Honey, We Blew Up Twitter for iPad

Twitter released a new app for iPad, and unfortunately it seems like the new app is just a blown-up version of the iPhone app. This feels like going backwards, Loren Brichter‘s innovative UI was much better than this new app. Here is what the twitterverse had to say about it:

@om question to all @twitter employees: how many of you will secretly use @TweetbotiPad app instead of this pig of an update on Twitter iPad?

question to all @twitter employees: how many of you will secretly use @Tweetbot iPad app instead of this pig of an update on Twitter iPad?—
Om Malik (@om) September 18, 2012

@theloop Twitter for iPad’s suckiness http://loopu.in/Pp7cjI

Twitter for iPad's suckiness loopu.in/Pp7cjI—
The Loop (@theloop) September 19, 2012

@davewiner Twitter’s iPad App Update Provokes a Backlash. So much for @dickc‘s career as a software designer. . http://037.r2.ly/

Twitter's iPad App Update Provokes a Backlash. So much for @dickc's career as a software designer. . 037.r2.ly—
Dave Winer ☮ (@davewiner) September 19, 2012

@panzer “It kind of looks like a blown-up smartphone app, because that’s exactly what it is. Compare that to Twitter on iPad.” – Tim Cook

“It kind of looks like a blown-up smartphone app, because that’s exactly what it is. Compare that to Twitter on iPad.”

- Tim Cook—
Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) September 18, 2012

@gruber Interaction of today’s new Twitter for iPad is so bad. No tappable URLs, usernames, or hashtags in timeline. Must tap tweet to expand first.

Interaction of today’s new Twitter for iPad is so bad. No tappable URLs, usernames, or hashtags in timeline. Must tap tweet to expand first.—
John Gruber (@gruber) September 18, 2012

@marcoarment Twitter just butchered their iPad app, as I predicted. It’s awful. A blown-up iPhone app with no additional thought. (Or text formatting.)

Twitter just butchered their iPad app, as I predicted.

It’s awful. A blown-up iPhone app with no additional thought. (Or text formatting.)—
Marco Arment (@marcoarment) September 18, 2012

@film_girl Aaand Twitter for iPad is now a glorified web app. Anyone else see the irony in FB going native and Twitter doubling down on HTML5?

Aaand Twitter for iPad is now a glorified web app. Anyone else see the irony in FB going native and Twitter doubling down on HTML5?—
Christina Warren (@film_girl) September 18, 2012

@marco_org → Expand your experience: New Twitter for iPad http://www.marco.org/2012/09/18/expand-your-experience …

→ Expand your experience: New Twitter for iPad marco.org/2012/09/18/exp…—
Marco.org (@marco_org) September 18, 2012

@migueldeicaza I disagree with Marco Arment. The new twitter for iPad is not depressing. It is just a flaming turd of shit.

I disagree with Marco Arment. The new twitter for iPad is not depressing. It is just a flaming turd of shit.—
Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza) September 19, 2012

Twitter has done it again, it has managed to piss off some of its most loyal users… at least the new Twitter for iPad app shows images in full-screen now.

What are your thoughts about it? have you download the new Twitter for iPad app?