ReportageVersion: 1.0.1

Rethinks the Twitter UI in a dramatic and useful way

Reportage breaks away from one of the defining elements of Twitter's user interface, the mixed timeline with everyone's tweets. Instead, each user gets their own space, and the only tweets you see intermixed with theirs are their replies and mentions.It's a nice approach that treats your attention with respect. Instead of jumping around between five different topics among different groups of people, you can follow what someone said, from the last time you checked to their most recent tweet, alongside the responses/conversation that surrounded it, and then move on to the next person.The Stars interface lets you prioritize friends (in my case, the people I Actually Know In Real Life) so that when you're doing a quick check-in, and not actually catching up with the whole timeline, you can see at a glance if they've posted anything new.Reportage is a rethinking of just what a Twitter client should be, and I would encourage anyone who uses Twitter to follow people that they actually pay attention to and care about, to give this app a try.(Aside: I'm bothered by MacWorld's 2.5-star review, because it seems so personal. Their reviewer, Lex Freidman, says: "If Reportage is fulfilling a Twitter need, it’s not one I have." Well, that's fine, but do you give low review scores to every app you don't personally need? If so, that's a pretty lousy ratings system.)