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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.