twitter is slightly easier and faster. I can hear you already, "twitter integration gives users a default account and eliminates the mental friction of signing into things". I'm sorry, how many programs do you log into daily? You generally log into web apps, and the browser already has pretty good oauth support.
This is a fantastic opportunity for Twitter, I wish I knew how much iOS5 has helped them grow, but I bet being shoved in the faces of OSX users will drive adoption even more. It's also a good move for Apple, they get to say "now we've integrated twitter across both iOS and OSX."
So, it's good for Twitter and good for Apple; Let's not pretend it's good for consumers.
Twitter integration will bring close to nothing, because most of the things we do happen in browsers nowadays, and you have tons of plugins or addons to do the job of integrating Twitter or Facebook without leaving your browser and it works just as well.
I can see the need to integrate twitter directly in a phone OS, where you can share pictures directly as you take them with the camera software, but on desktop it does not really have much practical use. And Facebook integration in Win8 ? To further enhance the destruction of privacy and blur the lines between what's on your desktop and what's available to everyone...? I do not see this as adding much value either.
The author clearly fails to point out "what's in it for us?"
So, it's good for Twitter and good for Apple; Let's not pretend it's good for consumers.
It'll be great for consumers. Instead of having to save, then locate a picture using a Twitter client, they'll be able to tweet the picture from iPhoto or whatever photo app they're using.
This paragraph really makes my blood boil. I suspect "complete integration" means the same thing it does on iOS, oauth without an NSWebView. What, when I right click I'll be able to tweet the text I've selected? Give me a break.
There is little need for anybody to "catch up" to a feature that everybody already has. Now logging in with twitter is slightly easier and faster. I can hear you already, "twitter integration gives users a default account and eliminates the mental friction of signing into things". I'm sorry, how many programs do you log into daily? You generally log into web apps, and the browser already has pretty good oauth support.
This is a fantastic opportunity for Twitter, I wish I knew how much iOS5 has helped them grow, but I bet being shoved in the faces of OSX users will drive adoption even more. It's also a good move for Apple, they get to say "now we've integrated twitter across both iOS and OSX."
So, it's good for Twitter and good for Apple; Let's not pretend it's good for consumers.