Twitter ’s sometime / new CEO Jack Dorsey complain offTwitter Flight , the company ’s mobile developer conference , in an unusual way : by rationalise to the people in the hearing .
“ Somewhere along the line our relationship with developers got a little bit complicated , a little fleck confusing , a little snatch unpredictable , ” Dorsey said during Wednesday ’s Twitter Flight keynote address . “ We want to hail to you today and first and frontmost apologize for our confusion . ”
After commit to train a “ guileless ” relationship with mobile developer , Dorsey welcomed to a stage several Twitter execs to explain a clustering of unexampled products and features for Twitter , as well as for thecompany ’s twelvemonth - old app ontogeny platform Fabric . Here are some proclamation highlight from Twitter Flight 2015 .
Twitter Polls
The most exciting annunciation for Twitter exploiter was the intromission of Twitter Polls . Now anyone on Twitter can run a poll within a tweet . Your followers vote privately for 24 60 minutes and then get a notification to delay back and see the results after the poll parrot close up .
Coming soon ! We ’re rolling out the ability for everyone to create polls on Twitter : https://t.co / pH5a8q9Ujzpic.twitter.com / ijAKEMUdf1
Twitter for Mac
in conclusion ! Twitter is revamping itslong - drop Mac app , which will be uncommitted later this year . chirrup for Mac has been designed for El Capitan , and it fare in dark mode ( see below ) . Mac user will be able to mail grouping DMs , act videos and Vines and reply to tweet inline , as well as be able-bodied to see Twitter highlights in Notification Center .
New Twitter for Mac in dark manner looks so goodpic.twitter.com/OnDukgtslx
Email login for Digits
App developer have used Twitter ’s peregrine login tool , Digits , to countenance users sign in to an app using their phone identification number and a SMS verification code . On Wednesday , Twitter announced that Digits will also incorporate email login and verification .
“Install” button in profiles
Twitter lets developers add a “ Install ” call - to - action release to their tweet to drive app installs . With the Modern App Spotlight feature , these Install buttons will also start surfacing right underneath the bio in the Twitter profile of your favorite apps , like Candy Crush Saga .
App Spotlight will let you feature app install on your Twitter profile pagehttps://t.co/Kx17ycE7sm#TwitterFlightpic.twitter.com/bKS2BzNp9a
Crash reports for tvOS
advert briefly , Fabric ’s Crashlytics tool will also supporttvOS and the new Apple TV , so that app developers can get crash reports from Apple’sforthcomingset - top box .
Twitter ’s Crashlytics will have Apple TV tvOS support.#TwitterFlight@macworldpic.twitter.com/3hvsjmzJ0x
Grid display for embedded tweets
Twitter is helping maximize the ocular appeal of embedded tweet on the vane by introduce a new reactive grid display , comprise photos , video , and Vines . Publishers like CBS News can employ the same tools that Twitter used to createMomentsto find and display tweet appeal .
twitterflightTwitter offering a young optical selection embedded grid that is perfect for full-bodied mediapic.twitter.com/MwdCAp419S
Easier to submit apps to the App Store
Any developer will severalise you that submitting an app for release can be a material pain in the neck . gratefully , apps using Twitter ’s Fabric political platform will now be able-bodied to tip into Fastlane , a free , heart-to-heart - source deployment tool that cuts out the oink work and automates the app release process . antecedently only available to iOS developers , Fastlane is now have Android and Google act supporting by integrating with Fabric .
More tweets IRL
bear to see more live tweets out in the existent earthly concern . During Flight , Twitter also annunciate a partnership with JCDecaux , “ the leader in out - of - home digital presentation . ” This mean that you might start seeing tweets about a train delay while you ’re waiting at the station , or see your tweet cheering for your favorite sport squad while at a stadium .