Regular readers may remember me getting a little impatient about a certain Twitter client a while back, before becoming a little more optimistic about the very same subject a few months later.

Months of frustration - both at the limitations of Tweetie and at my inability to find a client of comparable quality - finally came to an end with the launch of the Mac App Store yesterday and, along with it, Twitter's new official desktop client for the platform.

In the comments of my Tweetie 2 for Mac is "not not happening" post, I joined the thread, positing that Twitter, Inc.'s preferred desktop client was, in fact, their website, and I still think I was right back then. Apply that same comment right now and, clearly, it's no longer the case.

Evan's carefully worded tweet, back in October, now seems to be even more carefully worded:

Was it a case of being guarded, knowing exactly what their plans were and that Twitter for Mac would be released along with the Mac App Store? Again, look at the language used - "Tweetie for Mac is not something we're actively investing in." Had Tweetie 2 already changed name, internally, to Twitter for Mac?

Or was Evan being genuine? Was Twitter's stance reversed by external influences - by which, I mean, did Apple ask Twitter to do this?

Those questions will probably go unanswered forever. One that's much easier to answer, right here, right now, is this one: What's the best OS X native client for Twitter?

In my opinion, it's Twitter for Mac. Good job, Loren!