So, I’ve been trying out Hibari for the past couple of days. Though I had heard about it before (and might have even downloaded it, checked it out, then dismissed it), it was a link on Brent Simmons site to a post by Hibari’s developer about the philosophy behind that app that caused me to give it another, more serious, look. (See what I did there? A proper via.)

I have to say I’m impressed so far. Everyone who knows me knows I love a good software story. As the developer states in her post about it, she designed it such that using keyboard commands is highly encouraged, which I love. It is built to look and feel like a Mac app should. Also, is is made with a “Clutter Intolerance” philosophy. She wanted to make a Twitter client that allowed one to reduce or filter anything that could be considered clutter in the stream. 

It is worth checking out simply based on the philosophy alone. That said, it is a really solid and well made little app and in a couple of short days found it a more satisfying Twitter experience on the Mac than the official app.