Guest PaulOBrien Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 UPDATE! With respect to the below, I sent Twitter a reply saying as requested i'd pulled the app from the Market. They replied: Quote"Thanks Paul. The team loves your work and I'm working on getting you a contact to help answer questions about the app. Our concern is mainly with the use of the bird as your icon, as this is explicitly not allowed as per our trademark policy." I asked... Quote"If I can reinstate the app with a birdless icon and without Tweetdeck in the title, with your blessing, that would be fantastic. :-)" To which they replied... Quote"Blessed." :) They also re-confirmed that they are working to get me the contact I requested in the TweetDeck Android team. SO... all's well that ends well, TweakDeck will shortly be reinstated with a new icon and modified Market title. Thanks Twitter! -------------------------------------------------- It is with some regret that I have to tell you that TweakDeck, my fixed and patched version of the TweetDeck application for Android, is no longer available. As regulars will know, I started the TweakDeck project as a long time fan of TweetDeck, when the release of the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich rendered it unusable on a number of devices. Over the past few weeks I have fixed a lot of functionality on the device, enabled translation and much more. Of course, I would love to have done so with the TweetDeck team's blessing, but since e-mails have gone either unanswered or bounced and DM's (the advised contact method) have also not elicited a response, there was always the danger that Twitter would frown upon my efforts. And they have. Unfortunately, this evening I received an e-mail from the 'Global Brand Protection Manager' at Twitter, stating that... QuoteIt appears that your app TweakDeck is causing confusion because of your unapproved use of the Twitter bird and your description as "TweetDeck Based". This is a little bit of a surprise to me as the Market description for TweakDeck clearly states 'THIS APPLICATION IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH TWEETDECK OR TWITTER!' but of course, I completely understand Twitter taking this stance which they are perfectly entitled to do. With this in mind I have unpublished TweakDeck from the Android Market while, through my new found Twitter contact, I try and obtain permission to re-offer TweakDeck with an icon and name which doesn't risk trademark infringement. I have asked the contact to put me in touch with the TweetDeck Android team and i'll keep you posted on when / if I receive a response. I'm sorry to disappoint the tens of thousands of TweakDeck users, but I hope we can move forward to find an acceptable solution to keeping TweetDeck alive! P This item was promoted to the News page - click here to view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RyanLupin Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 That's BOLLOCKS! Can't Twitter see there's still a demand for Tweetdeck on mobile devices. Can't believe this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikef1182 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 This is crap! Tweetdeck let their app die and you gave it new life. Truly sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psicotix Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Real shame. Just the Facebook syncing correctly part made it useful to me. Can't believe that the Tweetdeck team would let their app fall apart so much that Paul has to fix it. Sounds like Twitter didn't bother reading the app description in the market. Or the list of bug fixes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RobsLegacy Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Couldn't you just repackage it and put it back it up? (i.e. loose the bird, and name) Seriously man, this app saved my life and I just recommended it to 20+ people! Get it back up! It's the whole reason I'm following you guys now, and registered ; ) I think it could use some new features / themes tweaks anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doncoop Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Sad news. Lets hope all your hard work isn't lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pd.ryder Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Yeah - wot they said! Pile-o-crap man! Cant understandbhow / why large corporate bodies decline to respond to requests for input and then resort to legal retribution. Arse biscuits! Will the current build continue as-is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pd.ryder Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Cross posted with your update. Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pepcisko Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I registered only to give credit to you, Paul... Tweakdeck is the best thing that could happen to Tweetdeck Android :) it's a shame to shut it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pepcisko Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 ok.. just read the update. Excellent news !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RyanLupin Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Wait, there still exists a Tweetdeck Android team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dialmformostyn Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Marvellous news P! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BrumBrum74 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Great news Paul :) Thanks for all your hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redmongoose Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 This is good news. I've been using it since I got my GN. I much prefer tweetdeck to the offical app. Glad to see a quick response and a blessing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul77 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Got to say that I'm impressed with twitters willingness to work with you on this. In these times of tit for tat court cases etc, I expected them to tell you to bugger off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest todoleo Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 How about replacing the bird with a penguin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 How about a ginger cat eating the twitter bird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CMiles1979 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Like the blessing. I'm looking forward to the new logo and name. Hope you make "former tweakdeck" the best app ever. I juse tweetdeck from the beginning but i'm still missing the auto @ fill in, # tag remebering and auto location settings. Hope you implement them. Thumbs up for your work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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