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by apike 5348 days ago
the twitter website is as fast as ever

Actually, last year Twitter launched a JavaScript-heavy rewrite that was much slower to load and interact with than it was previously. It seems to have improved since then, but at the time it was fairly tiresome to use.
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tripzilch 5348 days ago
Try using the mobile Twitter site: http://m.twitter.com

It's a bit bare-bones, but IMO totally makes up for it in raw plain-HTML speed.

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fuzzix 5348 days ago
"Actually, last year Twitter launched a JavaScript-heavy rewrite that was much slower to load and interact with than it was previously. It seems to have improved since then, but at the time it was fairly tiresome to use"

I use twirssi myself, but a common complaint I've heard of the twitter site istself is that its auto-refresh will destroy work-in-progress tweets.

(The 140 char limit can lead to serious time spent crafting responses without resorting 2dis typ o stf)

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