Twitter for iPhone update brings back swipe, copy and paste shortcuts

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Twitter has updated its iOS app with long overdue usability enhancements and a host of little improvements and bug fixes. Twitter for iOS version 4.1, a free download from the App Store, brings back the handy swipe shortcut: Just swipe a tweet in your home timeline to reply to, retweet, favorite or share it, or view the Twitter user’s profile, without leaving your timeline. You can also copy and paste tweets and profiles and press and hold links to get additional options, including opening the link in Safari, tweet, copy or mail that link or read it later.

When checking someone’s profile, the app will finally tell you whether that person is following you and people search results has gained verified badges. The Direct Message feature now lets you mark all DMs as read by tapping the checkmark in the lower right corner. Other nice-to-haves: Font size settings, confirmation alert for Find Friends and improved image quality in tweet detail.

Sadly, the app still doesn’t support sending long tweets and all these new features and improvements are for iPhone only. Release notes after the break.

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More information on the changes is available in a post over at the Twitter blog. The micro-blogging service has also refreshed its Android client with similar features and it is now optimized for Android devices running Ice Cream Sandwich, as well as on the Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet. More details on our sister blog 9to5Google.com.

Twitter for iOS version 4.1

Changes are for iPhone only:
- Swipe shortcut
- Copy and paste for tweets and profiles
- Press and hold actions on links in tweet details
- Font size settings
- Direct Message improvements
- Confirmation alert for Find Friends
- Improved startup time and general performance improvement
- Improved image quality in tweet detail
- Accessibility improvements
- Profile shows whether a user follows you
- Verified badges in people search results
- New language: Turkish
- Lots of other polish and bug fixes