Comments on: Feeling Overwhelmed? What's The Best Twitter Desktop Application?

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:27:25 +0000

Check out my post: make Twitter Kick Ass.

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www.davemadethat.com

By: John Morgan

John Morgan — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:42:17 +0000

I have not. What does it do?

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:32:19 +0000

Great feedback. Thanks!
Have you tried the browser with the Greasemonkey scripts?

By: Tracy Lee

Tracy Lee — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:22:06 +0000

Well, yeah… D'uh!

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:27:25 +0000

Check out my post: make Twitter Kick Ass.

Poor spelling and extreme brevity brought to you by iPhone.

www.davemadethat.com

By: John Morgan

John Morgan — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:42:17 +0000

I have not. What does it do?

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:32:19 +0000

Great feedback. Thanks!
Have you tried the browser with the Greasemonkey scripts?

By: Tracy Lee

Tracy Lee — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:22:06 +0000

Well, yeah… D'uh!

By: John Morgan

John Morgan — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:07:00 +0000

Hey Dave,

In my opinion the only options are TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop. The ability to break things into groups is very easy and for me, the way they filter @ replies is very important so I don’t miss anyone talking to me or referencing me.

TweetDeck used to crash all the time on a Mac. It was so power hungry you’d think it was trying to take over a 3rd world country or something. But once Seesmic came out, TweetDeck upgraded and now it hasn’t crashed or froze one time.

I’m still testing Seesmic and I really like it, but I’m so used to TweetDeck it’s hard to commit.

But I do know that Seesmic has some BIG plans and I think if you did this same poll a year from now things would be different.

It’s not on your list, but I’m also testing TweetVisor which has a lot of potential. It’s a nice TweetDeck looking browser. Good option for those who like using the web.

Overall, I like that there’s options out there. But I don’t understand why anyone would use Twitter.com as their app! If you’re following a decent number of people and get a decent number actually talking to you, then the web is a hassle. With TweetDeck, Seesmic, TweetVisor, etc I can just ‘glance’ and see if someone has sent me a message or ‘glance’ at my groups to see if something really great is going on.

If I use the web for my app then I lose more time searching, sifting, and finding stuff.

By: Michael Kaiser

Michael Kaiser — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:56:31 +0000

I'm with you, Dave (not about pirate musings) on the importance of Multiple account management; I want to see it all on one page. On your recommendation I checked out Seesmic yesterday. It was awesome until it stopped working for a few hours… I shot out a random tweet about it and Seesmic responded (key word monitoring can be awesome) with a request for specifics. I gave them more info, and never heard back from them! A couple hours later Seesmic started working again. Coincidence? I'm sure it is.

In a nutshell, managing multiple accounts simultaneously is the #1 feature I'm looking for; everything else is gravy!