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Just outlining some of my thoughts about Lion so far:

• The mds process is still a memory hog at times. I caught it using 700Mb+ of virtual memory
• Launchpad - Meh
• Mission Control - Nice concept, well executed but it's going to take people a long time to learn how to use it to their advantage
• Mission Control #2 - It's making me think my machine is faster then it really is. Causing me to open more apps then I normally would. (Note to self, upgrade ram)
• Time Machine - Not sure what's up with it complaining if I don't have my back up disk attached for an hour. It's just an hour!
• Mouse gestures - HUGE learning curve. I'll deal but it's putting a lot of people off
• Everything is grey and dull! Not a fan.
• Full screen apps are nice until you attach a second monitor. There's nothing that can be done with the second screen.
• The remote boot of MacBook Air and Mini sounds awesome. I'm hoping older Macs can get this with a firmware update.
• Pro Tip: Do yourself a favor and get Lion on a USB key before you upgrade. Instructions here http://holgr.com/blog/2011/02/creating-a-bootable-os-x-10-7-lion-disc/

There are many small improvements but the real game changers are the App Store upgrade, Mission Control and Gestures. This release is a prime example of how Apple pushes boundaries and is generally ahead of it's time. This time Apple has the pull to show us what the future is and make it stick. The iPad offered a sneak peak of what would be coming in to OSX. Like it or not this gesture filled multi screen way of computing is the future. Give it time and be willing to retrain yourself on scrolling and gestures. I'm sure we will all love it a few months from now.

It's been 4 months since @twitter told devs to stop making clients so they can provide "A Consistent User Experience"  (seen here http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/...

While the main reason for this policy change and warning was because of apps violating user's privacy, it set a bar and goal for Twitter to reach. Mainly to provide a consistent user experience across all of their apps. So far, they've failed that mission.

I use a few Twitter apps. The iPhone, Mac, and iPad versions. The iPhone and Mac Twitter clients were purchased from atebits and as far as I know their iPad version was developed in house. The Mac version of the client was updated to version 2.0 after the purchase and included a range of new features and upgrades to it's inner-workins and display.

Alright, enough history, on with the issue at hand. Feature fragmentation. It's fairly rampant between these three versions.

Adding/Removing users from lists - Only supported on iPhone

Viewing lists on followers/following - Not available on the Mac

Removing a DM - Not available on the iPad

I may be missing a feature or two but these are the ones I've noticed so far. It's frustrating for users of their apps to have to go, "oh, I need to manage a list, better break out my phone and stop using my iPad" But this is a chance for developers to shine as usual. I wouldn't care what Twitter says about making clients for their service. If there's a problem with the current software available that's always a chance for another developer to enter the competition.