Any heavy Twitter user would be hard-pressed to deny that the native Twitter app is pretty terrible – it’s not catastrophically bad for the average user, but for those with multiple accounts and business needs, it leaves something to be desired. That’s where third-party apps like Carbon, Plume, and Falcon Pro come in, however in a weird turn of fate, the developer of that last app is going to be moving to Twitter. Yes, Joaquim Vergès, Falcon Pro developer, announced on Twitter that he is joining the Android team at Twitter and is going to be actively improving Twitter’s first-party app.
Guys, big news. It’s finally official. I’m joining the @Twitter Android core UI team!
— Joaquim Vergès (@joenrv) August 7, 2015
However, if you’re using Falcon Pro, don’t be alarmed: Vergès says he will continue to update Falcon Pro because he says “I’ll be a great place to try new experiments without the slowness of a big company” – we may have to see what Twitter’s intellectual property department has to say about that, though. Regardless, this is great news for Twitter users as Vergès’ tenure at Twitter will hopefully bring us significant improvements to the Twitter Android app which sorely needs an overhaul.
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Source: Twitter via engadget
