Twitter website adds inline App Store previews

Macgasm brings us word that Twitter has expanded the in-page previews on its website to include iOS App Store app details. Although originally designed to do inline previews of made-for-Twitter image services like yfrog and TwitPic, Twitter has been expanding the concept in recent months; it now includes Flickr images, YouTube videos and images from the insanely popular Instagram service.

The preview for the App Store is quite detailed; as you can see, it includes the app icon, description and screenshot. If you haven't disabled iTunes opening automatically for web previews already, this might help prevent those annoying and unwanted "Aargh! Why is iTunes open now?" moments.

Two notes about this feature: you'll only see the thumbnails on the "new Twitter" web interface. They don't work on the old site, nor do they work in any Twitter clients -- including the official ones for Mac OS X and iPad. Secondly, the previews seem to be only for iOS apps; for whatever reason, Mac App Store links don't preview.

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Source: http://www.macgasm.net/2011/02/15/app-store-apps-twitters-we…

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cwsaa

Unable to open my twitter page on my laptop properly. Page opens with twitter task bar but nothing else. Having to use home computer, which does not help when i am at work and use the laptop, could affect business shortly. Anyone have any ideas.

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ianlive

I love Twitter and their solid Mac and iPhone clients, yet the last two have so many UI and usabilty inconsistencies between each other. It drives me mad.

I wish the client design teams would unify the iOS and Mac OS clients more.

e.g.

No way to see who RT'd you on either client. Only the website.

No URL shortening on Twitter for Mac

No "New Tweet" button on Twitter for Mac

The RT and Quote Tweet and joined on Twitter for Mac but are sepaate buttons on iOS. If anything, it should be reverse.

The list goes on.

And that's not even metioning the UI tweaks on the Mac client.