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Add to SafariWhen comparing Birdie vs Polly, the Slant community recommends Birdie for most people. In the question“What are the best Twitter clients for Linux?” Birdie is ranked 1st while Polly is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Birdie is:
The app has just 5 tabs - home, replies, direct messages, profile and search. That's it.
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Pros
Pro Simple
The app has just 5 tabs - home, replies, direct messages, profile and search. That's it.
Pro Good looking interface
Birdie has paid attention to details - cohesive icons, functional typography, color scheme that's easy on the eyes, layout and letter spacing that makes reading the feed comfortable, etc.
Pro Notifications include details
Most clients use notifications only to inform you of the fact that there's a new item that needs your attention, but Polly also includes the item in the notification, allowing you to decide with a glance at the notification if you wish to take action.
Cons
Con No longer maintained
Con Limited configuration options
The tradeoff to Birdie's simplicity is that if you don't like something about how it presents the information, you most likely won't be able to change it.
Con Elementary OS focussed, might not work properly on other distros
The dev has decided to continue development based on Elementary OS APIs, entirely dropping support for other ditros. https://www.birdieapp.eu/building-our-future-on-elementary-os/
Con No built-in spell checker
Con Lacks a built-in URL shortener
Con Out of date
More than two years since the last code commit, this app will fail when Twitter changes their API.
Con Can't view full-sized images in within the app
While the app can show previews inline, to show full images, they are opened in a browser instead of being opened within the application.
