He writes:
The Quick Bar isn’t offensive because we don’t want Twitter making money with ads, or because we object to changes in the interface.
It’s offensive because it’s deeply bad, showing complete disregard for quality, product design, and user respect, and we’ve come to expect a lot more from Twitter.
Two weeks ago, I posted this (which I still think is a must read albeit more drawn out version of Marco’s post).
Excerpt:
This is the single worst thing Twitter has ever done with their service and you can add another nail to the coffin for me using Twitter for iPhone & Mac. Tweetie was a fantastic piece of software and Twitter is destroying the simplistic beauty and functionality of this application with every update.
Update: I’ve switched to Echofon on my iPhone and the interface is inferior to Twitter’s but I’m much happier.